Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Drexel Shaft

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 Merge to Drexel University. —Quarl ^(talk) 2007-02-11 06:15Z

[edit] Drexel Shaft

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This article is a biased entry about a term coined by Drexel University students for getting treated poorly by administration. There are absolutely no citations, nor does the article have a neutral point of view. This entire article is basically about a little-known slang expression, and how it was used as a nickname on a nearby smokestack. The article is in no way notable. Crashintome4196 02:09, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Keep - As noted on the talk page, it is not "something made up in a day." It is notable to any student or alumni of that school. — RevRagnarok ^{Talk Contrib} 02:28, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

• Delete per nom. Edeans 03:15, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
• Delete or redirect to Drexel University. This term, both to refer to the smokestack and the colloquialism, is already mentioned in the main article and there is no need for a spin-off article. Being notable to a student or alumni of the school may count for DrexelPedia, but not for this project. Natalie 03:19, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
• delete or redirect as above, per neologism Jeepday 04:21, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

also delete per WP:N and WP:NOT#DICT Jeepday 04:22, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

• Merge with Univ. article. Xiner (talk, email) 04:45, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
• delete per nom. /Blaxthos 09:14, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
• Merge back into Drexel article where it was before it was split into a separate article. I suppose this doesn't really need it's own article, and it will fit just fine as a subheading under "Student lore and traditions"--TexasDex 14:48, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
• This article actually discusses two things: a lore at Drexel University, and the heating plant for the 30th Street Station. Thus, Merge the discussion of the student lore into Drexel University, merge the disucssion of the heating plant into 30th Street Station.-- danntm ^T _C 15:02, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
• Merge as per Danntm. At Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, it was called the "Tute Screw" - whichever way you turn it, it goes in... --Brianyoumans 15:35, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
• Merge I haven't had time to find information to make a suitable article in regards to the heating plant (as I previously stated on the talk page), it is best merged per danntm. --ImmortalGoddezz 17:07, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
• Delete, even if being notable to some students at one school were enough to satisfy WP:N, there are no sources to establish that this is actually the case.-Dmz5*Edits**Talk* 19:57, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
• Delete Can't support a merge. There are minimal references and frankly, the article is incapable of NPOV. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Montco (talk • contribs) 03:46, 6 February 2007 (UTC).

This article is not "incapable of NPOV". Students at Drexel are frequently unhappy with administrative treatment. That is a fact. It is evidenced by very poor results in the Princeton Review. The term "Drexel Shaft" is frequently used to refer to this dissatisfaction with Drexel university. That is also a fact, although it is harder to find sources for. There is nothing inherently non-neutral about facts, even if they make somebody or something look bad--although the article could do more to mention that the administration has made several attempts, such as the "Drexel Shift"[1], to improve the situation (or at least get students to stop complaining so much).--TexasDex 15:17, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

• Danntm's two-fold merge suggestion seems the best bet. Verifiability is not negotiable; what's left would not justify its own article.--Cúchullain ^t/c 05:43, 6 February 2007 (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.