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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 to University of Florida. SoWhy 13:05, 22 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Greek Life at the University of Florida[edit]

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Non-notable organization within a university with no significant coverage in reliable, third party sources. Indiscriminate list of fraternities and sororities. Article does not comply with the notability requirement in WP:UNIGUIDE. --Scpmarlins (talk) 20:00, 14 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Speaking as someone who was an active member of an undergraduate social fraternity at Florida, I don't have overwhelmingly strong feelings about it. However, given the historical strength of the UF Greek system (around 15% of all undergrads or 5,000 student at any given time), it would seem to be a topic on which many folks, especially incoming students, would want to have some information. Within the Wiki landscape, there appear to be few school-specific Greek system articles. Perhaps we should fold a well-written paragraph or two regarding the UF Greek system back into the main University of Florida article (Student Life section). IMHO, if we are going to do it, links to individual fraternity events of marginal general interest (Derby Days, Bed Race, etc.) need to be excluded, and lists of fraternities and sororities can be easily be relegated to footnotes. If we do this, it should be done right, and some real and meaningful information should be provided. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 12:33, 15 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Trim and merge in to main UF article. Subject lacks significant independent coverage. --ElKevbo (talk) 15:36, 15 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Merge, I think it does have a place in an article on student life; just as a list of dormitories does--but a separate article just to hold the list is not justified. NOT LIST does not mean that Wikipedia cannot contain lists. At a school like UF, they're just significant enough to be listed somewhere in the encyclopedia . DGG (talk) 03:00, 16 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Trim and merge is my opinion as well. Greek life is an important part of any college's campus and cannot be ignored, so there should be mention within the main article. ElKevbo stated everything that needs to be said as far as Wiki policy is involved and I agree with Dirtlawyer1 in that it can be covered in a well-written paragraph that does not add significant length to an already lengthy page. On a side note, I think this could have been handled better by all parties involved. Especially during the initial notification of being up for delete: a note on the page's discussion page is always a nice gesture to avoid any miscommunication or ill-will. Just my $0.02 Fliry Vorru (talk) 21:32, 15 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Redirect and merge to the article about the school. Niteshift36 (talk) 04:27, 16 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete Unencyclopedic directory failing a variety of notability guidelines. Madcoverboy (talk) 16:27, 17 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Merge per DGG - an important aspect of the topic of student life, but not really a good WP:SPINOUT candidate. - 2/0 (cont.) 04:06, 19 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Merge to the parent article. --Reinoutr (talk) 06:46, 22 July 2009 (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.
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