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The result was DELETE. TigerShark (talk) 13:21, 21 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Asheville Graduate Center[edit]

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According to the main university article, UNC Asheville has only 35 graduate students, and therefore I don't think this graduate center can ever be notable enough to support its own article, other than this page being a directory of courses which would not be acceptable per WP:NOT. Hippo (talk) 00:47, 14 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Obviously you did not do ANY research other than just read the one article you linked above on the graduate school at the University of North Carolina Asheville (UNCA). I have no doubt that the UNCA “grad school” has ONLY 35 students - UNCA is a public "liberal arts" university - its lone master's degree is a liberal arts degree (nothing wrong with that, just not a lot of demand for it). This is the reason that the UNC board of trustees established the Asheville Graduate Center, to offer the residents of Asheville a greater variety of grad courses that UNCA is designed to offer.

If in fact you read the article on the Asheville Graduate Center, you would know it is not a part of the UNCA grad school; it is NOT a part of UNCA; it IS administrated by UNCA, and it utilizes faculties of the university. The other 5 UNC system participants, schedule, conduct, provide their own professors/instructors for the graduate degree programs offered at the AGC and confer degrees from their university for graduates (not degrees from UNCA). Currently, over 600 students are in degree programs at AGC in the 6 universities that participate in the AGC. http://www.unca.edu/agc/ Glovejr (talk) 01:26, 14 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I think it's reasonable to look at the main university page since the article did not assert anything beyond that. From the article it looks like a distance learning opportunity for UNCA students. Either way, while WP:WAX is not a good basis for an argument, I doubt it's notable enough as very few graduate schools in the world have their own pages on Wikipedia. Also please note WP:NPA. Hippo (talk) 01:43, 14 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comment It is unfortunate that the TarHippo may have gotten some facts wrong, as it distracts us from the real problem; this Center doesn't seem to be notable. It is an adminstrative division of a larger entity, the University of North Carolina, current enrollment 183,000. Would an article on the University's Human Resources Division be appropriate for Wikipedia? No; the standard we use can be read at WP:ORG. Phlegm Rooster (talk) 01:46, 14 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You guys can do what you will about the article, delete it, or leave it. But, in my personal opinion, what good is a "pageless" encyclopdeia (one where page space is not at a premium and everything can be included) that deletes factual, current, accurate data about institutions? Rather than expanding knowledge, some seem intent on deleting infomation (i.e. deciding what is relevant) by utilizing Wikipedia guidance (in my again "opinion" mis-utilizing wikipedia guidance and rules). But, whatever the decision on the article..... have a nice day. Glovejr (talk) 02:07, 14 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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