Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Franchise fraud


 * 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   keep. The issue of merging can continue on the article's talk page. Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:23, 12 December 2010 (UTC)

Franchise fraud

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non encyclopedic essay, see WP:NOT Wuh  Wuz  Dat  18:40, 4 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Merge: Merge with franchise article. --Monterey Bay (talk) 21:45, 4 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Franchise is a disambiguation page. Do you have a particular article on that page in mind as a merge target? bd2412  T 23:52, 4 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 22:21, 4 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Crime-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 22:21, 4 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep and fix. Unencyclopedic treatment of a clearly encyclopedic topic. bd2412  T 23:52, 4 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Merge and redirect to Pyramid scheme. The introduction states that "franchise fraud" is merely another name for "pyramid scheme". Location (talk) 01:37, 5 December 2010 (UTC)
 * This is a good option also. bd2412  T 02:37, 5 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep and fix. Franchise fraud isn't the same as a pyramid scheme; franchise fraud is a single franchiser taking business advantage of one novice franchisee at a time.  One claimed example here.  --CliffC (talk) 03:05, 5 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Well it's not like Burger King corporate tricking an individual Burger King store owner out of their earnings. "Franchisee" here is specific to a kind of product salesman. bd2412  T 03:37, 5 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep And fix. A "franchisee" is not a product salesman in the same sense as in a MLM or other pyramid. There are thousands more franchises than MLMs or pyramids and there are hundreds that we, in general, never hear of. Ive run across several over the years that were blatant rip-offs and have seen the damage they can cause. The article needs to be revamped and written a little better but it should not be merged into something it isnt. I personally would redo the opening quote since they are different from a pyramid, they are treated under the same laws as pyramids but have different problems. http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/news/coladvice/book/bk991029.htm is a good example of how a franchise scam can work and I believe Business week would meet WP:RS right? Wolfstorm000 (talk) 04:12, 5 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep, integrate and fix. Substantially different from mere "pyramid schemes", especially from a legal angle. Wayne Hardman (talk) 09:56, 10 December 2010 (UTC)

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 * Uncle G, thank you for cleaning up the "Further Reading" citations! DozenAttempts 16:00, 5 December 2010 (UTC)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by DozenAttempts (talk • contribs)