Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Department of Law Calcutta University

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. Merge and delete is not really an option, as we need to preserve the contributer history if we do that. Merging can still be done, just turn this into a redirect. W.marsh 00:02, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Department of Law Calcutta University

Department of Law Calcutta University (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Non-notable department of a university. No evidence that it meets WP:CORP. But some universities worldwide do have separate articles for specific faculties or departments, like Harvard Law School, so I've brought this to AfD for debate.

• I'm also nominating Department of Applied Physics, University of Calcutta for deletion too. Mereda 13:41, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

Comment As another example from the category, I haven't nominated Department of Ship Technology at CUSAT because that does verifiably get national media coverage. Mereda 14:34, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

• Merge salvagable content with Calcutta University and Delete. No redirects necessary. utcursch | talk 15:41, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletions. -- Mereda 13:46, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. WP:CORP is an entirely inappropriate set of criteria to apply in consideration of a university faculty. I do not accept the assertion that this faculty is not "notable"; in fact, a google search indicates it is. Its own website indicates it has a sizeable law library, which is significant. I cannot see why this law school is any less encyclopedic than any of the many other law schools that have articles. It may be a bit North America-centric to deminish the relevance of this school. Agent 86 20:25, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

Comment. In my opinion Google search doesn't indicate notability: For Department of Law Calcutta University [1] first two results are from University's website and the rest are about Department of Law of other universities. Searching with quotes[2] gives six results. Again, for Department of Applied Physics, University of Calcutta[3], first two results are from University's own website. The rest are about Department of Applied Physics of other universities. utcursch | talk 05:13, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

• Merge salvageable content of both Department of Law Calcutta University and Department of Applied Physics, University of Calcutta with University of Calcutta and Delete, as per utcursch. The departments are not sufficiently notable by themselves to warrant separate entries. HEL 23:55, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
• Smart After going through your suggentions I would like you to contribute in the article rather than to delete it. Being a department of such a vast University it should have its own Article by its own merit. As far as the detailing such as library, gym etc are concerned, I am in a process to update the article...—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Smartsaha (talk • contribs).

Comment Agent 86 makes a reasonable point about the law library, but I don't see independent evidence that Calcutta's is anything special - for example, the best in India is claimed to be at ILS Law College. And the Calcutta department of law doesn't feature in any Top-10 lists that I've seen. Nothing outstanding about these two Calcutta departments (or their libraries) is evident either from the latest NAAC accreditation report[4] even though the university as a whole gets a "five-star" top rating. Oh, if you want to know, Calcutta University has 58 departments. Mereda 08:26, 5 December 2006 (UTC),

• Keep the article Merda is correct when he reffered to the NAAC. But why everyone is forgetting that a page in the Wikipedia is also something to boast about itself! Moreover, if unless and untill we make an effort to highlight the performance of the Department, not only the NAAC but its own students will also never come to know about its credentials. For almost last 100yrs the Department had given the society numerous emient legal hawks and I think now, when the University is really turning around from the typical mediocracy which once got associated with its image, we must put a thrust in this process by putting forwad its emient Departments.
  

My point is, if you squash an effort to make the department's presence over here, you yourselves who are advocating for systematic credentials, will thaw the Departments progress. Why can't we give our effort together and build this article with the datas collected from its current performance and hundred years of legal prescence?Smartsaha 01:50, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Comment Let's see what we can do together. A lot of good work can be done to extend articles about higher education in India, without any conflict with Wiki policy on boasting and self-promotion. Start with looking at the Calcutta law alumni?? Or maybe we should continue a general discussion at the India project page. Mereda 08:37, 7 December 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.