Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Teaching Literature Book Award

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The result was redirect to Idaho State University#Programs of note. Leaving the history in place so someone (*cough* K.e.coffman *cough*) can perform the merge. SoWhy 13:31, 19 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• The relevant content has been merged to the target article with this diff. K.e.coffman (talk) 03:22, 20 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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No indication of notability, and while my Google-fu may be lacking, I can't find any independent coverage of this award. Pinkbeast (talk) 00:20, 19 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:47, 23 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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• Keep Not seeing the existing sources as problematic--universities are not vanity presses. Jclemens (talk) 00:49, 23 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Universities are not, but _this_ university is not independent of the award, and notability requires independent sources. Pinkbeast (talk) 01:07, 25 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete I agree with Pinkbeast - no indication of notability, citations mainly from a single source. Jone Rohne Nester (talk) 12:45, 26 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. This article is written as an informational piece and is supported with a credible source. Bmbaker88 (talk) 02:11, 28 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

  But notability requires reliable sources that are independent of the subject. There is no suggestion that Idaho State University isn't credible; the suggestion - fact - is the University is not independent of an award it set up, and hence the award's notability is not established. (The one non-ISU source in the article does not discuss the award). Pinkbeast (talk) 17:22, 28 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• I would suggest a Redirect to Idaho_State_University#Programs_of_note where a couple of sentences can be added. If the decision is to redirect / merge, I can perform the merge. K.e.coffman (talk) 20:24, 29 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge as suggested. It's probably just too new to be notable. Bearian (talk) 01:50, 2 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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.