Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Research Labs at the University of Massachusetts Amherst

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The result was keep withdrawn by nominator.

List of Research Labs at the University of Massachusetts Amherst (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log)

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This article includes many articles which might not even be with the school. The fact that there are also no sources on the article also makes it a bit concerning. I know that the Apiary Laboratory is no longer active anymore in that role and I am not even sure that some of these others exist as there is no source information for them. Also, stating that laboratories that have a station here implies that the location of the original laboratory is there also makes the article more flawed because that makes all the other laboratories suspect. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 18:10, 3 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Massachusetts-related deletion discussions. —Tom Morris (talk) 18:28, 3 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. —Tom Morris (talk) 18:28, 3 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Education-related deletion discussions. —Tom Morris (talk) 18:28, 3 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 19:14, 3 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Don't just look at the sources in the list: we delete only what is unverifiable, not merely that which is unverified at present. Please see WP:BEFORE.

  On the specifics, I don't see why it would be a problem that a certain lab is no longer active at that university campus, because we are always interested in history rather than just giving a directory of current things. If there are labs listed that are not and have never been affiliated with or maintained facilities at that campus, then remove them. We don't delete articles for issues that are fixable by editing. And I don't understand your last sentence.

  This isn't my subject area, but from what I can see there are four labs that have articles included in the list that have facilities at Amherst. There may be more that merit articles, and/or there may be agreement by editors that even those labs that don't merit standalone articles should nevertheless be documented here so it's not just an article index. Or it's possible that this list is unworkable for reasons not yet raised (or not yet made clear), but you need to do some more work (or better explaining, at least) to show that deletion is justified. postdlf (talk) 03:52, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

After consulting another user, I have realized that it is best to withdraw it. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 22:59, 7 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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