Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Program for the Exceptionally Gifted

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The result was merge to Mary Baldwin College. Courcelles 00:15, 11 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Program for the Exceptionally Gifted

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seems to fail both wp:sp and wp:G11. I'm nominating it here rather than with a speedy delete because there are some serious sources in the external links section, although none of them are actually cited in the article. however, the reputable sources seem to be profiles of students who attended the program rather than about the program itself. also, much of the editing was done by users named Pegadmit and PEGdirector, suggesting serious wp:coi. I can't see how to edit this to achieve anything like wp:npov. Alf.laylah.wa.laylah (talk) 16:47, 28 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Virginia-related deletion discussions. —Alf.laylah.wa.laylah (talk) 16:47, 28 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Education-related deletion discussions. —Alf.laylah.wa.laylah (talk) 16:47, 28 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep or Merge to Mary Baldwin College - The "serious sources" listed in the external links section (articles about this program in the Washington Post and US News & World Report) indicate notability per the general notability guideline. The fact that the article is an advert and doesn't have inline citations to its sources are reasons to clean it up, not delete it. Since the program is operated at Mary Baldwin College, it might be appropriate to merge it there instead of maintaining it as a stand-alone article. --Orlady (talk) 02:17, 1 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:33, 4 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Merge To the college. Worth mentioning, not well enough sourced for a stand-alone article. There is not much salvagable from the present spammy promotional piece of writing. If kept, it should be moved to [[Program for the exceptionally gifted {Mary Baldwin College)]] since it is not the only such program so titled in the history of education. See also [1]. Many of the news articles appear to have originated as press releases sent by the college out to the hometown papers of students admitted to or graduating from the program, though expanded with interview of the student and family. Their occurrence may overstate the notability of the program, and may not be as "independent" as if the coverage had originated with the local paper. Edison (talk) 20:05, 4 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Merge into the college article. This program is indeed mentioned quite a bit in Google, and even a couple of books mention it in passing. But there is not enough focus on it, that is, dedicated, in-depth discussion, in these sources. --Noleander (talk) 20:09, 4 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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