Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Currier House

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.

The result was NO CONSENSUS TO DELETE. Herostratus 18:15, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Currier House

As per WP:BAI point 4 dormitories are non notable _Doctor Bruno_^_Talk_/_{E Mail} 14:20, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

• Comment There are twelve undergraduate residential Houses at Harvard, the nine traditional Harvard Houses (south of Harvard Yard) and the three traditional Radcliffe Houses, at the Quad. Any reason why you've nominated only the three Radcliffe Houses? Fan-1967 15:11, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep or merge to a list of Harvard houses or an article on the House system in particular. To describe it simply as a dormitory is missing some of the point; it is also a basic operating unit of the school. Christopher Parham (talk) 15:38, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

• Note The equivalent at Yale are called Colleges, and each of those twelve have articles. Fan-1967 15:43, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

• Yes. The role at both schools is somewhat in between the Oxford/Cambridge constituent colleges (which clearly deserve articles) and ordinary dormitories (which almost exclusively don't). Christopher Parham (talk) 15:47, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

• Keep per points made above. Harvard houses are not merely dormitories, the nomination is not accurate in that regard. As such, it does not fail WP:BAI. Dina 16:03, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
• Weak keep or merge to Quadrangle (Harvard). Claim to notability is the number of famous alumni who have lived there. (Whatever happens, Cabot House and Pforzheimer House should probably share the same fate.) -AED 16:55, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. While Harvard houses are not 'merely dormitories', they are pretty close. Unlike Cambridge colleges, their academic independence is nonexistent and their individual notability stems mainly from well-known alumni. As a look at the articles will make clear, they are not encyclopaedic. Hornplease 06:35, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
• Delete - See Template:Pennsylvania_State_University_campus and List of Penn State residence halls. Someone with knowledge of the campus should show some discretion about which houses are truly notable. Flying Jazz 23:53, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
• Delete - famous Alumni does not make this house notable. Nothing inherently notable in the article. TerriersFan 03:22, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep See reasoning on delete discussion for Pforzheimer House. Ivymike21 17:14, 8 September 2006 (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.