Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Texas Tech University Department of Philosophy

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The result was redirect to Texas Tech University College of Arts & Sciences. (non-admin closure) Sir Joseph ^(talk) 15:53, 27 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Texas Tech University Department of Philosophy

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New article about a department of a constituent college of Texas Tech University. It's only cited to the university student newspaper and comprises mainly of an unsourced list of faculty. There's no evidence this department is independently notable of its college, therefore creating a standalone article about it is WP:UNDUE. Fails WP:GNG. Sionk (talk) 22:44, 19 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

delete: I agree with Sionk. This should not be a standalone article.Goharshady (talk) 23:17, 19 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Merge the text to the College. There are now independent refs, of a sort. Johnbod (talk) 02:36, 20 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Texas Tech University College of Arts & Sciences. The only independent source (i.e. not campus newspaper) that looks to be reliable (as it's published by Wiley Blackwell) is the Philosophical Gourmet Report, but this is misleadingly represented in the entry as currently written; the source does not exactly list this as a "top 12" MA program but rather one "also worth considering" behind programs described as "the top program in the country"; four more with "very strong faculties"; and another four with "strong faculties". So I don't view this as a sufficient claim of notability nor even really anything to salvage in a merge, but it's a valid search term. Will note the college page had plenty of room for expansion to describe programs to the extent RS make possible. Innisfree987 (talk) 04:55, 20 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Philosophy-related deletion discussions. TMG^talk 06:24, 20 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Education-related deletion discussions. TMG^talk 06:24, 20 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Texas-related deletion discussions. TMG^talk 06:24, 20 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to Texas Tech University College of Arts & Sciences since I'm not convinced individual academic departments are notable. There is nothing exceptional about Texas Tech's philosophy department anyway. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 19:53, 24 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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