Talk:Video Professor

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This article was nominated for deletion on July 4, 2007. The result of the discussion was keep.

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[edit] Controversies, lawsuits, etc.

I have archived a long series of discussions all about much the same thing, I will try to summarise the position here for the benefit of the numerous newcomers who arrive here.

• Criticisms of Video Professor do exist, but thus far we have been asked to cite said criticisms from blogs, web forums or Usenet postings. These fail our attribution and sourcing policies. If you want to include critique, please feel free to suggest it here, again sourced from reliable independent sources.
• The Video Professor article is not an advertisement, but if you think it is too flattering you are welcome to suggest specific changes, particularly if you are able to cite reliable sources.
• Video Professor's business model is perfectly legal, it is called the continuity sales model and it has been used by book clubs for decades. While some have found that model problematic, it is clearly the case that many others do not. Whether it is more or less problematic when applied to higher value items such as these tutorials would need to be addressed in a reliable independent source.

Please do feel free to suggest changes, but be aware that unless they are sourced from credible independent sources they will not be added to the article and may be removed from this discussion page. Thanks, Guy (Help!) 15:08, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Undue weight concern

Having noted that we've received credible legal threats from this company, it seems to me rather unwise to source two controversial facts from a "Denver alternative weekly". Please find better - ideally much better - sources. Guy (Help!) 18:20, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

For the sake of WP:NPOV and WP:SELF, we really shouldn't care. That's not to say that we shouldn't care for other reasons, and always seek out reliable sources, with or without lawsuit threats. -- Ned Scott 06:06, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Westword is an RS. period. 72.0.180.2 (talk) 11:03, 7 May 2008 (UTC)