Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Academic Assistance


 * 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.  MBisanz  talk 14:19, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

Academic Assistance

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I think "academic assistance", an inherently vague, generic term, is being used here as a euphemism coined for the purpose of hiding the purpose of this page, which I believe is to steer students to services that will do their homework for them. The term used in the article, "freelance academic assistance", returns no Google hits, making me more suspicious that the topic of this article is bogus. Also, the same author has now created an article on one of these companies, PENCAMP, making it appear more likely that this article is just part of an infrastructure for promoting it. Largo Plazo (talk) 14:12, 27 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Speedy delete, it seems to just be advertising to me.--Terrillja (talk) 14:15, 27 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Speedy delete as advertising, then possibly redirect to Scholarship. Andrew Lenahan -  St ar bli nd  14:58, 27 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete for beeing an un-notable advertise.  abf  /talk to me/  16:37, 27 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. "Academic Assistance" as used in this article is an euphemism for payed cheating services. The topic might be notable, but this article is an unsalvageable advert for such services. There's already a (poor quality) article for tutoring, which could be expanded to cover these cheating services in a NPOV manner. VG &#x260E; 18:09, 27 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Speedy Delete (G11) — Article contains egg and spam; egg bacon and spam; egg bacon sausage and spam; spam bacon sausage and spam; spam egg spam spam bacon and spam; spam sausage spam spam bacon spam tomato and spam. MuZemike  ( talk ) 19:20, 27 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete or speedy under G11. Pure self-promotion. (And even if it wasn't, it's non-notable) B figura  (talk) 19:35, 27 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete but not speedy--it's a little more than advertising, but not a good base for an article. The term is of course a euphemism for plagiarism and ghost-writing. A suitable term for this particular aspect of it will be difficult to find & if the article is written, it wont be based on this, and it will need real sources, and not just be an apology--though it could contain whatever sourced defense of the practice can be found. DGG (talk) 23:14, 27 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete - Advertising. However, it's so poorly written that one would have to be desperate to actually use the companies involved. Beeswaxcandle (talk) 23:41, 27 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Speedy Delete via G11. Advertising and spam. RockManQ (talk) 00:20, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Note — The related article, PENCAMP, has already been speedied per G11. MuZemike  ( talk ) 16:24, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Another note — A third related article, Freelance Academic Assistants, has been proposed for deletion. MuZemike  ( talk ) 16:27, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Another another note — user and articles in question have been reported to WP:COIN. MuZemike  ( talk ) 16:47, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Speedy Delete SPAM, toss it. Dayewalker (talk) 23:28, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. Mostly spam. Given the quality of writing, I am almost tempted to argue it should be kept, so people will steer away from these companies :-) --Crusio (talk) 07:31, 30 September 2008 (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.