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. Clear consensus for deletion. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 00:09, 16 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The Use of Quotations within Your Dissertations[edit]

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Essay, which is a blatant WP:NOT violation. RileyBugz ^会話_投稿記録 11:05, 8 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

It is not an essay any longer. Bfpage (talk) 12:54, 8 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

~~Keep~~ Rename to what is written now in the first sentence a- it is still undergoing improvement. Bfpage (talk) 11:25, 8 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Bfpage: But it's an essay, it would have to be rewritten, with the title changed, to be able to be kept. It would have to be something different than it is. RileyBugz ^会話 _投稿記録 11:28, 8 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

This article is being edited to address those issues. Allow time for it to get fixed. Bfpage (talk) 11:33, 8 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. The subject is inherently unsuitable for Wikipedia per WP:NOTHOWTO. No amount of improvement can change that. Clarityfiend (talk) 11:31, 8 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The how-to language has been removed. Bfpage (talk) 12:54, 8 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. The article ends with an advertisement and Wikipedia is not a "how to" guide. So far all of this editor's contributions have ended with advertising PhD Dissertation.co.uk. Bakilas (talk) 11:35, 8 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The advertisement has been removed. Bfpage (talk) 12:54, 8 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: Non-encyclopaedic WP:NOTHOWTO content. AllyD (talk) 11:47, 8 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete- agree with last comment. This reads less like an encyclopaedia article than an extract from a "how-to" manual, that would be more suitable for an undergraduate handbook than an encyclopaedia.Vorbee (talk) 15:31, 8 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
delete per WP:NOTHOWTO. Mangoe (talk) 16:25, 8 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Comment The article appears to have been written for the purpose of spamming/linking to a site that offers dissertation services/help. I applaud Bfpage's efforts to improve the article. At the same time it seems there is quite a bit of overlap with existing articles. See Thesis#Style and Style guide for example. If we get into the full contents of the style guide, it would seem to enter "how to" territory. — LinguistAtLarge • Talk 21:51, 8 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Others have cited NOTHOWTO, and that's the bottom line here. Besides which, different style guides apply at different institutions, so promoting this particular one (or its parent site) seems pointless to say the least. BigHaz - Schreit mich an 23:15, 8 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per above. In addition, we are not a web host to post personal opinions and suggestions, with a side order of spam. Bearian (talk) 19:11, 9 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete – It is possible to write about the topic of dissertation style guides in an encyclopedic way (see, e.g., Thesis#Style, as noted above), but that is not what this page is doing. Furthermore, since the care and feeding of quotations is only one of the many points which a style guide typically addresses, even if we had an article called "Dissertation style guide", quotation would at most merit a section of it. XOR'easter (talk) 16:14, 11 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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.