Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Collapse of Westpoint Financial Services


 * 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 delete. Wikipedia isn't a repository of term papers. If the article creator wants the content for his own personal use, feel free to let me know. --Core desat 05:33, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

The Collapse of Westpoint Financial Services

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Contested prod. The author admits that this article is original research - see the Talk page. I originally tagged it as a POV essay, which it now turns out to be. It might be possible to stubify it but as it stands it fails WP policies. andy 09:45, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

Delete - This is written like a soapbox article. Any NPOV expansion can be added to the Westpoint Corporation article. -- Whpq 12:33, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
 * I am the author, this article is a paper I have written for an assessment at University and part of it was we had to post it on Wikipedia as it is an Ethics unit. The paper was intensely researched by myself, for weeks before I commenced writing it. It is a presentation of the actual facts of the collapse of Westpoint, researched through The Australian Securities and Investment website (ASIC) I have not at any stage offered my point of view, all I have done is present the facts as researched, through the ASIC website. I have then explained three ethical concepts that are relevant to the collapse of the company, Stakeholders, Teleopathy and Dirty Hands. Again, I have not put in my point of view, I have presented facts only. I do not understand why this article is presenting so much of a problem, I edited as was requested by Wikipedia. Further, I have never used Wikipedia before, all the editing and such is new to me, the only reason I put this article on this site is because I had to for University. What else must I do to keep this article here until it is marked by my lecturer?? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Monkee76 (talk • contribs)
 * DeleteThis is the 2nd time I have seen this Today. Wikipedia is not a tool to be used be by universities. I think we need to start contacting professors who are making students do this.Ridernyc 05:28, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. Student essays such as this should not be included in Wikipedia per WP:NOT. I suggest that the article creator e-mail the lecturer to let him know that the essay has been posted to Wikipedia but is now up for deletion, and that the other students' essays are likely to be deleted too. --Metropolitan90 05:55, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
 * I will be glad to help explain things to the instructor if the author will contact me by email. DGG (talk) 06:01, 20 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletions.   -- Gavin Collins 08:49, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete without prejudice to re-creation as a proper Wikipedia article. It's a notable subject and it would be useful to have an encyclopedic article.  Note to author: please learn and follow Wikipedia content policies and style guidelines.  There's plenty in the current article from which a proper article could be built.Wikidemo 14:09, 23 October 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.