Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Medical Family Therapy


 * 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. There seems to be some heavy socking going on here, or at least canvassing. I am consequently only taking into consideration the comments of established editors in the debate.  Spinning Spark  15:08, 5 April 2014 (UTC)

Medical Family Therapy

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This is an article that has referenciness, but the referenciness evaporates on closer inspection. The sources for most fo the content are papers by the proponents of the term (primary sources). The sources which are provably independent, are not actually discussing the subject, but are provided to directly support claims made by the proponents (WP:OR). The author's name Googles as a "Medical Family Therapy Fellow", i.e. a WP:COI. Taken in totality, the article is an attempt to use Wikipedia to promulgate a novel discipline. We are not supposed to do that. Guy (Help!) 10:40, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Medicine-related deletion discussions.  Jinkinson   talk to me  19:42, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions.  Jinkinson   talk to me  19:43, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Medicine-related deletion discussions. Lsudano (talk) 20:14, 26 March 2014 (UTC)

This page should not be deleted because it does not promote any individual company, person or organization. I am no longer in a Medical Family Therapy fellow role(I assume you are referencing a conflict of interest/secondary gains to me posting this article). Many students are curious about this growing field and the resources provided are reliable. Editing will continue to be made to the writing and with the growing number of training/certificate programs in the country (a table that was initially posted within the article but is now taken down), it is evident that this field continues to appeal to many professionals.--132.239.142.130 (talk) 20:47, 26 March 2014 (UTC) - lsudano
 * It is, however, promoting a novel concept. We are not supposed to blaze the trail in this way. Guy (Help!) 22:35, 26 March 2014 (UTC)

Guy, I do understand your concern as the article lacked secondary sources to satisfy Wikipedia's guidelines. As such, I have added secondary sources and will continue to add, e.g., the new 2014 text on Medical Family Therapy: Advanced Applications published by Springer and a 2012 article about the heart of Medical Family Therapy. In total, I added 7 secondary resources. Thank you for your constructive and directive feedback on how to make this article stronger and for it to meet Wikipedia's guidelines. I look forward to building this important page. Should there be further edits needed, please let me know as I am looking to meet Wikipedia's requirements. --68.6.185.120 (talk) 23:55, 26 March 2014 (UTC)

Please let me know if the page is meeting the requirements/guidelines of Wikipedia. I have added secondary resources to ensure that the page is not promoting a "novel concept." Also, I have looked at the following pages as a guide to editing the page because they have been on Wikipedia for awhile and there is no trace of discussion regarding deletion: health psychology and medical social work. Also, I would like to add the programs like health psychology. If I included programs in this format, would there be a violation? Please advise.--Lsudano (talk) 03:17, 28 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete. I agree. This seems to be a novel technique that is promoted by the main editor of the article, who, in my opinion, is a single-purpose account. --Fjsalguero (talk) 18:56, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

I have recently found this page and recommend against deletion. I am currently attempting to organize knowledgeable people to add-to and diversify this page. I request that you allow until the end of April for us to accomplish our work. As this is my first time working on a Wikipedia page, I also request more specifics as to what will be required of us. Much of your commentary is hard to interpret outside of Wikipedia alcolytes. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Randall.reitz (talk • contribs) 17:18, 3 April 2014 (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.