Talk:Leadership Institute

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I've deleted the following text from this page. This was the entirety of the article as of November 23, 2005.

  • "The Leadership Institute was founded in 1981 by Morris Sheats. It has trained pastors from all over the world."
  • I don't think the two organizations are related, but if they are, feel free to elaborate on how. If they are indeed separate organizations, please create a disambiguation page and make appropriate link adjustments. Sorry if this is an inconvenience to whoever wrote this, but this page has not been updated in a while, it is very scant on info and it contains no references. I also feel that the current page is more noteworthy and therefore deserving of the page title.--Hraefen 22:15, 23 November 2005 (UTC)
  • This page needs categorization and I hope one of the stub sorters will find this and do just that.--Hraefen 22:52, 23 November 2005 (UTC)
    • I'd categorize it if I could figure out what it is. "Institute" is a pretty vague term. Is it a club? Is it a school? Please clarify the article. NickelShoe 01:44, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
  • Therein lies the problem. It's kinda like a school in that it teaches people, but it's more in a seminar format as opposed to semesters, dorms etc. Institute is very vague, but that's what it's called. Is there a category for think tanks or something along those lines? That might be the most accurate one, but still a little off the mark. Hopefully some poli sci graduate student will find this and do some magic.--Hraefen 21:07, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

According to the article, the "institute" has an apparent success rate of 0.04%, and half of the "notable" graduates are sufficiently insipid that they have not yet inspired anyone to create articles. Is this a genuinely notable organisation? - Just zis  Guy, you know? [T]/[C] AfD? 22:50, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

  • Well, the New York Times thinks so, as link #1 of the article shows. The Institute is relatively young and many of it's 'graduates' are in their mid-20s and some of the older ones are US senators, congressmen and governors. How is there even a question of notability?--Hraefen 22:43, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
This is a multi-million dollar organization headed by a notable political figure that has trained thousands of activists and hundreds of elected officials. It is notable. However, it is important to keep Morton Blackwell's Leadership Institute article apart from other groups using the same name, which are not notable (several colleges have leadership institutes and religious groups run them too). Jcmiller 16:40, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

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I added a link to the organization's website, added a new section clarifying their philosophical stance (Philosophy and Curriculum).

Deleted the sections containing unverifiable quotes from random students and instructors.

Added a short section on their international activities.

Removed an outdated, incorrect, and unverifiable list of guest speakers. We can leave that to the organization's website.

I believe there was an article in the Washington Post about them recently. I will post a link if it's relevant.

--ChadEdwards 19:11, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

  • Fundraising and non-partisanship */ re-added recenty deleted SOURCED info: read references before you assume that something is unsourced. The info about Bill Clinton etc is IN the NYT link that is provided as the ONLY reference for this article. Don't be lazy.--Hraefen Talk 20:45, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
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