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The result was keep. JGHowes talk 02:21, 19 January 2021 (UTC)
Nur University
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Fails WP:NSCHOOL, WP:ORG - No significant coverage in reliable, independent secondary sources. Serv181920 ( talk) 15:46, 11 January 2021 (UTC)
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- keep - just needs some attention for integration of sources… (adding to talk page) Smkolins ( talk) 16:39, 11 January 2021 (UTC)
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Spiderone 17:02, 11 January 2021 (UTC)
- Comment - Three of those links are Baha'i sources. The first link gives 404 error. Other links like "Michael Bopp; Judie Bopp (2001)" mentions it once, the "Brent Beane" article says that he worked in the "Nur University", the "James Nicholas, 2000" has a trivial mention, only once! The general notability guideline clearly states that sources that only contain a "trivial mention" of a topic are insufficient to establish that topic's notability. Check WP:TRIVIALMENTION Serv181920 ( talk) 07:51, 12 January 2021 (UTC)
- keep - it looks like the nominator didn't even bother Googling the subject. First response shows it ranks 11th in Bolivia [1] Cuñado ☼ - Talk 19:03, 12 January 2021 (UTC)
- Ok, so what is the last rank acceptable for a university to be notable? And what sources are acceptable for such ranks? Serv181920 ( talk) 06:31, 13 January 2021 (UTC)
- Keep. Per WP:UNIN, colleges and universities are notable. {{u| Sdkb}} talk 11:54, 13 January 2021 (UTC)
- Comment - WP:UNIN is an advice, it says "This notability advice is an application of the general notability guideline to the articles this project covers, not a replacement of said guideline. Hence the advice is not intended to lend additional support to deletion discussions. Although this advice may be referred to in these discussions, keep in mind that the document you are now reading is not a policy or guideline and should not be treated as such." Serv181920 ( talk) 16:04, 13 January 2021 (UTC)
- Keep It is a well-known high-ranking university in Bolivia, I don't understand why the nominator is so keen in deleting pages related to the Baha'i faith. Tarikhejtemai ( talk) 00:22, 14 January 2021 (UTC)
- Those articles should be there only if they are notable. Instead of claiming that "It is a well-known high-ranking university in Bolivia", update the article with reliable sources, that would be of more help.
Serv181920 (
talk) 17:38, 14 January 2021 (UTC)
- Rather than nominating pages like this for deletion you can do some research first and add a tag for improving references instead.
Tarikhejtemai (
talk) 21:36, 14 January 2021 (UTC)
- I tried searching but could not find anything of significance. I agree with Bearian. Serv181920 ( talk) 17:24, 15 January 2021 (UTC)
- Rather than nominating pages like this for deletion you can do some research first and add a tag for improving references instead.
Tarikhejtemai (
talk) 21:36, 14 January 2021 (UTC)
- Those articles should be there only if they are notable. Instead of claiming that "It is a well-known high-ranking university in Bolivia", update the article with reliable sources, that would be of more help.
Serv181920 (
talk) 17:38, 14 January 2021 (UTC)
- Weak keep per WP:BEFORE. Even with weeding out the internal Bahai sources, see this. It's not a one-click research due to other similarly-named universities, but please at least try. I'm not full-throated in my endorsement because there's many other sources I found that just note such and such person is an alumnus of the university, or on Google scholar that so and so professor published this paper, and the coverage arguably is not very significant. Bearian ( talk) 00:54, 15 January 2021 (UTC)
- Foreign language sources - [2]: "João Veríssimo is Brazilian and professor of International Relations at Universidad Nur, one of the most respected in Bolivia." [3]: covers stories of how students across several universities are dealing with the pandemic. Three of the students are from Nur. [4]: covers how universities are dealing with the pandemic and dedicates the bottom third of the article to Nur's program. [5]: independent coverage on Nur University's program of prison rehabilitation, which was 18 years old in 2018. [6]: lists two campuses in La Paz and Santa Cruz de la Sierra. [7]: coverage of Nur's soccer (futbol) program. [8]: coverage of a seminar on GMOs held at Nur. [9]: coverage of six inmates graduating from Nur's distance learning program. [10]: interview with graduate from Nur. [11]: coverage of the university planting 5,000 saplings around Santa Cruz. These, along with 20+ articles mentioning individuals as graduates or faculty of the university should be plenty of notability for keep. Cuñado ☼ - Talk 18:13, 15 January 2021 (UTC)
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