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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Armbrust, B.Ed. Let's talkabout my edits? 08:39, 7 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Dicdef. Spartaz Humbug! 07:15, 31 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Note: This debate has been included in the list of Education-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 14:54, 31 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep. It is not a single word dictionary term but a two-word concept relevant to college admissions. It is sometimes misunderstood -- such that newspaper reports about college admissions typically describe what is meant by the term wait list in their discussions, although it seems somewhat obvious as a term overall. As a topic of discussion, it is notable in the sense that college applicants who find themselves waitlisted want to know more about this topic -- what are their chances of admission at a later time? can they do anything to improve their chances? And it is a notable topic for college enrollment planning as well, since many colleges use their wait-list as a kind of hedge against a phenomenon known as "summer melt" (students who had committed to enroll in the fall, but who melted away over the summer, forfeiting their deposit, perhaps because of financial considerations, lack of interest, or acceptances from the wait-list at upstream schools.) In short: it's an important topic in college admissions in my view.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 15:27, 31 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Merge into College admissions in the United States. Useful information perhaps, but seems to me an odd contender for a stand-alone article. Outside the US, the term wait list or waiting list is used much more broadly than just enrolments in tertiary education. Katherine (talk) 16:03, 31 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep it looks fine to me. It meets every requirement of WP:GNG. It is very well written. Diddef, not at all. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 14:57, 1 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep, it denotes important concepts in many fields. There are plenty of situations besides college admissions in which wait lists are significant. Nyttend (talk) 01:33, 2 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep - Much more elaborate than a dictionary definition. Sourced. Propose renaming to: Wait list (college admissions). Northamerica1000(talk) 09:54, 2 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment. Agree about changing article name to Wait list (college admissions) as proposed.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 14:41, 2 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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