Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Porter and Chester Institute

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The result was keep. Non-admin closure. Jujutacular ^T · C 06:09, 5 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Porter and Chester Institute[edit]

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This article covers a non-notable for profit training program. I could not find reliable sources to establish notability. I had PRODed the article, but it was declined because it contained non-advertising content. The article was created by an SPA. Racepacket (talk) 09:30, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, CTJF83 chat 01:37, 4 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Insufficient third party references. SmokingNewton (talk) 02:38, 4 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Schools of higher learning are generally considered inherently notable. This one has eight branches and gets of lots of Googlehits.[1] --Pink Bull 14:35, 4 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Keep: Created by a SPA it might be, but this isn't a "training program;" it's a trade school of long standing in western New England. I'm curious as to exactly where the nom looked for reliable sources, because there are 271 Google News hits, with links to relevant court cases, the Hartford Courant, the Worcester Telegram and the Springfield Union-News. RGTraynor 19:20, 4 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I agree with RGTraynor. This is a tertiary educational institution that has existed since 1946 (under various names) and has 8 locations. The school isn't Harvard and the article may have been created by a SPA, but institutions of this nature can generally be assumed to be notable. I haven't done a thorough search, but I've found a bunch of third-party web content that mentions this school in a diverse variety of contexts (articles about campus expansions, stories of successful students, articles about zoning issues involving some of their campus expansions, announcements of public service activities, court decisions in lawsuits etc.). --Orlady (talk) 04:32, 5 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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