Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shirreff hall

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 KEEP no compelling reason or consensus to delete - if it troubles you, merge it -Doc^g 21:01, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Shirreff hall

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A college residence hall. I don't think is notable enough, but perhaps others can add their 2 cents. Jvhertum 21:34, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

It is a building with a rich history, along with much of the rest of the Dalhousie campus. Howe Hall, another residence, has an article, and I know other halls from other campuses must have articles here on Wikipedia. Both articles are well written, and are quite informative for those looking for information on buildings in Halifax. I don't see why most other building articles in Halifax should be more notable (Bank of Montreal Building (Halifax), Loyola Residence Tower, Scotia Square, Alderney Landing) Lusankya 20:03, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached
 Please add new discussions below this notice. Thanks, Quarl ^(talk) 04:03, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

• Delete Unreferenced article. Fails WP:N and WP:RS. Inkpaduta 04:05, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
• Weak Keep. No relevant standards - but is referenced and well written. Mystache 05:04, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Comment - the relevant "standards" in this case would be general notability criteria and most likely notability guidelines for places of local interest. Luke! 21:21, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

• Keep. Read this. Mathmo ^Talk 05:11, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Comment what does that have to do with this debate? Nuttah68 11:59, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

• Keep. The building has more history and considerably more architectural merit than most university residence halls. --Eastmain 05:26, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
• Delete in line with the consensus on all other university residence articles. Residences are not notable unless a notability in the wider community can be shown. Nuttah68 11:59, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
• Delete. Articles about university residence halls tend to get deleted when submitted to AfD, per WP:LOCAL. I don't see any reason why this one needs to be kept. --Metropolitan90 21:54, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Comment WP:LOCAL states that "If enough reliable and verifiable information exists about the subject to write a full and comprehensive article about it, it may make sense for the subject to have its own article. If some source material is available, but is insufficient for a comprehensive article, it is better to mention the subject under the article for its parent locality." Personally I feel that there is sufficient information to warrant a separate article, or at least possibly a conversion of this article into one which would cover all of Dal's residences. Particularly Shirreff and Howe halls have quite rich and long histories, which should belong on Wikipedia. Lusankya 03:05, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

The article's current sources don't warrant a separate article -- two links to pages on the university's own web site, and one broken link to Facebook. The university's own site is probably accurate but is not an independent source, and Facebook is a social networking site, not a reliable source. --Metropolitan90 04:30, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

• Delete per Metropolitan90. GreenJoe 06:03, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
• Keep as a notable building. John Vandenberg 07:13, 17 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.