Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Romance scam


 * 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. (non-admin closure) NuclearWarfare  contact me My work  20:59, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

Romance scam

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Article is already covered in List of confidence tricks, and doesn't have enough material to stand as it's own article. Paranormal Skeptic (talk) 01:40, 18 October 2008 (UTC) Activecommunity (talk) 03:30, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
 * keep/ comment this is clearly notable as the news etc report it happening all the time, however I don't know if this is the best name for it which would be most frequently used in WP:RS, don't know whether it's one of those which we'd just have to give a descriptive name. Sticky Parkin 01:50, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Weak keep seems to get enough news attention to merit its own page. JJL (talk) 02:22, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Merge content into relevant section of List of confidence tricks. Beeswaxcandle (talk) 02:52, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Crime-related deletion discussions.   -- • Gene93k (talk) 06:27, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Weak keep, has some relevant material but could use a rewrite, perhaps merge into another article or move to another name. --Soman (talk) 20:04, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep but it needs to be expanded. There's all kinds of romance-based confidence games; this article seems to concentrate on the ones that are "romantic" versions of the advance-fee scam. Squidfryerchef (talk) 02:08, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep the 'sweetheart scam' is mainly not admitted to because people are embarrased, but it occurs frequently enough through online dating sites. No longer just limited to Christian sites, now eHarmony, Match.com and Yahoo personals are getting complaints. According to the 2007 Internet Crime Report, this crime has increased dramatically.Activecommunity (talk) 03:30, 21 October 2008 (UTC)


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