Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/University Ranking by Academic Performance (URAP)

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New ranking system for universities, not notable, apparently the product of someone's MSc thesis (see here). The article is mostly unsourced; some of the references currently in use do not relate directly to the ranking system itself, and a number of google searches show that there is no sufficient collection of sources available for supporting statements in the article or for establishing notability. Nomoskedasticity (talk) 20:48, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. I realize this is not the usual type of entry for the academics list, but it seems of obvious interest to the people who contribute here. —Nomoskedasticity (talk) 20:53, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Fails notability. No sign of any significant nontrivial news coverage in secondary sources. As a remark, why wasn't this PRODed first, since it was created by an SPA who has left? Ray^Talk 21:44, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- An IP is running around adding it to articles on various universities, so I anticipated that a PROD would be removed. Nomoskedasticity (talk) 07:01, 16 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. The subject itself is important and, if properly written, should be notable. However the article focuses on one particular so far unnotable scheme. Xxanthippe (talk) 23:04, 15 February 2011 (UTC).[reply]
- For clarification: the name of the article is the name of this new ranking scheme. It's not an article about rankings in general; I agree that would be important, but "URAP" is intended to be about this new scheme. Nomoskedasticity (talk) 07:01, 16 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete -

Comment - The author of the thesis is listed as a member of the research team according to the center's website. The MSc thesis seems to be a product of the research center, not the other way around. Some of the references cited are coming from mainstream newspapers and news outlets in Turkey, but the international coverage has not been that substantial so far. That's probably because the ranking system is brand new. It will probably get some attention in the near future, especially from developing countries. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.104.215.104 (talk) 18:00, 16 February 2011 (UTC) — 85.104.215.104 (talk) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. [reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. —• Gene93k (talk) 15:52, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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