Talk:John Asimakopoulos#Merge proposal

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Merger proposal

{{Discussion top|result=The result of this discussion was merge. Russ Woodroofe (talk) 14:18, 19 January 2020 (UTC)}}

Assuming the current AfD discussion ends in keep (as it appears that it will), I propose to merge Transformative Studies Institute into John Asimakopoulos. The institute does not appear to be substantively separate from Asimakopoulos, and I think it can be well-explained by adding a heading for it. The current page for the institute is fairly long, but is extremely promotional. I estimate that there is about a paragraph of separate material after cutting the promo stuff.

Comment that a WP:BOLD editor previously carried out a similar merge, and was reverted; I have concerns about possible COI on the revert.

It seems clear that something needs to be done with the Transformative Studies Institute page. The best alternatives to me appear to be Merging, AfDing, or Stubifying. I'm proposing the merge rather than the AfD as I suspect the institute is notable as a minor academic publisher, although its journals are not.

Pinging users:

{{ping|David Eppstein|Wm335td|Bearian|NotButtigieg|TJMSmith|Bobrayner}} as having commented on the AfD or cleaned up the article about John Asimakopoulos.

{{ping|Randykitty}} as an expert on academic publishing (should TSI go through AfD?),

{{ping|Robdirect75|Sociologist2000}} as having contributed to the article, but I'm concerned about possible or apparent WP:COI.

Russ Woodroofe (talk) 18:23, 9 January 2020 (UTC)

:FWIW, I am fine with a merger. Bearian (talk) 21:23, 9 January 2020 (UTC)

:I would support a merger. I have not been active on wikipedia for years (thanks for the ping, Russ), but way back when, it was obvious to me that the two pages were basically the same topic and that this overlapped with promotional content and WP:COI. I would even support deletion as it seems impossible to keep an article which satisfies NPOV; one person has been very persistent in making the two articles maintain a very specific, positive, whitewashed position. bobrayner (talk) 21:25, 9 January 2020 (UTC)

:I haven't really looked into the TSI. If it's not independently notable, then merging and redirecting to here seems beneficial. If TSI is indeed notable, removing the PROMO/stubifying would work. TJMSmith (talk) 02:38, 11 January 2020 (UTC)