Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Generic education

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was Delete per OR/spam concerns. GlassCobra 17:21, 25 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Generic education

An educational concept proposed by Win Straube and written up here by User:Wstraube. If not quite original research, then it is self-promotion and spam for a book. — RHaworth (Talk | contribs) 03:00, 18 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: As per nom. – Jerry^teps 03:20, 18 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete The concept needs to be discussed by others before it is notable for WP. Steve Dufour (talk) 05:33, 18 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Education-related deletion discussions. -- the wub "?!" 17:33, 18 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Weak keep: it seems the concept has merit, even if the current article lacks any explanation of notability. It may be WP:OR but that can be tidied up and AfD isn't really for cleanup. Essentially: the article requires a heavy clean up and additional sources but isn't a contender for deletion in my view. How about tagging it with {{verify}} and other relevant templates instead? Coldmachine^Talk 19:44, 22 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, nobody has taken notice. Searching for "generic education" +straube gets no Google News hits, and the only Book hit is the book itself. It is safe to conclude that this article is spam. Phlegm Rooster (talk) 05:20, 25 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, I was informed that the lead story in the upcoming September issue of "Valvital", a very popular German magazine will talk about Generic Education. I have the draft of the article sent by the editor. User:Wstraube (talk) 15:45, 25 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, I have been an advocate for my children’s education and I will continue to be, despite being labeled by some teachers as “the problem parent” of the classroom. If that is what it takes to be involved, then so be it. So what is Quality Generic Education? It is identical quality to “brand name” education that is universally applicable, available to all, and not ideologically directed. In short, it means that an education garnered from a state university would be of equal value to one from Harvard. I can hear the gasps of disbelief at such a notion, but I am all for such a concept to become a reality. (talk) 15:52, 25 August 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by HFroeschl (talk • contribs) [reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.