Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Escondido Tutorial Service

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The result was speedily deleted. No assertion of notability, advertisement; in addition, no indpendent sources. —Centrx→talk • 01:13, 19 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Escondido Tutorial Service

non-notable tutoring service. 355 unique Ghits. Fails WP:CORP and WP:SCHOOL (although it's not a school, despite having been categorized there). wikipediatrix 14:47, 18 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This service qualifies for as notable under the following catagories for schools.

WP:SCHOOL #3 Many ETS students have performed very well in the national debate championships held by ncfca.org- notably the 2005 national speech champion, Amy Scofield. Three ETS students have been finalist in the national spelling bee, including Evelyn Blacklock- 2nd place 2003
WP:SCHOOL #4 The ETS program is unique in that is offers a five year Great Books program taught from a biblical perspective over the internet use live conferencing through webex. ETS was also one of the first institutions offering live conferenced classes for homeschoolers over the Internet.
WP:SCHOOL #6 ETS graduate Becky Perry recently co-authored the cover story for WORLD magazine at just 23 years of age.
WP:SCHOOL #7 The ETS facility is timberframed. Please see http://www.gbt.org/yearbook/ , http://www.gbt.org/yearbook/wesolekfling2003/daythreeb/DSC_0259.JPG and http://www.gbt.org/yearbook/wesolekfling2003/dayfoura/DSC_0264.JPG User:Fischerfritzusa

Full disclosure: Former student here, I put up an article because it serves as an umbrella for other online tutoring programs. Some possible sources for WP:SCHOOL: Homeschool World Magazine There is some local news coverage including an article in the north county times, an article in the New York Times Technology Section as well. [1] (link requires registration)--BigCow 19:58, 18 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, per nom. This is NOT a school and miserably fails WP:CORP.--Nilf anion (talk) 21:57, 18 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Strong delete per WP:CORP and WP:ADS. This is not a school, and any school-related proposed guidelines don't apply to it, but it is still a non-notable company. It reads like an ad, as well. --Core desat 21:58, 18 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Addendum I removed it from the online school category since it isn't a school. --Core desat 22:03, 18 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Criteria #1 for WP:CORP is that a company or corporation is notable if it has been the subject of multiple non-trivial published works whose source is independent of the company or corporation itself. I believe I can establish at least three publications which have written about it, including the homeschooling magazine and the NYT, how many would you consider to be neccessary?--BigCow 23:43, 18 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Comment The magazine article is not about the company itself. It's about the use of computers in homeschooling, and it just gives the company a passing mention. The NYT article is essentially the same thing, and the only mention of this company is: "...said Mr. Hinrichs...who founded Escondido Tutorial Service close to five years ago." Two of the references in the article are not third-party sources, and the third one doesn't mention this company at all. That doesn't cut it for WP:CORP. --Core desat 23:59, 18 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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