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Nomination of Steps for Getting into US Colleges for deletion
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The article Steps for Getting into US Colleges has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
- Written like an essay, intended as a tool and not an encyclopedic resource.
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19:49, 20 February 2012 (UTC)
Hi there, Tthoma9. Thanks for contributing to the deletion discussion of Steps for Getting into US Colleges; input from the original author is always valuable. Although you said that you are working to make the article encyclopedic, I am not sure that this will ever work. The title of the article sets it out to be a how-to guide, which is not what Wikipedia is for. If you can find information from reliable sources which discuss getting into a US College, that might be useful to build and article with. However, writing an advice guide is not appropriate for Wikipedia. I suggest you have a look at WP:NOT, which outlines a few useful guidelines. Thanks for your time here - it is great to see new editors joining, and I'd encourage you to find a subject you are interested in to contribute to. If you need any further advice, you can ask me at my talk page. ItsZippy ( talk • contributions) 20:09, 20 February 2012 (UTC)