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Keep This is a disruptive nomination. The fact that an article is short is not a reason to delete it – see
WP:IMPERFECT. The claim that this is a personal essay is blatantly false – there are no personal observations or opinions. And the lack of references is not a reason to delete – see
WP:NEXIST. Per
WP:BEFORE, the nominator is expected to look for sources in such a case and they certainly exist – see University Autonomy and the Governance System, for example. The appropriate admin action here is to warn the nominator against making further frivolous nominations without due diligence.
Andrew D. (
talk)
23:35, 2 November 2019 (UTC)reply
Clue is in what links here This word occurs in the lead definition of many Singpore unis- so in that sense is needed. The same end could be achieved with a footnote on each page --
ClemRutter (
talk)
10:31, 3 November 2019 (UTC)reply
Keep – Have added sources. Singapore may have 6 universities with autonomy but is by no means the only one. It is not at all obvious what "autonomous university" means exactly (though one may guess). There are around 80 universities in Spanish speaking countries with this in their name (see
es:Universidad Autónoma) and if I'm a student of the
Autonomous University of Barcelona and I wonder what that is supposed to mean, I most certainly would be
WP:ASTONISHED to be sent to an article about Singapore. Possibly also convert into a set-index article like the
Spanish article. – Thjarkur(talk)19:30, 3 November 2019 (UTC)reply
That is an improvement. There may well be room for a decent article on what exactly autonomy means in the university sector, but I think this is still some way from it. The fact that some universities have the word in their title is clearly not enough. Maybe we should look for assistance to
Wikipedia:WikiProject Universities?
Rathfelder (
talk)
19:49, 3 November 2019 (UTC)reply
Keep However, the significance of the concept is far more important in Spanish-speaking Americas, see
es:Autonomía_universitaria. Singapore reflects more a technical-legal difference in status, rather than qualitative difference (ie all universities in Singapore still operate under various degrees of state control due to the nature of Singapore).--
Goldsztajn (
talk)
16:29, 4 November 2019 (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.
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.
Keep This is a disruptive nomination. The fact that an article is short is not a reason to delete it – see
WP:IMPERFECT. The claim that this is a personal essay is blatantly false – there are no personal observations or opinions. And the lack of references is not a reason to delete – see
WP:NEXIST. Per
WP:BEFORE, the nominator is expected to look for sources in such a case and they certainly exist – see University Autonomy and the Governance System, for example. The appropriate admin action here is to warn the nominator against making further frivolous nominations without due diligence.
Andrew D. (
talk)
23:35, 2 November 2019 (UTC)reply
Clue is in what links here This word occurs in the lead definition of many Singpore unis- so in that sense is needed. The same end could be achieved with a footnote on each page --
ClemRutter (
talk)
10:31, 3 November 2019 (UTC)reply
Keep – Have added sources. Singapore may have 6 universities with autonomy but is by no means the only one. It is not at all obvious what "autonomous university" means exactly (though one may guess). There are around 80 universities in Spanish speaking countries with this in their name (see
es:Universidad Autónoma) and if I'm a student of the
Autonomous University of Barcelona and I wonder what that is supposed to mean, I most certainly would be
WP:ASTONISHED to be sent to an article about Singapore. Possibly also convert into a set-index article like the
Spanish article. – Thjarkur(talk)19:30, 3 November 2019 (UTC)reply
That is an improvement. There may well be room for a decent article on what exactly autonomy means in the university sector, but I think this is still some way from it. The fact that some universities have the word in their title is clearly not enough. Maybe we should look for assistance to
Wikipedia:WikiProject Universities?
Rathfelder (
talk)
19:49, 3 November 2019 (UTC)reply
Keep However, the significance of the concept is far more important in Spanish-speaking Americas, see
es:Autonomía_universitaria. Singapore reflects more a technical-legal difference in status, rather than qualitative difference (ie all universities in Singapore still operate under various degrees of state control due to the nature of Singapore).--
Goldsztajn (
talk)
16:29, 4 November 2019 (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
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