Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/McTimoney College of Chiropractic


 * 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. (non-admin closure) Logan Talk Contributions 03:28, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

McTimoney College of Chiropractic

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This is an article about a company that provides training for quacks. Four sources are cited. One is the company's own site, one is 404, one is no longer available (and was about the University of Wales validating bogus degrees, not about this company; McTimoney is not mentioned in the broadcast), one does not mention the name of this company.

It is fun to poke these fools with a stick - the Bad Science posse replaced McTimoney's picture with a rubber duck on one site, which was amusing while it lasted - but I do not really see much evidence that anybody outside of the McTimoney "association" thinks McTimoney is at all important. Guy (Help!) 09:54, 3 March 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep I've corrected the 404 link and removed the iPlayer reference - hadn't realised it was unavailable and yes it'd be better as a reference for the University of Wales article.
 * I've not created the article to poke fun or mock anyone, can only apologies if that's the impression I've given. I'm completely aware of the rubber duck thing. I'm not sure how the importance of McTimoney outside of the field of Chiropractic is critical - if that's a consideration here then ought to be seriously reviewing pages listed at Category:Chiropractic_schools. I think it's worth of an article since:


 * The MCA represents a measurable faction of Chiropractors in the UK, sizable enough to cause plenty of friction with other Chiropractors.
 * It's one of the few places in the UK offering science degrees in a pseudoscience.
 * Pishmishy (talk) 20:06, 3 March 2011 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions.  —• Gene93k (talk) 02:33, 4 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 02:33, 4 March 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep. A search for  yields about a hundred results at Google Books,, including examples like these:   and many more.  Google Scholar also yields about 100 references.  Whatever one's views about chiropractic, the evidence is that this school and its associated methodology and association represent a notable branch of it.--Arxiloxos (talk) 16:13, 4 March 2011 (UTC)
 * And are they primarily about this company? I doubt it. That's not to dispute that McTimoney is a notable form of quackery (even other chiropractors have spoken out against it) but that doesn't mean that this company, as covered in this thinly sourced article, is notable by association. Guy (Help!) 16:39, 4 March 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep. McTimoney Chiropractic is regulated in the UK by the General Chiropractic Council set up by act of parliament to regulate training and professional standards. Most of the opinions stated above seem to be expressions of prejudice with no citations. Wikipedia exists to provide a repository of what is known about our world and McTimoney Chiropractic is part of that world. The article makes no claims for the efficacy of Chiropractic in general or McTimoney Chiropractic in particular, it simply reports what exists. Any attempt to deny its existence by seeking to delete this page is censorship. Chrisrustsheffield (talk) 20:49, 9 March 2011 (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.