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The result was delete. So Why 07:36, 12 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Chinese students in the United States[edit]

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Delete This is nothing but an original research essay. The cited sources do not encompass the topic, but are merely deal with disparate aspects of minority students, and sometimes Chinese students. The Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information. This is basically an essay coupled with an indiscriminate collection of citations some of which focus on very specific aspects of Chinese foreign students. Others are general such as the “Handbook of intercultural training “ and “Stereotypes: Contenstructures processes and context”. The article created in 2015 is an orphan, attempted links from articles about pre-WWI Chinese scholarships to the U.S. were inapposite as was the one from a school in Canada. The article has been tagged as an "essay" since March 2015. I do not believe that the current page is capable of being "fixed". I should add that the article was created on 27 February 2015 by a single purpose account which has not edited since.

Also delete the two redirects:

Draft:Chinese Students in the United States Chinese students in the United States

--Bejnar (talk) 04:11, 4 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete pretty much per nom. This reads like part of an assignment for a class somewhere, which doesn't remotely make it an encyclopedic article. The concept is covered in multiple other articles, and better. BigHaz - Schreit mich an 04:53, 4 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as per nom. Sulaimandaud (talk) 05:33, 4 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. Wikipedia is not a repository of school essays. - Rrachet (talk) 14:50, 4 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - I agree with the serious problems in the article, but I do believe it is capable of being fixed. I think the topic is relevant considering the number of chinese students that study across the world, although the actual content and focus of the article should be changed. "I'd rather have a German division in front of me than a French one behind me" - George S. Patton :: markus1423 (talk) 17:02, 4 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Markus1423: In other words WP:TNT. --Bejnar (talk) 03:14, 8 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Bejnar: Basically, I apologize that I'm new to Wikipedia and don't know many of the technical terms. But yeah, I think it is a relevant subject given that it will have effects extending long into the future. I think that if the revised article included primary and secondary international students as well, it would encompass enough material to actually be of some value. "I'd rather have a German division in front of me than a French one behind me" - George S. Patton :: markus1423 (talk) 12:57, 11 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I also revised a bit of the article and added some more information while rewriting some of the worst sections (I think most of the sterotypes, etc. will be completely removed). I'm not sure if this is a "no-no" on Wikipedia, but I followed the header's instructions so I hope this is acceptable. I tried to shift the focus of the article from post-1970 students to Chinese students in general in the United States, so I believe the links I placed earlier would now be valid (they refer to pre-1970 scholarships as @Bejnar: noted). I think that if certain elements of the article are retained and rewritten, it would meet the requirements. "I'd rather have a German division in front of me than a French one behind me" - George S. Patton :: markus1423 (talk) 13:56, 11 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Opinion essay. Kind Tennis Fan (talk) 00:26, 5 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - notable topic, but the article as written is an opinion essay. WP:TNT. -Zanhe (talk) 03:29, 5 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Merge into International student article. STSC (talk) 16:38, 7 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

While I agree that the International_student article could be improved, I do not see any of the material here being useful in that process. I would recommend that the International_student article be independently improved. --Bejnar (talk) 03:10, 8 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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