Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Latvian Maritime Academy

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Spirit of Eagle (talk) 02:15, 30 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Latvian Maritime Academy

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The references do not establish notability. One is a simple catalog listing. The other is a directory that the organization had to purchase/pay for its inclusion. Does not meet the guidelines for WP:ORG Barbara ✐ ✉ 01:19, 23 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 05:06, 23 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Latvia-related deletion discussions. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 05:06, 23 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I have updated the references. Sindanna (talk) 06:29, 23 May 2018 (UTC)— Sindanna (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. [reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the Article Rescue Squadron's list of content for rescue consideration. Gianvito Scaringi (talk) 09:48, 23 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep I'm looking through the List of maritime colleges to see how other articles like this are done, and those articles I checked so far have no reliable sources covering them at all, some having no reference section at all even. This one is so only 36 staff members and 916 students, but many other school listed are about the same. I think this should be judged as we would any college/university. I don't recall any article for a government run college ever being deleted. This sort of article benefits this encyclopedia, and should be kept. As the Wikipedia policy of Wikipedia:Ignore all rules states: If a rule prevents you from improving or maintaining Wikipedia, ignore it. Dream Focus 10:33, 23 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Dream Focus. I also think this article benefits Wikipedia and we should keep it. It is a state college where one can get bachelor and master degree and it is a governmental and a public institution. Although the size of the Academy may be small (916 students), but so is the size of population in the country (1,957,200 inhabitants). I have added more references (mostly taken from the official governmental sources or sources connected with EU) and now it is very rich if we compare this article with the other ones in the same category ( like here). I believe it improved a lot. The article probably needs some more work (I agree with the "stub" tag), but for sure we should not delete it. Sindanna (talk) 11:53, 23 May 2018 (UTC)— Sindanna (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. [reply]

Keep. Accredited, degree-awarding institution. No good reason for deletion. -- Necrothesp (talk) 12:40, 23 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. It is a public university, the only one offering some types of degrees in Latvia. It is well known, it is of considerable size (given the small size of the country), it has media coverage and participates in international projects. It is listed on Wikipedia in other languages (Russian, Latvian, Estonian) where its listing is not questioned. Moreover, the page has been improved considerably and the number of independent references is considerable. Other academic institutions have worse pages but their existence seems fine (even though they are more stub-like than this page). Gianvito Scaringi (talk) 13:12, 23 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep As a Latvian I can confirm that this is a legit and well known institution that has existed for decades. It is notable even if the article is poorly sourced right now ~~Xil (talk) 19:02, 23 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Accredited, degree-awarding institution. Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 07:02, 24 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep strong and easy. Should never have been nominated, folks. It's a fully accredited, state-operated maritime college. Latvian speaking contributors are invited to improve text and sources. -The Gnome (talk) 13:48, 24 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Textbook case of WP:BEFORE – should've been tagged with {{refimprove}} instead. Mojoworker (talk) 16:16, 28 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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