The result was delete. Nja 247 10:33, 26 July 2009 (UTC) reply
First off, we all acknowledge that AfD is not about article improvement, so I don't really want this to focus on the promotional nature of the article, which I was about to address before I realised that it was probably going to be a waste of time.
It's easy to see how this article got past an overstretched new page patrol:
Newsweek magazine called GetEducated.com “a great source for weeding out phony colleges.” [2]. Other notable references have appeared in: CNN.com [8][3], the Wall Street Journal [4], CBS Marketwatch [5], Time [6], BusinessWeek [7], WIRED [8], Fortune [9], The New York Times [10], U.S. News & World Report [11], Forbes [12], Fast Company [13], and others.
It is my contention that when many of these bluffs are called, they fall away into obscurity. A quick look down the titles of the pieces referenced gives the general idea: only the Newsweek piece actually has "getEducated" in it. All the online sources I have clicked onto say basically the same thing: " 'The sector is...' says Vicky Phillips, CEO of Geteducated.com, 'we hope to...' " or some such - the definition of a trivial reference.
I haven't been able to review the offline source (the Newsweek one looks the best) and the NYT article looks promising, but I can't get past page 1 at the moment to see what the coverage was actually like. Needless to say, I worry about their quality.
I would like to know what other people think about this puffery (if sources could be found, I at least would reconsider). Thanks, - Jarry1250 [ humorous – discuss ] 10:20, 19 July 2009 (UTC) reply
The result was delete. Nja 247 10:33, 26 July 2009 (UTC) reply
First off, we all acknowledge that AfD is not about article improvement, so I don't really want this to focus on the promotional nature of the article, which I was about to address before I realised that it was probably going to be a waste of time.
It's easy to see how this article got past an overstretched new page patrol:
Newsweek magazine called GetEducated.com “a great source for weeding out phony colleges.” [2]. Other notable references have appeared in: CNN.com [8][3], the Wall Street Journal [4], CBS Marketwatch [5], Time [6], BusinessWeek [7], WIRED [8], Fortune [9], The New York Times [10], U.S. News & World Report [11], Forbes [12], Fast Company [13], and others.
It is my contention that when many of these bluffs are called, they fall away into obscurity. A quick look down the titles of the pieces referenced gives the general idea: only the Newsweek piece actually has "getEducated" in it. All the online sources I have clicked onto say basically the same thing: " 'The sector is...' says Vicky Phillips, CEO of Geteducated.com, 'we hope to...' " or some such - the definition of a trivial reference.
I haven't been able to review the offline source (the Newsweek one looks the best) and the NYT article looks promising, but I can't get past page 1 at the moment to see what the coverage was actually like. Needless to say, I worry about their quality.
I would like to know what other people think about this puffery (if sources could be found, I at least would reconsider). Thanks, - Jarry1250 [ humorous – discuss ] 10:20, 19 July 2009 (UTC) reply