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November 28

How to spot a fake university in USA, Germany, UK, France, Japan?

https://www.ndtv.com/indians-abroad/90-more-students-mostly-from-india-arrested-from-fake-us-university-2139879

There must be some way to verify a university in different country. — Preceding unsigned comment added by RijuThakur (talk • contribs) 05:57, 28 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sure there are many ways. One would be to see if it exists on Google Maps. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 06:59, 28 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

In the UK: "Check if a university or college is officially recognised". GOV.UK.

You didn't mention India, but The Telegraph (Calcutta) has an article: G.S. Radhakrishna. "How to spot a fake university". www.telegraphindia.com. —2606:A000:1126:28D:9417:2118:29F3:6E25 (talk) 07:17, 28 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

In the US, I would recommend using the Department of Education's college search at https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/. This tool will show you a plethora of data on any legitimate college or university in the United States. TheMrP (talk) 23:29, 2 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

If you read the entire article, the students know it is a fake university. They are using enrollment to get a student visa. Because it is fake, they don't have to go to classes. In other words, it is immigration fraud. 135.84.167.41 (talk) 14:01, 3 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Check to see if it is accredited, such as through https://www.ed.gov/accreditation WaltCip (talk) 15:08, 3 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

La Macarena Airport - Etymology

Why is La MAcarena Airport in Columbia called that, is it to do with the song? 143.159.150.89 (talk) 21:27, 28 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Probably more to do with being located near the town of La Macarena, Meta. MilborneOne (talk) 21:32, 28 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The song was written in the early 1990's. Our article for the airport doesn't say when it was built and my google search came up empty but I'd guess it predates the song. MarnetteD|Talk 21:43, 28 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

This is all very sensible but undeniably disappointing. 143.159.150.89 (talk) 22:16, 28 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

More likely to do with Virgin of Hope of Macarena. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 22:55, 28 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Wikt:Macarena#Etymology_2; "It is disputed whether it comes from Ancient Greek μακάριος (makários, “blessed, happy”), or from the homonymous neighborhood in Seville, from Arabic". Alansplodge (talk) 13:55, 29 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Macarena, Seville#Etymology of the toponym Macarena says:

The origin of the toponym Macarena is disputed. While some authorities think that it is derived from Arabic, others maintain that it is from Latin. If is from Latin, Macarena would be derived from the male name Macarius. It is supposed that a patrician named Macarius would have been an important Roman landowner in this area. Alternatively, it is known that during Muslim rule, the still existing city-wall gate Puerta de la Macarena was named Bab-al-Makrin, which could be related with to the current denomination Macarena. The neighbourhood of La Macarena lends its name to the sculpture of Virgin of Hope of Macarena, sometimes known simply as La Macarena. Many Sevillian women are named after this statue. This gave rise to the name of Los del Río's Spanish-language song "Macarena" (the last sentence is unsourced).

So the answer is that the airport is named after the town in Colombia, which is named after an image of the Virgin Mary in Spain, which is named after a district of Seville, which is named after a gate in the walls of Seville and nobody is certain how that got its name. Alansplodge (talk) 13:59, 29 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@MarnetteD: Page http://aviation-safety.net/database/airport/airport.php?id=LMC mentions a flight in January 1976, destination to La Macarena, so the airport is at least that old. --CiaPan (talk) 16:42, 29 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the info CiaPan. Nice work on the research :-) MarnetteD|Talk 17:55, 29 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Always glad to help (alas, recently, not having too much time...)

--CiaPan (talk) 19:43, 29 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]