Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Berkeley APEC Study Center (BASC)

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The result was merge to University of California, Berkeley. MBisanz ^talk 03:29, 5 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Berkeley APEC Study Center (BASC)

Contested prod. Article is basically one long advertisement for this group. Is that, by itself, a reason for deletion? No. However, I am unable to find any reliable third party sources that demonstrate why this group is notable. TN‑X-Man 12:53, 25 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Merge to new article I do not think this particular center notable, but the best method of salvage would be an article about the ~~BASC~~ ASC Centers in general, including the basic information about this. DGG (talk) 02:09, 26 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I think this article provides basic information about the APEC Study Center (ASC) in Berkeley (BASC is the abbreviation for Berkeley APEC Study Center... so we can't write a general article about BASC since this article is it). While it is not prominent in the media, it seems like it is notable in the academic field. If its projects/findings are cited in many academic papers, does that not imply notability? I admit that Tnxman307 is right in that it does seem a bit like a product advertisement (in that the article lists the books and such) so, at this moment (unless I am convinced otherwise later), I guess this article would be OK, to me, if the author would edit this list or throw it out altogether. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.234.108.165 (talk) 20:09, 27 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Xymmax ^{So let it be written} _{So let it be done} 06:09, 30 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. —• Gene93k (talk) 20:50, 1 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to University of California, Berkeley. I certainly don't see any grounds for deletion - ad content is a matter for editorial action not deletion. A couple of paragraphs from the lead is all that is required and they can go as a new section under 'Faculty and research'. TerriersFan (talk) 21:33, 1 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. -- Raven1977 (talk) 03:52, 3 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to University of California, Berkeley. agree with Terriersfan, only some of the lead should be kepot. Michellecrisp (talk) 00:45, 5 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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