Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Corvid College

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 delete. The overall consensus is that the sources provided are insufficiently reliable to demonstrate notability. ~ mazca ^talk 00:26, 9 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Corvid College

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non notable "educational" movement - this is not an actual college or school. there is no meaningful coverage. Praxidicae (talk) 21:38, 31 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom. Could not find any any coverage beyond what exists in the article. I do not find the existing sources sufficient for WP:NORG. userdude 22:01, 31 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Education-related deletion discussions. userdude 22:06, 31 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. userdude 22:06, 31 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. userdude 22:06, 31 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Massachusetts-related deletion discussions. userdude 22:06, 31 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom. No coverage outside some minor alternative rags, and does not meet NORG. No substantial edits after the SPA created it. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 22:08, 31 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: the fairly extensive articles in The Bay Citizen and the Boston Phoenix cited in the article are sufficient to satisfy WP:GNG. WP:ORG, which in its first paragraph explicitly excludes "non-profit educational institutions" from its scope, does not apply here. "Not [being] an actual college or school", the existence of coverage in "minor alternative rags" and "no longer appears to exist" are likewise not coherent, policy-based arguments for deletion (if the last was we'd presumably delete The Beatles, the Holy Roman Empire, the Triceratops, etc.). We require coverage in sources with a reputation for fact-checking and accuracy; we don't require that sources be mainstream publications or that they claim to be politically neutral. – Arms & Hearts (talk) 23:05, 31 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

no but we do require significant coverage in independent reliable sources that have a wide readership, not hyper local rags and blog posts (Bay Citizen.) Your comparison to The Beatles is patently absurd. Praxidicae (talk) 23:19, 31 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Well, yes, absurdity was rather what I was going for. It was a light-hearted criticism of an odd tendency for otherwise sensible editors to pad out prod rationales with claims that really have nothing to do with whether an article should be deleted; I wouldn't worry too much about it. – Arms & Hearts (talk) 18:37, 1 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: Yeah, a blog hung off of an ephemeral alt weekly is nothing remotely close to meeting WP:RS. Ravenswing 01:14, 1 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: After making an effort at gemeral clean up, completing refs, and searching for additional sourcs, I found the original Corvid College in Boston apparently became "Greater Boston Free School" and the founder Eric Buck became affiliated with a mystic group, "Logos Tao Deus". There are a few Pinterest sources for the latter, but I found nothing that meets WP:RS. Fails GNG. Cheers! — Grand'mere Eugene (talk) 10:31, 1 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - this is an essay about an obscure....what? Movement, charismatic, group? I have to say, this is the first time I've ever seen anyone try to cite a campus radio station. WP:NOTEVERYTHING, WP:NOTPROMO, WP:NOTESSAY... Just not. John from Idegon (talk) 12:56, 1 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - WP:NOTEVERYTHING --- Steven655 (talk)
Delete - A very interesting concept, but the article's sources are not reliable. Cheers, 1292simon (talk)

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