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 redirect to Adaptive behavior. Mark Arsten (talk) 16:57, 24 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Adaptive functioning[edit]

AfDs for this article:

(Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL)

Recreated after a speedy deletion for copyright infringement. Now it's not infringing, but it doesn't contain anything that isn't also found in Adaptive behavior. There's nothing here to merge, and the point seems to be to promote the blog that it was formerly a copyright violation of. — alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 17:34, 10 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep or Merge into it's own small section in Adaptive behavior. Those who want to know what adaptive functioning, yet don't clearly know what what adaptive functioning is compared to what adaptive behavior is, may appreciate "...a term that refers to the skillset necessary for humans to effectively manage needs by ones environment.", that is not currently? in either article. Creator of article, Mysterytrey 00:49, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note Skillset goes to Creative Skillset - "Sector Skills Councils (SSCs) are state-sponsored, employer-led organisations that cover specific economic sectors in the United Kingdom." So this article explains nothing regarding adaptive behavior and isn't relevant to it. MathewTownsend (talk) 18:38, 19 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Behavioural science-related deletion discussions. Gongshow ^Talk 23:45, 10 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, TheSpecialUser ^TSU 03:50, 17 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - doesn't make sense grammatically (despite the source - lacking author (site disclaimer so not reliable source) - using the term). "Functioning" is not a "skillset". "Behavior" can include skill sets. "Functioning" is a more global term, "a general concept of coping" and "coping strategies". e.g. [1] (Click on Google scholar above under "Find sources") MathewTownsend (talk) 12:02, 19 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

p.s. The one source in the article Adaptive functioning is a site soliciting business for "Shahal Rozenblatt, Ph.D. • Clinical Neuropsychologist

Advanced Psychological Assessment, P.C. • 50 Karl Avenue, Suite 104

Smithtown, NY 11787 • 137 East 36 Street, Suite 4, New York, NY 10016 • Tel: 866-840-9790"

See: what you'll get for your evaluation and how to arrange payment from the source site, for example.

Also, please note that skillset redirects to: "Creative Skillset is the Sector Skills Council which supports skills and training for people and businesses to ensure the UK creative industries stay competitive and productive." - so how is this link relevant to the Adaptive behavior article? So this article, Adaptive functioning explains nothing and there is nothing to merge - unless you want to introduce Creative Skillset, the UK Sector Skills Council into the Adaptive behavior article. That article is already such a mess that it doesn't need this kind of unreliably sourced confusion added to it. MathewTownsend (talk) 18:38, 19 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

You've given a lot of thought to the mislink. So much more than actually fixing the link. Mysterytrey 16:47, 20 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete or Merge. This barely-readable stub has no useful information. If anything is worth salvaging, merge it with Adaptive behavior. Kaldari (talk) 21:37, 19 August 2012 (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.