Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Decision alignment


 * 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   speedy delete - only significant author has requested deletion. - Smerdis of Tlön (talk) 21:02, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

Decision alignment

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Contested prod; prod tag was removed without comment by the article’s author. Original prod reason was ''“No claims of why it should be included. Reads like marketing copy, or a presentation in a management meeting. Cannot find any copyviolations, but it reads like it possibly is (possibly.) No context and just doesn't seem encyclopaedic."'' I agree - the article doesn't assert notability, it reads like an ad or a promotion of some sort, and it provides no meaningful context.  Note that it is likely self-promotional and possibly original research, see this blog about "decision alignment" written by a Mark Chidwick, and the author or the Wikipedia article is User:Markchidwick.  "Decision Alignment" has about 100 Google hits, but they don't all seem to be about the concept as described here.  Delete. Dawn Bard (talk) 20:20, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete - as person who put the original Prod on the article, for the comments listed above. Canterbury Tail   talk  23:27, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Speedy delete as obvious advertising that can never be neutral, and because this kind of writing is patent nonsense: Decision Alignment, commonly abbreviated "DA", is a methodology, standards and best practices for management consultants, focused on empowering business leaders to have confidence in the decision making process. The markets are changing the way organization are approaching their decision-making processes due to the availability and richness of information, the availability and depth of domain experts and the need to respond rapidly to market conditions. - Smerdis of Tlön (talk) 15:14, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete - not yet a notable concept. It needs secondary articles first, then it can be added back in. Bearian (talk) 18:47, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

Editors: This is my first Wikipedia and I should have started in the sandbox - live and learn. The article does read like marketing, I agree. I need to work on it further and learn how to "encyclopedia speak". The concept is much the same as PMI or ISO, so I believe it to be a worth while article.

If there is a way to take the article off of the published area and into the sandbox, please advise. I have tried to find a way with no success. Then I can improve, remove the marketing speak and have something worth while.

Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Markchidwick (talk • contribs) 18:53, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment. In my opinion, the problem isn't so much the writing style, which could be fixed, but the lack of evidence that this is a notable concept.  (Mine is, of course, just one opinion.)  The "management-speak" tone of it isn't helping, but it's a secondary point.  Dawn Bard (talk) 19:00, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

Editors: Until I can improve the content to demonstrate a notable concept, can I ask that this article be deleted. I thought I would be able to do this myself, but cant see how. - Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Markchidwick (talk • contribs) 19:08, 7 May 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.