Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Naturopathic medical school in North America


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The result was   delete. slakr \ talk / 11:52, 11 February 2014 (UTC)

Naturopathic medical school in North America

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Little to no content beyond Naturopathy and Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine. In addition, the subject does not appear to be independently notable, nor are schools in North America consistent in any aspect of their degrees, admission requirements, or any other characteristic. North America includes two distinct countries, with different licensing requirements, as well as a plethora of states and provinces with additional laws. Some don't have licensing requirements at all.

At best, this article can be a fork of Naturopathy which discusses licensing requirements for a vary large, disparate geographical area. Any new content which could be added to this article can go to expanding Naturopathy instead. I would suggest a merge, but there appears to be no novel content to merge. &mdash; Jess &middot; &Delta;&hearts; 00:26, 29 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:31, 29 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:32, 29 January 2014 (UTC)
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I object to the idea of deleting this article. Answered specific criticisms of the article below:

“the subject does not appear to be independently notable”

Naturopathic medical school in North America is a unique phenomenon, producing naturopathic health care providers who have the scope of practice in many jurisdictions to order labs, write for legend drugs, perform minor surgery, deliver babies, etc. Naturopathic doctors outside North America are not allowed to do these things, so naturopathic medical school in North America is different than naturopathic medical school in, say, India, Australia, or England. Naturopathic medical school in North America is also quite different than allopathic and osteopathic medical schools offering the MD and DO degrees. Naturopathic medical school in North America has existed for over 100 years. There are seven schools with ~2000 students in North America.

“nor are schools in North America consistent in any aspect of their degrees, admission requirements, or any other characteristic. North America includes two distinct countries…”

This is incorrect. The schools in the US and Canada are all accredited by the Council on Naturopathic Medical Education, and have consistent admission requirements and core curricula.

“North America includes two distinct countries, with different licensing requirements. Some don't have licensing requirements at all. At best, this article can be a fork of Naturopathy which discusses licensing requirements for a vary large, disparate geographical area.”

Licensing may be different in some ways between the US and Canada, and among states and provinces, but this article is not about licensing of naturopathic doctors (although that subject is mentioned in the “practice and regulation” section). It is about the set of first-professional schools accredited to offer the ND/NMD degree by the Council on Naturopathic Medical Education.

Lamaybe (talk) 07:04, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment, you are not using 'notable' the way we do. You need to show notability according to our criteria at WP:ORG or WP:GNG. Dougweller (talk) 12:00, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete. The sources are all FAQs, web pages, and unpublished pamphlets and all from "within" the naturopathic education/practitioner community. Agricola44 (talk) 16:17, 31 January 2014 (UTC).
 * DeleteUnless independent sources can be found meeting our criteria. Dougweller (talk) 06:57, 2 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete poorly sourced fork. - - MrBill3 (talk) 05:48, 4 February 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.