Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Religious degree scams

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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 Delete per consensus. Redirect is unecessary since the title has POV issues. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 06:17, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

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Original Research, the creator of the article seems to have created it as a general essay on fraudulent degrees. Does not have the tone or form of an encyclopedia article, instead it's an essay from start to finish. As noted in Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not for things made up in school one day "Wikipedia is not a publisher of first instance" Wingsandsword 18:22, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Contested prod. WP:OR delete. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by The Evil Spartan (talk • contribs) 18:31, 14 May 2007 (UTC).
  • Delete Redirect to degree mill, purging current content. Original research as per WP:NOR: "introduces an analysis or synthesis of established facts, ideas, opinions, or arguments in a way that builds a particular case favored by the editor, without attributing that analysis or synthesis to a reputable source" --Darkbane 18:39, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Redirect to degree mill. Subject is adequately covered there. Blueboy96 19:44, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep I believe that this article meets Wikipedia standards. It is not original research, and all key facts are referenced in the text of the article via links to sources, or via APA format to the footnotes and links there. - I dispute deletion of this article for those reasons. Thank you. PURFOEB 20:27, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
Note: In the future, please add new comments to the bottom of the AfD. Thank you. -- Seed 2.0 21:48, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
Comment: PURFOEB is also the creator of the article. --Darkbane 21:59, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete. Reads like an essay, sourcing is problematic. The article would require a major rewrite to remove unencyclopedic content which is inherently problematic with regard to WP:NPOV. The same goes for incorporating the good parts into another article. Hmm, I suppose one could make a case for soft deletion but as it stands now, I'm afraid it's either major rewrite or delete. -- Seed 2.0 22:03, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
Comment Is redirecting not an option? A cursory read of it reveals it's pretty much the same material as degree mill. I was tempted to be bold and redirect it myself ... but wanted to see what the others thought before doing so.Blueboy96 22:59, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete I am the creator of the article - which was my first attemt to write for wikipedia. My original impression was that I had met the wiki article standard, but as I read the comments here, and look more into the wikipedia style pages - I agree this is too much of an essay. -- So... do I just delete it myself, or what? Thanks for the input/comments. PURFOEB 02:14, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
  • CommentIn those kinds of cases, where no noteworthy contributions except for your own exist, you can usually blank the page and place a db-author template, which will put the article up for speedy deletion "requested by author". --Darkbane 02:48, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete. Original research essay, and redundant with the diploma mill article. (Pretty good essay though; hope to see more from the author that meets standards.) The article's creator wants it deleted. Now that the article is in AfD, however, it's too late to blank it and put a {{db-author}} tag in it for speedy deletion. -Axlq 04:12, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Merge some parts with degree mill perhaps. Otherwise, Delete, but hug author. DewiMorgan 20:59, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
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.