Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michigan Tech student life

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was delete. Cirt (talk) 01:28, 23 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Michigan Tech student life[edit]

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This is a "Wikipedia as free webhost" style entry: a largely non-notable list of clubs, activities etc., aimed at Michigan Tech students, complete with wording that makes it clear this isn't aimed at an encyclopedia audience:

one of the many things we are proud of is our very own, student run radio station

And remember, if they don't have [a religious group] for you, you can always get a group of six people together and start your own group

Come out and support your huskies!

Most, if not all listings are not notable, anything that is notable can be added to Michigan Tech. Hairhorn (talk) 04:54, 16 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom. Basically a huge spam article for Michigan Tech clubs. As noted, anything notable can be put in the main article. --Jayron32 04:57, 16 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. It's a good start at a page that could be the nucleus of a city wiki type project; rather than hastily discourage this effort, it's better to find a way to redirect it into something useful and outside of Wikipedia, e.g. a city wiki project where everything in the specified geographical area is notable. Edward Vielmetti (talk) 06:21, 16 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Uh, okay, but this isn't a city-wiki, it's an encyclopedia, this entry falls into several of the "what Wikipedia is not" categories. If someone wants to post a city-wiki version of this page outside of wikipedia, then fine, post the link at Michigan Tech, there is no call for a separate entry. Hairhorn (talk) 06:31, 16 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You think of this as an encyclopedia; the author of the page looked at it as web space they could edit. That was their error, perhaps, but not one that deserves the scorn and ridicule of the deletionists. It would be better to point them to a page like University_of_Michigan#Student_life and note how it could be improved to be in that style; or, perhaps, to reference a system that they could plop this onto that would let them built it out. Insulting them by saying things are "not notable" is unproductive. Edward Vielmetti (talk) 06:44, 16 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I hope nobody was offended. However it is the job of an encyclopedia to give basic information to the general public world-wide, not to inform college students of services offered at their own college.Borock (talk) 06:59, 16 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It's the job of an encyclopedia like Wikipedia to give extremely detailed, relevant information; that includes a lot more than your "basic information". Again, rather than being deleted, this article should be seen as a source for improving existing pages, e.g. bringing WMTU-FM about the radio station up to date, improving Michigan Technological University#Student life, identifying the styles that will bring things into roughly encyclopedic format. Edward Vielmetti (talk) 07:21, 16 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Meh, it's a mistake to confuse deletion with a personal attack. Hairhorn (talk) 15:07, 16 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete This is not an article at all. It is a list of services, which constantly change I am sure. Better list on the college's own web space. Borock (talk) 06:34, 16 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Reasonable well-written articles on individual student societies have been deleted as having no encyclopaedic notabilty beyond their membership. This is even worse: a badly written (OK, it could be edited) directory of student services that belongs on the university website (and would still need editing!). Emeraude (talk) 11:01, 16 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete This falls squarely in the group of things Wikipedia is not as linked above. If someone finds an alternative outlet, I'll happily provide a copy to port, so deletion won't stop it from finding a proper home. - Mgm|^(talk) 11:13, 16 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, this reads like the webpage for the university student government. And it doesn't actually even cover what the title suggests, namely, what the life of students at Michigan Tech is like. The article is really Michigan Tech student activities. Merge anything that can be merged back into the main Michigan Tech article, and delete. --Glenfarclas (talk) 12:16, 16 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. —TerriersFan (talk) 15:42, 16 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per WP:NOTWEBHOST - this is material for Michigan tech's own website, not for an encyclopedia. JohnCD (talk) 09:38, 18 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Michigan Technological University#Student life. Not separately notable and nothing independently sourced. However, it is a likely and worthwhile search term. TerriersFan (talk) 16:43, 20 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.