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Notes archived, below ♥ VisitingPhilosopher ♥ talk ◊ contribs 08:25, 15 September 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia policies - adherence to policies and evidence
The table below shows how the text in the Personal relationship skills article specifically adheres to all Wikipedia policies.

Please add any relevant policies which should also be followed in this article, below.

Any further review input will help, please add comments if more detail is required for any of the policy adherence notes below, or any policies which have been missed.

All feedback gratefully received, thanks. ♥ VisitingPhilosopher ♥ talk ◊ contribs 08:51, 16 September 2012 (UTC)

Policies adhered to in this article: WP:HOWTO WP:VER WP:NPOV WP:N WP:NEO WP:SYN WP:ADVERT WP:ESSAY WP:OPINION WP:ORIG WP:LISTPURP WP:ENC WP:MOS WP:NOTPAPER WP:CITE WP:LEAD MOS:LAYOUT . The table below shows how the article conforms to each of the policies, click on the "see here" link for the proof of policy adherence and usually a place to add your own comments on how the policy guidelines are met fully in the article.

PRS Lead section
The lead section was initially deficient, and was enhanced following advice from Sionk.

PRS Not neologism, an apposite term
Google searches show that the "Personal Relationship Skills" term is well established for the meaning in the head of the article, and is not a neologism - see the analysis below.

Evidence for "Personal relationship skills" notability
This is a review of the closely related terms giving the evidence of the precise taxonomy and nomenclature in this specialist psychology field. The google search for "Personal relationship skills" stays firmly on topic - skills to be used by couples themselves - whereas other related terms have the meanings below:
 * 1) "Interpersonal skills" - these are work-related management skills - click for evidence >> Interpersonal skills
 * 2) "Couple skills" - these are skills for counsellors - click for evidence >> Couple skills -
 * 3) "Intimate relationship skills" - not notable, just 1 book uses the term, in 2012, - click for evidence >> Intimate relationship skills
 * 4) "Personal relationship skills" term is notable and not a neologism - click for evidence >> Personal relationship skills

PRS Notable
Wikiquote uses the term - Personal relationship Google search links are shown above.

PRS List is in secondary sources
This article lists the universal themes from these relationship books, all the skills in this list appearing in all of the books. Therefore following the WP:LISTPURP wikipedia policy.

PRS Neutrality
A neutral tone is presented throughout the article, with no advertising tone, balanced statements are used about the article's skills subject. The article includes a "criticism" section. This gives statements and attribution to those who hold opinions which oppose those from the article's main sources - that personal relationship skills can be categorised and learnt.

PRS Originality
There is no original thought in the article. There are references to notable sources for all of the statements made in the article. With a reference for each sentence, this article is not in the nature of an essay. There are no original opinions in the article, notable referenced sources are linked to each sentence which appears to have an opinion. Therefore the article conforms to these policies, see links - WP:ORIG WP:ESSAY WP:OPINION

Opinion policy adherence - link to "help the reader" policy

Secondary sources are used to show the people and organisations holding the opinions described in the article. The opinion sources are often provided with quotes, following this policy: "The main point is to help the reader and other editors." ~ policy source: help the reader

PRS Howto
The article is not a "howto" guide. There is no guide-like tone in any paragraph. All statements encompass universal themes, there are no verbs which are instructional. The style adheres strictly to simple, broad, statements of the encyclopedic facts.