Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/HEXACO model of personality structure


 * 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   keep. --  Phantom Steve / talk &#124; contribs \ 03:15, 14 December 2010 (UTC)

HEXACO model of personality structure

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Fractionally above original research. No evidence that this model has received any attention by the scientific community. &mdash; RHaworth 12:05, 30 November 2010 (UTC)  Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:00, 7 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Oppose "No evidence that this model has received any attention by the scientific community" ignores the fact that the article does feature two references to academic publications. Gscholar suggests to me that there is sufficient attention being paid to this rather new model.Shawn in Montreal (talk) 16:50, 30 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment I've struck through my statement above because I see that these Gscholar hits do appear to be articles by the theory's creators. Though published in (what appear to me to be) legitimate academic journals, I'm not seeing articles by others about this model, and that is at the crux of the nominator's rationale, I believe. The article was created by User:M C Ashton, the same name as one of the model's co-creators, and I've applied a COI tag accordingly. Moreover, the article was dePRODDED by anon IP from Brock University, where Prof. Ashton works. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 19:08, 30 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment At WP:COS we see "If an editor has published the results of his or her research in a reliable publication, the editor may cite that source while writing in the third person and complying with our neutrality policy." Google Scholar for HEXACO model gives over 600 hits many relevant to this topic, which seems to establish notability.  Kenilworth Terrace (talk) 19:23, 30 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Social science-related deletion discussions.  -- Jclemens-public (talk) 19:39, 30 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment This is M. C. Ashton, the person who submitted the article. I submitted it under my own name, so that it would be clear that I was the author.  (When I "deprodded" the article, I thought that my username would be visible, not knowing about the "four tildas", and I stated the reason for objecting to deletion.)  I've tried to write the article in a neutral tone, but if there are segments that seem not to be neutral, please let me know and I can modify them.  Regarding the references, I am an author on many of these, but they're published in peer-reviewed psychology journals.  To see a list of HEXACO references, including about 20 by other authors (mostly 2008 or later), please see this page.  Also, work related to this model has been cited several times in a widely used personality psychology textbook by Larsen and Buss, "Personality Psychology:  Domains of Knowledge About Human Nature" (3rd ed) M C Ashton (talk) 20:54, 30 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Based on the comments above, I restore my oppose to deletion. Prof. Ashton has, it seems, made a reasonable effort to create this article in a transparent way and we do have a sufficient level of notability for the article subject. Any WP:COI issues that may exist can be addressed by other means. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 21:13, 30 November 2010 (UTC)
 * I've since removed the COI tag: I don't see anything in the article that is biased or non-neutral, and I for one have no desire to make any more of an issue over Prof. Ashton's good faith effort to create an article on a model that I do feel is notable. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 02:49, 6 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep in present form. Kenilworth Terrace (talk) 17:50, 6 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Comment A new section now cites some scientific journal articles in which the HEXACO model of personality structure has been used. M C Ashton (talk) 17:16, 13 December 2010 (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.