Talk:Massachusetts School of Law

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BetacommandBot (talk) 06:58, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Merger proposal

I'm wondering if it would make sense to merge the American College of History & Legal Studies article (more of a stub than anything) into this one. ACH&LS was set up as a feeder school into the Massachusetts School of Law, with which it shared resources, marketing, etc. The college only existed for a few years, got very little press, has no notable alums at this point, and didn't have any impact on academic publishing. All of its marketing emphasized its connection to MSL, as did the few newspaper articles about it. And while this shouldn't be a determining factor in and of itself, the ACH&LS article has no real hope of ever growing beyond stub status, so we don't need to worry about a brief section on the college dominating the law school's article. Should we merge? Beginning (talk) 01:02, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

• Makes sense to me. BubbaJoe123456 (talk) 20:53, 6 June 2022 (UTC)

No real reason to merge the pages as this school was a seperate entity operating in New Hampshire not Massachusetts. The graduates of ACHLS deserve their own page and place historically. There are other schools in Wiki that no longer exist but also made significant contributions deserving of recognition. 50.205.244.174 (talk) 18:59, 8 August 2022 (UTC)

A "feeder school" is not a judgment, not a technical term. The schools were located in different states. They went through a different process of accreditation. They have very little press.

Is "no notable alums" original research or is that based on a census that you took?

Any rationale for combining these pages is as strong, if not stronger, for other law schools with feeder programs. No one would suggest combining University of Massachusetts with University of Massachusetts School of Law.

It would do nothing to improve the Massachusetts School of Law page by adding a historical school in a different state, with different staff, different branding etc.

The label should be removed and the separate schools should be left as separate pages. 75.115.224.95 (talk) 19:30, 14 October 2022 (UTC)

The crux of the proposal is that the American College of History and Legal Studies operated as a "feeder school" for the Massachusetts School of Law. The wikipedia article for "feeder school" redirects to college-preparatory school. This is an inaccurate description of a college which issued Bachelor's Degrees and offered admission to a Graduate degree program.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College-preparatory_school

Materials "emphasized the connection" between the schools. That does not seem a sufficient basis for combining schools with relationships such as Radcliffe and Harvard, or the many schools which operate under the umbrella of the latter label.

Only existed for a few years. Got very little press. No notable alums. Did not affect academic publishing.

All of those assertions should be quantifiable and verifiable. What is the minimum number of years, press, notable alums, and affect on academic publishing other schools need to verify before articles are deleted? What are the metrics for each of these assertions? 75.115.224.95 (talk) 19:45, 14 October 2022 (UTC)

Support merge on the grounds of short text and context. The schools was a short-lived initiative of Massachusetts School of Law and its merge would improve the Massachusetts School of Law page (which is currently very short). Klbrain (talk) 12:05, 8 January 2023 (UTC)

•   Y Merger complete. Joyous! Noise! 02:13, 21 March 2023 (UTC)