Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/International Montessori Society


 * 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. -- Cirt (talk) 05:39, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

International Montessori Society


I went to try to balance this article today, and found it impossible without deleting a great bulk of the content enclosed. It is well written from the point of view of IMS, but seeing as it's an extreme splinter group, with fewer than 10 'accredited' schools in the USA, and is non-accredited by the certifying body for Montessori teacher education (which is not funded by either AMI or AMS), this article is essentially an advertisement. A closer look at the IMS website revealed no quantifiable criteria for a school or teacher of theirs, they cite no work not published by themselves, and not known in the industry. They are accredited by an accrediting body that is not recognized by the USA department of education and of which they are part of, after being denied certification by the state of MD and the USDE. They appear to be a Montessori diploma mill. For these reasons, I am nominating this article for deletion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by TheLastAlcoholic (talk • contribs) 2010-12-09 01:25:49  Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, -- Cirt (talk) 05:13, 16 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Education-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 02:47, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
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 * Delete It's borderline, but I'm leaning towards delete. I cleaned up a good deal of the puffery, but basically the story is "Sometimes I get in the newspaper for failing to meet education standards, or for leading a workshop".  There's a below-average amount of coverage, and I don't think that we could write much of an article based primarily upon WP:Independent sources (as required by WP:V).  WhatamIdoing (talk) 01:37, 15 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Delete - at least as a stand alone article. I wouldn't even go so far as to recommend a merge into one of the existing Montessori articles, but could see a cited mention of their existence (possibley including accreditation by a non-authoritative accreditation body), but the article adds nothing to this encyclopedia other than proclaiming the group exists. --Quartermaster (talk) 13:34, 16 December 2010 (UTC)
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