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The result was delete. -- RoySmith (talk) 00:32, 18 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Memorandum of agreement[edit]

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"memorandum of agreement" cites no sources in English, Dutch, or Korean. This is a stagnant article and the concept is not differentiated from "memorandum of understanding", which is a viable article.

There is nothing here that can be merged, because no sources are cited. There is nothing more in the history to restore, either. Blue Rasberry (talk) 17:52, 10 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Law-related deletion discussions. /wiae /tlk 18:13, 10 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

~~I am tentatively in favor of keeping this article~~, though it definitely needs a ton of work. I did a google search and I found a few sources that describe distinctions between MOUs and MOAs. See, for example, this explanation from the US Army Corps of Engineers and this article from The Economic Times. I am open to changing my mind if someone show that MOUs and MOAs are, in fact, the same thing. -- Notecardforfree (talk) 01:50, 11 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Follow-up comment: I am changing my vote to delete per TJRC's comments below. -- Notecardforfree (talk) 22:25, 11 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. The article seems to be a combination of discussions of actually enforceable agreements, which is best handled in Contract; and the non-enforceable Memorandum of understanding, without the clarity of which of the two is being referring to in any particular part. Those two articles really handle everything in this article, which doesn't do a whole lot more than confuse the two.

The US Army Corps of Engineers article cited above is distinguishing between an unenforceable MOU and an actual agreement, or contract; a memo of agreement, if drafted to be enforceable, is an agreement. The Economic Times is drawing a distinction between an unenforceable MOU and an enforceable agreement; not between an MOU and an MOA. TJRC (talk) 20:38, 11 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

That was an excellent explanation, TJRC. I thought that MOUs and MOAs may be used differently within certain industry-specific circumstances, but I also recognize that no matter what you call an instrument, it can still have the power to bind parties if drafted correctly (or incorrectly, as the case may be). In any event, I am now convinced that there is no meaningful distinction between MOUs and MOAs, and I will change my vote accordingly. Best, -- Notecardforfree (talk) 22:24, 11 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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