Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Merton College (London)

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 snow keep. Merger can be discussed on the article talk page. (non-admin closure) ansh666 04:46, 26 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Merton College (London)[edit]

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What makes this more notable than either of their other campuses? Laun chba ller 20:50, 21 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Once notable, always notable. Merton College was once notable and therefore is always notable. Thge fact that it was eventually absorbed by another institution does not change this. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 22:39, 21 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 22:39, 21 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 22:39, 21 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep, or Merge into article on successor institution. There is precedent for both options in our treatment of educational institutions. RomanSpa (talk) 22:54, 21 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. A merger (retaining the sourced historical content about this school) can be considered separately from the AfD but deletion would not be appropriate here, as Eastmain correctly states; notability is not temporary. --Arxiloxos (talk) 23:09, 21 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - merged notable institutions retain their notability. The question of merging the page is for post-AFD discussion. The Whispering Wind (talk) 23:23, 21 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per WP:NTEMP. VMS Mosaic (talk) 00:38, 22 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep -- This tertiary college existed as an independent institution, probably for many years. Its merger with another college does not remove its notability. The article is a poor one, but that implies improving it, not deleting it! Peterkingiron (talk) 15:26, 22 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Eastmain. →Davey2010→→Talk to me!→ 22:12, 23 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Well expressed above. Merger into another entity does not make a subject non-notable. Carrite (talk) 05:09, 24 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. As per all above. Merger doesn't mean it's no longer notable. -- Necrothesp (talk) 09:55, 24 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep or merge, per Roman, Whispering, et al. Bearian (talk) 20:45, 25 March 2014 (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.