Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Active Release Techniques


 * 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. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 05:18, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

Active Release Techniques

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Declining G11 speedy deletion. The news archive hits make me doubtful that we can get an article out of this, the topic and the language are considered promotional by most Wikipedians, and I'd be very surprised if there's no WP:COI here. On the other hand, there's room in Wikipedia for neutral articles for massage techniques, so maybe some of this material could be merged, I don't know. - Dank (push to talk) 18:53, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Advertising-related deletion discussions.  -- - Dank (push to talk) 18:54, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions.  -- - Dank (push to talk) 18:54, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete Promotional material. This is massage by another name, with a claim by a chiropracter that he invented it and people should only go to him. I don't think its even notable enough to be merged into the existing material on massage/sports massage/etc.Fuzbaby (talk) 18:57, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
 * please keep - Whether it is credited to any inventor or not is irrelevant to keeping this article. The ART is commonly used in North America (USA and Canada).  It is a common certification that many chiropractors and other health parctictionars have.  As many patients receive this type of massage, the article should objectively explain what this therapy is. -- User:ycherk04(talk)
 * Delete fails WP:GNG, just advertising for a fringe alt med "therapy". Verbal   chat  19:25, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. Spam. Doctorfluffy (wanna get fluffed?) 20:44, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete The article is promotes a particular company clear spam.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 21:27, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
 * There's actually a few refs found in a news archive search, but whether or not it's enough to make this notable is kind of iffy. It does read as kind of promotional, so weak delete unless someone shows some stronger refs and how to use them. Tony Fox (arf!) 22:44, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep, purge, rewrite - This is a notable subject. However, there are no sources currently in play here. A Google Scholar search reveals a plethora of reliable sources discussing the subject including Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, Elsevier, Decision Making in Medicine and Journal of Musculoskeletal Medicine. The tone of the current article is overly-promotional but it can easily be rectified using any number of sources from Scholar and even from Google News searches and just plain Google searches.. -- &#601;&#652;l&#601;&#653;&#647; &#601;uo-&#654;&#647;u&#601;&#653;&#647;  ssn&#596;s&#305;p 00:49, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment Is it considered "Full Release Massage?" Edison (talk) 02:55, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
 * LMAO! :-) -- &#601;&#652;l&#601;&#653;&#647; &#601;uo-&#654;&#647;u&#601;&#653;&#647;  ssn&#596;s&#305;p 07:10, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
 *  Wait a week and delete if it doesn't get cleaned up. -- Brangifer (talk) 04:01, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Cunard (talk) 01:26, 14 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Delete I skipped commenting on this on last time as I thought the debate was settled. - 2/0 (cont.) 04:29, 14 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Medicine-related deletion discussions.  —WhatamIdoing (talk) 00:48, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. No improvement has been made.  Brangifer (talk) 04:33, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
 * 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.