Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Walsh Hall

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 merge/redirect (to the list article). — CharlotteWebb 12:13, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Walsh Hall

A non-notable university hall of residence. Polly (Parrot) 00:54, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

• Comment, how is walsh hall not notable??? it is more notable than FARLEY!!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Weheartmarshall (talk • contribs) 00:59, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
• Delete, despite the comment above, the article does not assert that the hall is notable for other than the fact that it is a building that exists. -Lindsey8417 (talk) 01:03, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
• Comment, Walsh hall is notable, for the reasons stated in the article (including but not limited to famous alums, recognizability, and long-standing tradition). —Preceding unsigned comment added by Weheartmarshall (talk • contribs) 01:41, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
• Redirect to List of Female Dorms at Notre Dame. Walsh Hall (University of Notre Dame) is already a redirect there anyway as are the majority of the other female dorms. Phydend (talk) 02:16, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
• Redirect Agree with Phydend. Paste (talk) 21:39, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
• delete Once we start listing dorms by alumni, we'll duplicate the contents of the articles on the university, as every notable alumnus lived somewhere. For that matter, they all went to classes in various buildings and used the parking lots. It takes much more than this to make a dorm notable. DGG (talk) 04:08, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
• Comment, I understand that logic, but what made Farley and Howard Hall notable? Or Alumni, Dillon, Fisher, Keenan, Keough, Morrisey, St. Ed's, Sorin, Stanford, or Zahm? Walsh is much more notable than many of those dorms, even just for the sole reason that it has been around longer. And we are talking about Notre Dame, remember... everything about the place is pretty notable. A great article could be written on the parking lot, millions of people have tailgated there for the last century of football greatness. But anyways, I would like my article to remain up, I joined for the sole reason of creating it, so what am I doing wrong? Why isn't it notable? There was more information given than just a list of alumni. If you have ever been to the ND campus or taken part in its tradition, you will understand why it is notable. People are interested in the spirit of Notre Dame, and not just alumni.

And also... "as are the majority of FEMALE dorms"... why do most of the men's dorms have their own page?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.74.231.207 (talk • contribs)

I just said that the majority of the female dorms are redirects to it. There is a List of Male Dorms at Notre Dame with about half of the male dorms being redirects there. Maybe it's time for the rest of the dorms to go up to AfD (I don't want to do the tedious work though so I'm not). There was a small discussion about merging most of the pages to the newly created list back in December of 2006 (here). I had created a number of the pages when I first started editing, and since I had been the only one to reply at the discussion it went ahead. I think the majority of the articles were merged there and redirected, but many of the male dorms have been un-redirected since. It's still not a valid argument that "If that exists, then this should be kept" though. I think Walsh, as one of the older dorms, may have a chance to pass wikipedia's notability standards, but as it is right now, it doesn't. Phydend (talk) 05:04, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

• Redirect per Phydend. University halls of residence are rarely stand-alone notable.--h i s ^{s p a c e} _{r e s e a r c h} 08:20, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
• Redirect, as above, but with caution. There is more than one "Walsh Hall" in the world, and there is no reason to believe this one should have priority over others. Therefore, redirect for now, but abandon as soon as a better claimant appears (include this debate in the talk page of the redirect). Utgard Loki (talk) 17:24, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

If it redirects, what does that mean? I do understand this logic, but what makes a dorm notable? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Weheartmarshall (talk • contribs) 05:46, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.