Talk:Neuro-linguistic programming/revise-intro

Introduction/lede
Origin of title, No single definition of NLP: give some examples of definitions from prominent sources including typical definitions from promotional literature, definitions from founders/prominent practitioners, definition from academics and critics.
Founding and development, history
Summarize the orientation: i.e. model v theory; interested in healthy functioning and learning, not pathology. Pragmatism v. Theory.-->
Intellectual Influences e.g. dictim "Map is not the territory", Bateson, Chomsky, including criticism
Influence of Milton Erickson, Virginia Satir, Fritz Perls
Is it a technology, methodology, set of practices, or pseudoscience?
Argument concerning pseudoscience
Research literature: including empirical and other academic literature
Reception and uptake: Estimation of number of practitioners, number of books, where it is applied, how large is the industry, what professional areas?
Training providers and associations, level of accreditation, level recognition / level of discredit