Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Colonial Colleges

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The result was keep. — Cirt (talk) 05:13, 13 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

List of Colonial Colleges[edit]

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Non-notable topic: does not satisfy WP:N. There's only 1 document referring to colleges founded during the American Colonial Period as "Colonial Colleges," an encyclopedia entry from the 1920s. Since then, there hasn't been any discussion about these schools as a group. Note that "Colonial Colleges" are not in any way affiliated with each other. There's no unifying tradition among them. It's just a list without any real meaning. GrapedApe (talk) 04:09, 6 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It is a highly significant and worthwhile list, extremely useful for the history of higher education in the United States, and the intellectual, academic, social and political history of the United States generally. I am not sure what you mean by "1 document". I have a book in my hand with that title, and several more on my shelves discussing "colonial colleges" as a group. Do not delete. This is a rather important list. Walrasiad (talk) 14:13, 6 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep The article is already referenced and the topic has already been covered in an encyclopedia as the nominator admits. I encourage Walrasiad to add the books mentioned as references. Cullen328 (talk) 15:47, 6 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. —• Gene93k (talk) 18:34, 6 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. — • Gene93k (talk) 18:34, 6 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. — • Gene93k (talk) 18:35, 6 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Meets WP:GNG. Useful and sourced. TerriersFan (talk) 18:43, 6 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep The name can be tweaked if it's an area of contention, but the collection of colleges is notable, per WP:N. Them From Space 19:11, 6 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Keep Don't really know why this was nominated. A quick review of Google books yields several books with extensive discussion of the American Colonial Colleges and this topic is otherwise widely-referenced, which is more that sufficient to satisfy WP:NRVE. Just because an article may need some TLC does not mean it should be nominated for deletion. aNubiSIII ^{(T / C)} 07:47, 8 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: Notable, referenced and actually more learned than published material I've seen. Gun Powder Ma (talk) 12:31, 10 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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