Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy


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The result was delete.  Sandstein  19:11, 30 September 2018 (UTC)

Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy

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I could not find any independent, reliable, secondary sources. Searching JSTOR gave zero results, and EBSCO found four articles, but all four were written by its inventor. The article may be a WP:COPYVIO because it restates the content of the treatment model found in copyrighted material, in the same level of detail. For example, the section Treatment Structure and Targets states how to administer this therapy. It is a close paraphrase of copyrighted material from the American Journal of Psychotherapy, including specific details like the number of weeks of therapy and duration of each session. (See )

The article also appears to violate WP:SPIP. A significant number of the sources are authored by the inventor of this therapy, and User:TenZero10, who created the article, has a self-identified COI for being on a student committee for the company that promotes the use of this therapy, which pays students up to $1,000 to perform research that supports their theories. The section Training and consultation is an obvious WP:PLUG for the company, which sells the inventor's book.

Thank you for your review of this nomination. Romhilde (talk) 21:52, 23 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete - Promotional article crerated by a single purpose, CoI editor, likely the same individual whose original name was RODBT. The name of that editor was blocked two days earlier for appearing to represent a group, organization or website. RODBT was also a single purpose account which had created the article Thomas R. Lynch, the promulgator of this therapy. I think Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy is grossly promotional and should be speedily deleted under G11. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 13:24, 25 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete Hella promotional in style and content, obvious COI issues, lack of coverage independent of originator, overly detailed. Clearly should not be covered by someone with a buck to turn or a reputation to make on the strength of it. -- Elmidae (talk · contribs) 16:13, 25 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Merge with Dialectical behavior therapy, since it is related to that. Leo1pard (talk) 16:58, 25 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete, no merge, no redirect, This isn't a compelling search term for Dialectical behavior therapy, and this article has nothing to add to Dialectical behavior therapy. --Bejnar (talk) 03:27, 27 September 2018 (UTC)


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