Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Marilyn Mosley Gordanier


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The result was redirect to Laurel Springs School. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 22:21, 7 June 2017 (UTC)

Marilyn Mosley Gordanier

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The only notability is as founder of the school, and it appears the school is not notable enough to support this. The books are unidentifiable, both on Worldcat and Amazon--perhaps they are publications less than books, but I cannot find them on Google Scholar or even Google. As for the awards: There is no such thing as a Nobel Earth Prize, and I can identify only 2 people named Klaus Nobel: one a Advisor to a firm of "Strategy Consultants" and the other  a very minor ufologist. The "Outstanding Leadership by an Individual in the Field of Distance Learning" award is actually one of a group of 10 people that year & apparently not that organizations highest award. (and press agents can submit nominations in behalf of their clients). There is no reference for the award from N.Amer Environmental Association--there are 5 such awards a year, and again it does not seem to be that organization's highest award. Even worse, I am unable to document it.. Nor has she any award from that society, for the year specified or any other.

That makes one exaggerated claim and four that are apparently false

Even if verifiable, she would not be notable. But a failure of V to this extent should cast doubt on everything in the article.  DGG ( talk ) 19:48, 31 May 2017 (UTC)
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 * Redirect to Laurel Springs School. The school site at least identifiers her as the founder, so the smergest of smerges could have that fact included there. The Keeping Pace source (which, surprisingly, does appear to be a reliable source for our purposes) actually does confirm that Laurel Springs was "the first online K–12 school in the United States", although it doesn't seem to support the Japan and Korea claims in Gordanier's article's lead. Indeed, it does not mention Gordanier at all; this contributes the notability of the school, but that's not inherited. As for the publications listed, I can't even verify the existence of The Parent’s Guide to Distance Learning. On the other hand, Towards Corporate Environmental Excellence is a Global 500 conference proceeding; I'm not able to access a copy or find the contents list, but identifying as a "co-author" of a conference proceeding strains the meaning of the term. As to the awards, I'm largely in agreement with DGG there, although the "Nobel Earth Prize" does exist, sort of. Needless to say, it does not confer notability. Squeamish Ossifrage (talk) 22:02, 31 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Redirect per WP:CHEAP. Her connection to Laurel Springs is documented. Bearian (talk) 23:20, 5 June 2017 (UTC)


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