Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fordham University Commencement Speakers

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The result was delete. Please feel free to ask me to userfy the article to work on a possible merge. —Darkwind (talk) 05:23, 16 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Fordham University Commencement Speakers[edit]

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The mere fact that many, if not all of these people, are notable, does not make the list itself worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia (see WP:LIST). None of the sources added seem to discuss the concept of a "Fordham University commencement speaker" in detail; rather, they just list speakers at a number of universities. Arguably, they're just routine coverage, since the same type of articles appear every year at the same time. At most, this topic deserves a sentence or two in Fordham University, unless, say, there's been some academic who's written specifically about commencement speakers who gives specific focus to those at FU. Qwyrxian (talk) 23:50, 8 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. A handful of commencement speeches are notable,[1] but not your everyday mid-level-university speeches. Clarityfiend (talk) 02:48, 10 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists of people-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:46, 9 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:47, 9 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Smerge per nom. Probably a section with some of the more notable speakers would be fine. FWIW, I went to my brother's graduation back in the early 1990s, and I recall neither the speaker nor the speech. Bearian (talk) 20:21, 11 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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