Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Giordano memorization system

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 Speedy Delete per G12, copyright violation. The text in here had the ring of something that has been written elsewhere, and what I'm seeing is a word-for-word similarity to this. The latter is copyright 2006 by V. Kozarenko. This was definitely not written, if one can use that word, in a way that is suitable for Wikipedia. Mandsford 14:19, 7 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Giordano memorization system

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Spam / how-to guide / no evidence of notability. Take your pick. — RHaworth (talk · contribs) 02:11, 7 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I now find that I could speedy it on the basis of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Giordano Memorization System but having created this AfD, I will let it run. — RHaworth (talk · contribs) 02:21, 7 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, a fine example of a how-to guide. Conversely, this is not a good example of a repost: the version deleted in the other AFD is completely different, so it's ineligible for speedy deletion. Nyttend (talk) 04:59, 7 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, it is not a how-to guide. The article is merely describing the techniques that are a defining aspect of Giordano Memorization System and leaving them out would mean that the article was uncomplete and did not fully describe all aspescts of Giordano Memorization System. Just because techniques are discussed and you could perhaps use these techniques if you really read into the descriptions doesn't make it a how-to guide. You have to understand that because of the methodical nature of the subject at hands (mnemonic techniques and systems) one cannot write an article about it without mentioning or describing the techniques. In that defense I would like to mention that GMS actually has a lengthy theoretical base which is included in the article and which definately does not qualify for a how-to guide. On the subject of notability you can go and search Giordano Memorization System on google and you will see many references to it and many discussions/pages about it which I believe is evidence of notability. You might have an impression that this is spam because of the other GMS pages that there have been, which I agree, were mostly spam. I didn't make those pages and cannot vouche for them but for the current article I have taken my time to write a lengthy informative description of the system and tried to write it in a way that is suitable for Wikipedia. PaulKulla (talk) 10:01, 7 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Prune Fails WP:HOWTO at present, but there's probably something in here saveable by editing. Andy Dingley (talk) 14:04, 7 March 2011 (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.