Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/World Wide Workshop Foundation

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The result was delete. ~ L'Aquatique[talk] 04:47, 21 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

World Wide Workshop Foundation

The references in this article do not establish notability of the subject:

World Wide Workshop(2008). http://www.worldwideworkshop.org Retrieved 1 October 2008. Subject's own web site.
MIT Media Lab Alumni/Former Research Staff. Subject not mentioned.
Situating Constructionism. Subject not mentioned.
Harel, I. (1991). "Children Designers: Interdisciplinary Constructions for Learning and Knowing Mathematics in a Computer-Rich School". Knopf. (Paperback Edition, Ablex Publishing, ISBN 0-893-91788-5). Subject not mentioned (according to Google Books).
GirlGeeks.org. "Women who inspire us, internet: Idit Harel". Subject not mentioned.
http://www.globaloria.org/wiki/images/TheExponentJuly182008.pdf. Globaloria project discussed in this very regional (North Central West Virginia) newspaper. Subject mentioned in passing only to identify the organization with which Idit Harel Caperton is affiliated.
West Virginia Department of Education (2008). A Chronicle of West Virginia's 21st Century Learning Initiative. Three paragraphs about Globaloria in a 72-page compendium. One of those paragraphs mentions the subject.
West Virginia Center for Professional Development. "West Virginia Center for Professional Development Partners with World Wide Workshop to Help Educators and Students Gain 21st Century Learning, Life and Technology Skills". As described, a press release, so not helpful in determining notability.
http://theintermountain.com/page/content.detail/id/503387.html?nav=5014. Another very local article that mentions the subject only in passing without any description.

My reading of these references does not give rise to any presumption of the of the Globaloria project, but (a) perhaps it is, in which case some of the information here may be better suited to an article on that topic. There already is an artilce on Idit Harel Caperton.

In addition, several paragraphs of the article are taken directly from [1].

Finally, the article appears to have been written by an intern at the subject organization, as suggested by the results of a Google search for "Ryan Letada LinkedIn" in comparison the username Rletada (talk) of the creator of and contributor of an additional 109 edits to the article. Miraculously, after I noted this fact in the talk page, a new user (User:HugoHerscher, created today) started editing this page, and has edited nothing else. What a coincidence! Bongomatic (talk) 17:04, 16 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi - I am HugoHerscher, new to editing on Wikipedia. I started doing some editing of places I knew about, and I have been involved in programs through the World Wide Workshop Foundation in the past so I joined in there, too. I am sorry if I caused more problems. I really believe in this organization and feel it is an important contribution. Thank you. —Preceding undated comment was added at 17:56, 16 October 2008 (UTC).

Delete - there isn't coverage in reliable sources to establish notability -- Whpq (talk) 15:10, 17 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - as per WP:N WP:SPAM - promotional content - DustyRain (talk) 08:09, 19 October 2008 (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.