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The result was soft delete. Based on minimal participation, this uncontroversial nomination is treated as an expired PROD (a.k.a. "soft deletion"). Editors can request the article's undeletion. Yes, previously nominated and technically ineligible, but no one is contesting deletion. Star Mississippi 01:45, 12 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Speed Thinking

There are at least two problems with this article, tone and notability. The tone is blatantly promotional, as it has been since the article was written in 2010, and has been tagged as ((peacock)) since 2011. It was written by two single-purpose accounts, neither of whom has edited since, one of whom is either the developer of the technique or a relative of the developer of the technique. Removing the puffery would reduce the article to a stub. So the question is whether the topic is notable. Does it pass general notability? Does the article speak for itself and explain how the technique is discussed by reliable sources? The article says that the technique is valuable, but it doesn't attribute that to reliable sources. A check of the references shows that their purpose has probably been to have references because Wikipedia requires them. Four of them are about three other books on similar techniques (and Wikipedia has articles about their authors and their works), which were written before Hudson's books. Two of the references are to the author's books. One of the references has nothing to do with the subject.

Reference Number	Reference	Comments	Independent	Significant	Reliable	Secondary
1	www.edwdebono.com	An Indonesian web site that has nothing to do with Edward DeBono.	Yes	No	No
2	gladwellbooks.com	Web site for an author who is cited in the article	No	No		No
3	Blink, by Malcolm Gladwell	A book that is mentioned in the article as a predecessor to the technique	Yes	Not about this topic	Yes	No
4	Speed Thinking, by Ken Hudson	The book that describes the technique	No	Yes		No
5	The Idea Accelerator, by Ken Hudson	Another book by the author of the technique	No	Yes		No
6	The Inner Game, by Tim Gallwey	A web site about another author and their methodology	Yes	Not about this topic		No
7	www.kenblanchard.com	A web site about another author and another methodology	Yes	Not about this topic		No

This article is about a technique. An article about either of the author's books might or might not pass book notability if it were neutral, which this article is not. This article does not establish that the technique passes general notability, and is promotion. Is there a bit bucket handy? Robert McClenon (talk) 19:45, 27 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Business, Management, and United States of America. Robert McClenon (talk) 19:45, 27 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Delete for notability issues and promotion, should probably have been Speedy Deleted long ago. --VViking_TalkEdits 19:41, 28 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Psychology-related deletion discussions. Robert McClenon (talk) 07:55, 29 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Previously nominated via WP:PROD, ineligible for soft deletion.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 23:55, 4 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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.