Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Federal student loan consolidation


 * 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 no consensus to delete. W.marsh 20:22, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

Federal student loan consolidation

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This is a "bad mood" nomination but not a "bad faith" nomination. The article text looks like a train wreck, and seems to fail WP:NOT in its treatment of the subject. A redirect to FFELP might work. YechielMan 05:38, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Weak Delete No sources, so is both Original research and wikipedia is not a manual. If this were removed you could merge what is left to FFELP.--Dacium 06:31, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete article as written, though possibly a good article could be written on the topic. We also have College Consolidation Loan, which is more of an encyclopedic article, though brief. --Dhartung | Talk 06:47, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete since this particular article is entirely original research. A complete rewrite from scratch would be needed to salvage it. Chairman S. Talk  Contribs  08:30, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete Wikipedia is not a collection of how-to guides, or in the business of giving financial advice. I could see someone writing something about the industry and history of loan consolidation, but that would be an entirely different article - might as well start over from scratch. --Brianyoumans 08:35, 15 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Keep The subject is of great importance, since millions of U.S. students owe billions of dollars subject to this process. I added 2 references, in addition to several that were already there. It was a topic of considerable debate in the congress, as is referenced in the article. The topic gets over 1 million Google hits. The article is adequate coverage of a notable topic and is not original research or a "how to" guide. Inkpaduta 17:08, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete and redo from scratch.-- danntm T C 20:35, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Merge. Notable subject. I suspect some statements can be verified. Xiner (talk, email) 21:56, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep and merge College Consolidation Loan into this article. This article has a better and more descriptive title, and more content.  Alternatively, come up with a better and more generic title for both articles than the awkward "college consolidation loan" - maybe something like "student loan consolidation." PubliusFL 23:53, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep or Merge Bbagot 21:58, 16 February 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.