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The result was merge to Housing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 04:07, 5 June 2020 (UTC)
List of Massachusetts Institute of Technology undergraduate dormitories
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Wikipedia is not a directory. User:Namiba 13:01, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. User:Namiba 13:01, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
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- Comment This article is weird but it isn’t a directory. Mccapra ( talk) 15:44, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
- Comment I don't see how "Wikipedia is not a directory" is relevant in this particular case. Just like one can write about museums and restaurants without being a travel guide, one can (in principle) write about a university without being a directory. The page at least attempts to discuss history and controversies (e.g., there is secondary-source coverage for the closing and repurposing of Senior House). It seems more a candidate for cleanup than for deletion. There's also a possibility of selectively merging to Housing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. XOR'easter ( talk) 16:23, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
- Delete dormatories are not deemed notable to be included in a list, let alone a list that is a huge number of articles masquerading as a list to avoid normal notability guidelines. John Pack Lambert ( talk) 12:38, 26 May 2020 (UTC)
- Keep A list of dormitories might typically not be notable, but the undergraduate dorm system at MIT has rather distinctive attributes and has received independent press coverage:
[1]
[2]. In addition there's some mention of MIT undergraduate dorm norms and cultures in articles focusing on Senior House:
[3]
[4]. I also agree that this page isn't a directory, although it does have a lot of room for improvement.
Apologies in advance if I misunderstood anything, as I'm fairly new to editing Wikipedia. BXu99 ( talk) 06:56, 27 May 2020 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sandstein 07:39, 28 May 2020 (UTC)
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sandstein 07:39, 28 May 2020 (UTC)
- Keep per BXu99, with the option of selectively merging as I mentioned above. XOR'easter ( talk) 17:32, 29 May 2020 (UTC)
- Merge to Housing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Lorstaking ( talk) 05:05, 2 June 2020 (UTC)
- Comment it's not a list -- Cornellier ( talk) 12:58, 2 June 2020 (UTC)
- Merge Support merging with the equally odd Housing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, together they could be a real article. Looking at the Housing article, its arguable that that that article should in fact be merged into this one not the other way around. EoRdE6( Come Talk to Me!) 21:14, 4 June 2020 (UTC)
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- ^ Yale Daily News Staff (2009). The Insider's Guide to the Colleges, 2010. St. Martin's Griffin. pp. 377–380. ISBN 978-0-312-57029-3.
- ^ Jacobs, Peter (12 November 2014). "Here's Why MIT Is The Most Intense College In America". Business Insider.
- ^ "A Weird MIT Dorm Dies, and a Crisis Blooms at Colleges". Wired. 10 September 2017.
- ^ Herper, Matthew (28 June 2017). "Grappling With Its Identity, MIT Shuts A Dorm For Misfits". Forbes.
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The result was merge to Housing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 04:07, 5 June 2020 (UTC)
List of Massachusetts Institute of Technology undergraduate dormitories
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- List of Massachusetts Institute of Technology undergraduate dormitories ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – ( View log · Stats)
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Wikipedia is not a directory. User:Namiba 13:01, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. User:Namiba 13:01, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. User:Namiba 13:01, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Massachusetts-related deletion discussions. User:Namiba 13:01, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
- Comment This article is weird but it isn’t a directory. Mccapra ( talk) 15:44, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
- Comment I don't see how "Wikipedia is not a directory" is relevant in this particular case. Just like one can write about museums and restaurants without being a travel guide, one can (in principle) write about a university without being a directory. The page at least attempts to discuss history and controversies (e.g., there is secondary-source coverage for the closing and repurposing of Senior House). It seems more a candidate for cleanup than for deletion. There's also a possibility of selectively merging to Housing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. XOR'easter ( talk) 16:23, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
- Delete dormatories are not deemed notable to be included in a list, let alone a list that is a huge number of articles masquerading as a list to avoid normal notability guidelines. John Pack Lambert ( talk) 12:38, 26 May 2020 (UTC)
- Keep A list of dormitories might typically not be notable, but the undergraduate dorm system at MIT has rather distinctive attributes and has received independent press coverage:
[1]
[2]. In addition there's some mention of MIT undergraduate dorm norms and cultures in articles focusing on Senior House:
[3]
[4]. I also agree that this page isn't a directory, although it does have a lot of room for improvement.
Apologies in advance if I misunderstood anything, as I'm fairly new to editing Wikipedia. BXu99 ( talk) 06:56, 27 May 2020 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sandstein 07:39, 28 May 2020 (UTC)
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sandstein 07:39, 28 May 2020 (UTC)
- Keep per BXu99, with the option of selectively merging as I mentioned above. XOR'easter ( talk) 17:32, 29 May 2020 (UTC)
- Merge to Housing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Lorstaking ( talk) 05:05, 2 June 2020 (UTC)
- Comment it's not a list -- Cornellier ( talk) 12:58, 2 June 2020 (UTC)
- Merge Support merging with the equally odd Housing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, together they could be a real article. Looking at the Housing article, its arguable that that that article should in fact be merged into this one not the other way around. EoRdE6( Come Talk to Me!) 21:14, 4 June 2020 (UTC)
- 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.
- ^ Yale Daily News Staff (2009). The Insider's Guide to the Colleges, 2010. St. Martin's Griffin. pp. 377–380. ISBN 978-0-312-57029-3.
- ^ Jacobs, Peter (12 November 2014). "Here's Why MIT Is The Most Intense College In America". Business Insider.
- ^ "A Weird MIT Dorm Dies, and a Crisis Blooms at Colleges". Wired. 10 September 2017.
- ^ Herper, Matthew (28 June 2017). "Grappling With Its Identity, MIT Shuts A Dorm For Misfits". Forbes.