Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Engineering Entrance Exams in India

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 keep. No support for deletion, and nominator has also withdrawn that proposal. Merging can be considered through normal channels of editing and discussion. postdlf (talk) 15:29, 28 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Engineering Entrance Exams in India

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The title of the article suggests it is meant to be a description of entrance exams for engineering colleges/universities in India. As a topic for a stand-alone article, I think this is too specific and fails the WP:GNG.

When the dust settled on the day the article was created in February 2010, however, it was a very short list of exams, see [1]. In October 2013, the first section of All India Engineering/Architecture Entrance Examination was pasted onto the bottom of the list by an IP; see [2] and [3] for a comparison. The article hasn't drastically changed since then. So what we actually have is an article that is an article that is an incomplete list. I think the article as a stand-alone list fails WP:NOTDIR.

Is the article useful? From a practical viewpoint, I think potential students would first search for the school(s) they want to enrol in, then find the specific exam(s) they need to sit to enter those schools. An incomplete list of exams, providing no context apart from the fact that they are an entrance exam to one or more engineering colleges, is not useful.

In light of the above, I think there is no prospect of improving this as either an article on the topic of exams, or as a list of exams. ~~So I propose it be deleted.~~ AtHomeIn神戸 (talk) 03:14, 8 October 2015 (UTC) Striking out my "delete" proposition; see my further comment below. AtHomeIn神戸 (talk) 04:18, 28 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 12:34, 11 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Kharkiv07 (T) 02:21, 15 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. Human3015^TALK 02:27, 15 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: India has many engineering entrance exams, each exam may not deserve separate article so such exams can be added in this list. This list should be improved, source for each exam is easily available. I will move name of the article to "List". --Human3015^TALK 04:35, 15 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, -- Sam Sailor ^Talk! 16:31, 22 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Keep and improve. Shyamsunder (talk) 20:16, 26 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Merge with Engineering education in India. With only handful of blue-linked entries it can easily be merged in the article. also, the main article itself can't be complete without mentioning the entrance procedures and examinations. So that will only duplicate this list. §§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {Talk / Edits} 03:43, 28 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Merge - Dharmadhyaksha's suggestion of merging the article into the broader topic makes sense. I still believe that it is not suitable as a standalone topic, so merging it into a relevant topic seems to be the right choice. AtHomeIn神戸 (talk) 04:18, 28 October 2015 (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.