Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Partnership brokering


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The result was delete.  So Why  09:01, 5 July 2017 (UTC)

Partnership brokering

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This article does not appear to be about what independent reliable sources have written about the concept, but is the author's own ideas. It appears to be similar to a lecture for a business methodology, and has a "cheerleading" tone to it.

Google search does show that companies are promoting the concept, but no one has written neutrally about it. Robert McClenon (talk) 17:06, 27 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions.  WC  Quidditch   &#9742;   &#9998;  00:53, 28 June 2017 (UTC)


 * Comment - The article, in my opinion, has two problems. The first is notability.  The second is tone.  The first, the lack of notability, is the reason that I am proposing deletion.  The concept has not been written about neutrally by reliable sources, such as business magazines.  The second problem is that the tone of the article is promotional, advocating a particular way of doing business, rather than describing it neutrally.  The article will require a substantial rewrite to be encyclopedic if it passes notability and is kept.  If it doesn't pass notability, it doesn't need rewriting.  Robert McClenon (talk) 02:54, 29 June 2017 (UTC)


 * Comment Thank you for the additional guidance Robert McClenon.  Re NOTABILITY: The partnership brokering paradigm is a pioneering new concept, so there will not yet be major endorsements e.g. by business magazines. However, the term partnership broking or partnership broker has been noted and referred to in other relevant sources such as: The International Business Leaders Forum (IBLF), a UK based NGO, publishing ‘The Brokering Guidebook: Navigating Effective Sustainable Development Partnerships’; UN System Staff College and IBLF publication ‘The Guiding Hand: Brokering Partnerships for Sustainable Development’; UN Industrial Development Organisation publication ‘UNIDO Business Partnerships for Industrial Development’; Publications from the Donor Committee for Enterprise Development ‘Engaging with private sector through multi-stakeholder platforms’ and ‘How donors can make the transition to strategic private sector engagement’.   Re NEUTRAL TONE: Working on improving the tone of the article. Please watch the space for edits. PBA18 (talk) 10:52, 29 June 2017 (UTC)


 * Delete Since it is admitted to be "pioneering new concept," it is not yet suitable for an article.  DGG ( talk ) 20:10, 1 July 2017 (UTC)


 * Commenting on user DGG argument Partnership brokering as a paradigm is being adopted by many people working in the field of multi-stakeholder partnerships. The fact that it is fairly new is not necessarily undermining its significance and validity as a concept for managing complex collaboration processes. Many sources are listed referencing the conceptual frameworks that underpin and inform ‘partnership brokering’, citing ‘partnership brokering’ as a concept, and sharing insights from practitioners who already adopted this approach. PBA18 (talk) 11:32, 4 July 2017 (UTC)


 * Delete as WP:ADVOCACY; reads like a personal essay or project, even asking the readers: "Why is partnership brokering necessary?" No value to the project. Wikipedia is not a place to publish original thoughts. K.e.coffman (talk) 04:17, 5 July 2017 (UTC)


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