Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Key development indicator

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 delete. Although this phrase is found in various sources with various meanings, consensus is that this article about one particular, recently-introduced, interpretation fails WP:NEO. JohnCD (talk) 21:14, 3 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Key development indicator[edit]

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Is notability demonstrated? The only online reference does not mention the term at all. — RHaworth (talk · contribs) 16:43, 26 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: The term is commonly used in Management science. It has been mentioned in a couple of books such as this book, in academic conferences such as Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on e-Government, used by several international organizations such as International Monetary Fund, Asian Development Bank, OECD, World Bank, this book, this book, Proceedings of Fifth International Danida Workshop on Watershed Development, World Bank, this book, The Gambia and Its President, another book to mention few. Other similar term includes Key Performance Indicator, World Development Indicators and Africa Development Indicators. Wikic¤l¤gy^{t@lk to M£} 22:35, 26 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You seem to have simply done a search on the coincidental occurence of those words in that order as opposed to the actual neologism claimed in the article. The claim that this term, as "introduced in 2012" is widely used in management science is absurd, and the majority of those cites have zero to do with that article. Are there any of those that you feel are directly applicable? Kuru (talk) 13:20, 27 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Kuru. The claim that the term was introduced in 2012 is really absurd and I'm aware of the blatant WP:COI in connection with the article. However, Pointing those sources out is to show that the term is commonly used and this article in question may need to be completely rewritten perhaps by another established editor. Wikic¤l¤gy^{t@lk to M£} 19:48, 27 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: An obvious attempt by Bob Aubrey (User:Bobauthor!) to drum up sales for his forthcoming book, which, while it won't be published for another two to three months, incredibly serves as the article's primary source. And while the term "key development indicator" (with different meanings than Aubrey's) might warrant a mention in International development#Measurement or Childhood development, "key development indicator" as a measure of employee "learning, innovation and change" is 100% WP:NEO. Giving a widely-used term in some other field Aubrey's own new definition so that he can sell business improvement books and business improvement consulting services is clever, but ultimately Wikipedia is not a platform for Aubrey to advertise his wares for free. -- DanielPenfield (talk) 10:46, 27 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: See also, Personal development. A pattern there... DA Sonnenfeld (talk) 10:13, 2 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, what Daniel^ said. — Jeraphine Gryphon ^(talk) 19:33, 28 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:55, 30 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Management-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:55, 30 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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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.