Talk:University of Florida Division of Continuing Education

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    • I disagree that this article has notability issues. This is just like any other College or School that has been created for the University of Florida. The only difference is that it's offered in a non-traditional format, and some of the degree programs are being facilitated via distance learning. This is a legitiate division that receives funding from the Legislature just like any other school, in addition it has it's very own Dean to carry out the day to day operations. To be honest, some of the degree programs being facilitated in this Division are the only one of it's kind being offered by the university, and therefore is extremely notable so that prospective students might be able to learn about these unique opportunities.
    • Lastly, I believe that non-traditional programs get a bad rap because they are new, and that they do not fall under the cookie cutter version of what a tradition academic program should encompass. This is simply an old paradigm that will take time to dissipate, and I firmly believe that Wikipedia can help to shed some light on this new method of instruction. Jccort (talk) 20:58, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
    • As I said before, your best option is to establishing notability via in-line citations from reliable third-party sources. I understand your viewpoint as well as your reasons to have an article in this division. However, you must also note colleges ("faculties" in UK) and other academic programs that had articles on Wikipedia that were AfDed. I'm not trying to nominate the article for deletion here, but it won't stop others from doing so. And to prove to you just what I'm talking about, please read what happened to the article I tried to create myself last year Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Florida Institute of Technology/College of Engineering. I would suggest you do something similar to what I did (group all of the otherwise non-notable colleges together and internally link the notable ones). Please let me know if you have any further questions. Let me make this clear, I'm not out to get you or to derail your WikiProject, just letting you know something's getting slightly "gray". I wasn't trying to single out the continuing education division either, it just caught my eye when I was looking at WP:NPP. I've been reviewing some of the other college articles you've created, and I'm afraid some of them have similar notability issues. Please see if you can establish notability of them too. I'd hate to see your hard work go to waste. - Jameson L. Tai talk ♦ contribs 23:31, 21 March 2008 (UTC)