Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Stockbridge School of Agriculture

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. - Daniel.Bryant 08:17, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Stockbridge School of Agriculture

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Non-notable school Seinfreak37 20:06, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

• Redirect to University of Massachusetts Amherst. This isn't just a school, but a division within a University. Institutes of higher education are inherently notable. Soltak | Talk 20:13, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep Following updates. Soltak | Talk 18:37, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

STRONG KEEP: Hi, actually Stockbridge is a very notable school. It is one of the oldest Ag schools in the nation and is a fully acredited school in the Univesity of Massachusetts system. It has many notable alumnus and was named after the founder of the Massachussetts Agricultural College (now the University of Massachusetts, Amherst); Levi Stockbridge.--Agrofe 20:24, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

Unfortunately the article doesn't mention most of that. Perhaps you could add it, and some reliable sources to back it up? Soltak | Talk 20:26, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

• It is a unique situation. Perhaps the redirect is appropriate although Stockbridge uses some of the UMass facilities and professors it maintains it's own professors and faclities as well as holds it's own classes (made available to UMass studens as well). Stockbridge students can live in UMass dormatories, utilize the library and eat at the dining commons. It is considered a seperate school within the University of Massachusetts system. Much like UMass, Boston is considered a different school. Stockbridge happens to be in Amhest but is a sperate school. Alpha Tau Gamma is its fraternity.--Agrofe 21:43, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

This information is both interesting and encyclopedic. As the creator of the article, why haven't you included it with sources? Soltak | Talk 22:36, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

• Keep. I'd prefer to keep this as a separate article, rather than perform a merge, because the school has an identifiably separate history from the main instutition. It certainly looks notable enough. No objection to careful linkage, of course, and if we want to make it a sub-page that might be a good compromise. I'd like better references/sources, but I am confident these can be found. Let's Tag for Cleanup and References. WMMartin 13:34, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
• Keep If it has significant autonomy, within the U MAss system, as appears to be the case, it should be kept--as usual.11:49, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
• Keep - Recent updates have asserted notability, IMO. -Seinfreak37 14:28, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
• Keep as a result of recent updates to the article, I believe that notability is now shown. (jarbarf) 00:53, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
• Keep. School has significant autonomy and notability to stand on its own. Yamaguchi先生 02:29, 22 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.