Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Simmons Hall (Penn State)

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The result was delete. --Ezeu 23:36, 11 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Simmons Hall (Penn State)[edit]

I tried to let this die a quiet death, but to no avail. List of Penn State residence halls already exists, and I don't think that there's much to merge (no, not even the part about the deer). Delete. --Spangineer^es (háblame) 17:32, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Also, see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sidney Pacific for precedent. --Spangineer^es (háblame) 17:36, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

KeepI see no reason that this article should be deleted, especially with the existance of the Atherton Hall article. I think they are of equal value, and if one stays, I don't see why the other should not. - --Melkay 18:34, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

One difference is that Atherton Hall houses the Schreyer Honors College offices, and another is that a student's death there got alot of press and prompted significant changes at the university. Still though, that could possibly be incorporated into the SHC article and List of Penn State residence halls. --Spangineer^es (háblame) 18:44, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Comment if it is any consolation, I just nominated Atherton Hall for AfD. I didn't see alot of press for the student's death... but if anyone wants to make that argument the are free to do so at the appropriate AfD.--Isotope23 18:46, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Comment The deer did get press as well in U.S. News and World Report, unfortunately, said press is not available online. It was also featured on a number of television stations, even being picked up by CNN. ---Melkay 19:55, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Delete and boy do I wish there was a WP:BUILDING criteria. Individual dorms are not suitible material for an article unless there is some sort of architectural or historical context that sets it apart from any other dorm on any other college campus. Watterson Towers deserves an article, as does Valkendorfs Kollegium. Simmons Hall (Penn State) is not in that class.--Isotope23 18:38, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete No assertion of notability to the level to make me believe that it is encyclopedic to have this article. GRBerry 03:05, 3 August 2006 (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.