Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Individual development plan

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 keep. (non-admin closure) Arun Kumar SINGH (Talk) 14:05, 21 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Individual development plan

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Fails WP:GNG, as tagged since July 2008. The article was previously deprodded by Andrew Davidson. GeoffreyT2000 (talk, contribs) 20:21, 5 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 20:24, 5 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Keep The claim that the topic is not notable is absurd. These things are a standard feature of corporate life and there is plenty written about them in management and HR literature. Andrew D. (talk) 21:11, 5 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Management-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 21:43, 5 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. I can't really add much to what Andrew Davidson said above, apart from pointing to the book search automatically linked by the nomination process. I get the impression that many deletion nominators have not actually had any experience of being employees. 86.17.222.157 (talk) 22:11, 5 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Delete If "there is plenty written about them in management and HR literature" maybe some of those sources need to be added to the page? As I read it, without prior knowledge of the phrase and its connotations in upper middle management discussions, its a vague topic with one source to verify its relevance. But what do I know? According to the post above, since I've never heard this phrase uttered before, I probably have never been an employee of any employer ever in the whole wide world, and what I say should be taken with a HUGE grain of salt. Comatmebro User talk:Comatmebro 23:49, 5 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

And did you try clicking on the word "books" in the searches linked above before writing that? 86.17.222.157 (talk) 09:06, 6 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Keep possible merge with Evaluation (workplace). Certainly a well-known topic; shouldn't be hard to expand. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 03:48, 12 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Merge with Evaluation (workplace). Aspect of that topic, should be developed there first and rewritten competently before being spun off again. Sandstein 10:01, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I disagree. Maybe there is scope for merging with something, but not with that article. Evaluation is concerned with what an employee does for an employer, but an individual development plan should concern itself at least as much with what the employer can do for an employee, or what an employee can do for her- or himself. 86.17.222.157 (talk) 20:16, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per WP:BEFORE. This is a standard practice in secondary and higher education as well as the workplace and employment law. It is distinct from an evaluation. Bearian (talk) 17:23, 15 November 2016 (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.