Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/RN.ORG

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. JForget 00:19, 1 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

RN.ORG

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Contested PROD. I thought about CSD G11/A7 here, but it is an accredited ~~institution of higher learning~~ by some state nursing agencies. However, no references establishing notability are given in the article, and I can't find any via a Google search. There is a COI issue, as the article was created by User:Beachdude2k, who indicates an affiliation with RN.ORG on his user page and has a history of spamming articles with RN.ORG links. P. D. Cook ^{Talk to me!} 13:57, 23 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as the original proddder. I concur with the observation that this subject appears to lack notability. However, I disagree that this subject is "an accredited institution of higher learning" as it appears only to be recognized by a few state agencies (who are not accrediting agencies) to provide continuing education. I don't think that level of recognition is sufficient to establish notability. --ElKevbo (talk) 15:24, 23 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note - I modified my rationale to reflect your concern regarding accreditation. P. D. Cook ^{Talk to me!} 15:29, 23 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Websites-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 15:33, 24 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment from IP editor copied from the talk page:

I have cleaned up the page, tried to make it look less like an advertisement, fixed the ambiguous references as suggested and removed some of the duplicate wording.. The courses on RN.ORG are indeed accepted by the various state boards of nursing within the US. California, Florida and West Virgina have unique requirements which require specific courses be approved by them thus the provider numbers from these specific states however other state boards of nursing accept CEUs approved by these boards of nursing. If you have any questions please feel free to email larry@lsnyder.com. THanks for all the work you guys do.. 190.157.60.26 (talk) 12:57, 27 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Pasted here by P. D. Cook ^{Talk to me!} 13:23, 27 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Non-notable. This is not an "institution of higher learning". It is not a degree-granting institution at all. It is a vendor of continuing education courses for nurses. The fact that the courses are accepted as valid CME by some states is not in any sense the same thing as "accreditation". So it is not a school, it is a company. And as a company it totally fails WP:N. --MelanieN (talk) 01:14, 29 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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