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The result was delete, per lack of notability. To the creator of the article, recreation would be a possibility if you can find
reliable secondary sources that establish the
notability of Ms. Wilson. An article on "Big Writing" is also a possibility, though there again you would have to demonstrate notability via coverage in third party sources, and the point below that "Wikipedia is not a webhost" is something to keep in mind. --
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notable person. Assertion of notability relates to founding the "Big Writing" technique, but this technique is not itself notable. No significant news or web results found.
WikiDan61
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Nothing has been hidden or done surrepticiously, but honestly and ethically. Delete if you wish. Used Pie Corbett's wiki page as an example because it was cited in an email to us asking for a page on ros. Hardly a promotional tone, but that is your opinion. (
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- Weak Keep Certainly the technique is widely used in UK schools - to the extent that Education Authorities run courses on it e.g.
[2] but whether it's the technique that has a notability or the creator I'm not sure. Certainly most of the hits I found go mention both. On that basis I'm in favour of keeping it as meeting criteria #1 & #2 of
WP:AUTH. I don't think
WP:ACADEMIC applies to this case as it's not involvement with scholarly research or higher education. I do agree with MuffeldThud about tone and COI.
NtheP (
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- Comment I don't think the "Learning Excellence" course offering denotes notability as much as it does the fact that the company that promotes this technique is willing to sell it to local educational insitutions. Note that the instructor for the course is a consultant from Andrell Education, the company that is promoting this technique (and, not incidently, the company that created this article).
WikiDan61
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- Reply It doesn't work like that in the UK. Education providers (normally the councils) can commission services. The example I highlighted was a council promoting a course to teachers in it's own geographical area. They (the council) aren't going to procure a service off the company for a course unless the teaching methods are used in its schools. I agree about who is presenting the course, my point is that it is the council, who have responsibility for education in their area, feel it is appropriate to offer training on this teaching method. That an education provider use Big Writing as a literacy teaching method in their schools confers a degree of notability on the method.
NtheP (
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- Again, I have to disagree with NtheP. A single educational council deciding to use this method does not indicate notability. If only a single company bought
IBM computers, IBM would hardly be a notable company. Notability of this company would arise from independent coverage of the company or their "Big Writing" product in independent sources such as education journals or mainstream newspapers.
WikiDan61
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- I quoted but one example. I can google and find several hundred references to individual schools all over the UK that use this method. The point you make about reliable independent sources is the exactly the same as I have made to the creator of this article. Without those a 'cast iron' assertion of notability is hard to achieve but all the small sources provide what I said before a degree of notability. What I was refuting was your assertion, as I saw it, that the reference I gave was self promotional by the company. If I misunderstood your original point, my apologies.
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This is the first article I have tried to submit, in response to requests from teachers around the UK. I appreciate any help advice with regard to making less promotional, as I felt it was simply statement of fact. As for a conflict of interest, I could understand if anything contentious, but I could submit the same information from a diferent email account surrepticiously and there would be no question. So why is there a problem now?(
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- Andrell/Curtis please read the essay on
conflict of interest, you'll find that answers many of your questions.
NtheP (
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- Comment The problem with the article is not primarily conflict of interest. The problem is primarily
lack of notability. Other than some few primary sources (Wilson's bio at the Andrell Education site), there are no references available via a Google search to hang one's hat on. The article can't be improved by other authors because there's no information with which to improve it.
WikiDan61
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Would it help if I were to include a number of external references here or on the proposed page, from primary schools, other councils etc?(
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undated comment added 10:23, 19 January 2010 (UTC).
This page was intended to be the first of several pages in response to requests from teahcers to offer definitions and descriptions of those elements that Ros Wilson includes in her strategies, such as The Punctuation Pyramid, V.C.O.P., "Big Writing", "WOW Words", "Power Writing" etc. Though there are descriptions in the forums of The TES (Times Education Supplement), the Andrell Education website, OFSTED Reports citing the techniques as succeeding in schools, some people do search Google, Wiki etc and there are no definitive listings. The logical location in my mind is Wiki. This isn't about promotion validation or anything, simply clarification.">
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- If teachers want information about this technique (which is essentially a "product" of Andrell Education), then Andrell Education should provide that information at their own website.
Wikipedia is not a webhost.
WikiDan61
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