Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/College Scholarship Penalty


 * 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   redirect to Scholarship.  MBisanz  talk 03:06, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

College Scholarship Penalty

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Article is entirely original research (all references are primary sources) ElKevbo (talk) 17:22, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. Unless a reputable source provides commentary on this phenomenon, it's not wiki-worthy.  Graymornings (talk) 23:44, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep Notable issue and topic. Would probably be appropriate to merge to an appropriate target. ChildofMidnight (talk) 07:35, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Merge per ChildofMidnight; this stub is little more than an essay, but the concept ought to be somewhere in a comprehensive resource used often by college and high school students. Perhaps merge with Financial aid. Bearian (talk) 20:44, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Can anyone find reliable sources that have commented on this and/or used the term "college scholarship penalty to support the idea that this isn't OR or SYNTH?  Graymornings (talk) 02:38, 15 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I posted on the scholarship and financial aid article talk pages. Hopefully we'll get some feedback. I don't know how much it's been covered or under what title. But I think it's worth looking into a bit, so I'm interested to see what others have to say. ChildofMidnight (talk) 03:32, 15 January 2009 (UTC)


 * There may be an article here by somebody, but this one is all WP:OR and WP:NEO. Delete unless significantly improved.  THF (talk) 00:43, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  MBisanz  talk 01:26, 18 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete--I agree with CoM and Bearian that the topic may well be notable and worthwhile, but a. the article is all OR and b. the title is not that apt. It can't be apt because it generates no hits at all (and I searched the archive for the Chronicle also). Under a different name, perhaps, but not this article. Drmies (talk) 03:16, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment In looking at this article, I was surprised to learn that Wikipedia doesn't have anything about the Higher Education Opportunity Act or HEOA, which is the "requirements of the federal government’s loan programs" that the original author was referring to. The act, and the DOE regulations that were authorized by it, are where the so-called penalty comes from.  The article Commission on the Future of Higher Education mentions HEOA, but this bit of federal legislation has had an impact on students trying to afford college.  I don't consider myself qualified to write an article about HEOA, but perhaps someone out there can do so.  Mandsford (talk) 17:18, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions.   —• Gene93k (talk) 18:40, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Education-related deletion discussions.   -- • Gene93k (talk) 18:40, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete (or possibly userfy) It's possible that there is a notable topic here (notwithstanding the fact that other commenters here have not yet found evidence of notability). However, not only does this appear to be original research, but as currently written this is essentially a how-to guide or advice page -- something that Wikipedia is not. Furthermore, this article (like far too many articles on education topics) is totally U.S.-centric but fails to acknowledge that it deals with a US-specific topic. As written, the ideal disposition of this article would be for the contributor to publish it on his/her own website as a "how-to" piece, or contribute it to an advice website for US college applicants. Alternatively, with work, I can imagine it becoming an encyclopedia article some day in the future. Because it's not appropriate for article space in its present form, it should either be deleted or sent to the contributor's user space for additional work. --Orlady (talk) 18:56, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Cut to a paragraph and Merge to Scholarship or Financial aid. There's some issues with the tone and scope of the article, but we're pretty much in agreement that this is a real issue.  That sounds like a reason to redirect to a broader topic and add a brief paragraph about the penalty issue with a source or two. Squidfryerchef (talk) 06:08, 20 January 2009 (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.