Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Buy term and invest the difference


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The result was delete. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 05:40, 27 January 2017 (UTC)

Buy term and invest the difference

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Article has been here over 10 years, and still has no substantial sources, poorly written, and seems to be more of a how-to than an article, as shown by the title. I'm not one who generally supports AfDs to generate improvements, but in this case the article has been here too long without complying to remain as -is. BilCat (talk) 20:04, 11 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 00:01, 12 January 2017 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete a pretty blatant and longstanding example of WP:OR, WP:NOTHOWTO, etc. One wonders if it was written by an agent or broker looking to point to Wikipedia as a proof of what he's advising clients to do. Anyway, good catch.Shawn in Montreal (talk) 00:04, 12 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete, as above.---Ehrenkater (talk) 10:54, 12 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep This is a well-known and somewhat controversial insurance investment strategy that was popular at one point and is said to have contributed to the decline of investment in life insurance. For searching, BTID is the common abbreviation and nets more sources. Given a few minutes of searching, I added 4 general references to the article. GScholar and GBooks shows hundreds of hits, so there are more sources to be had. Hence, this topic looks notable. The article does have problems with having an essay style and lack of inline citations, but given reliable source material, these are problems that can be fixed by normal editing. --Mark viking (talk) 11:06, 12 January 2017 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, –  Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 00:37, 19 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete. WP:OR, WP:NOTHOWTO. SW3 5DL (talk) 16:41, 19 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete Even with a few sources added, this is still a non-encyclopedic essay. It makes assertions about spending and saving habits, about how most people do not save money after quiting smoking, etc., without any sources. The article lacks any historical or geographical context, any consideration of societal expectations, life-expectancy expectations, etc. There might be a worth-while article that could exist under this title, but this is not it, and we should TNT this article and make people start over again, using reliable sources, etc.John Pack Lambert (talk) 01:45, 26 January 2017 (UTC)


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