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Neutrality Dispute and Advertisement flags (2021)[edit]

User DGG has added advertisement and neutrality disputed flags to this article, but I don't see anything on this talk page actually disputing the neutrality of any part of this article or specifying which content they believe violates WP:PROMO. If they could add this information to the talk page we can discuss these issues, otherwise it seems to me that these tags should be removed. Robminchin (talk) 17:07, 29 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The extensive discussion of accreditation in multiple pargraphs is typical of those schools where there has previous been some doubt, and they want to reassure prospective students. FWIW, I just checked, and they are indeed Accredited by Middle States, [1] [2] and that would normally all that it is needed. As the most important other information, they were on probationary accreditation until 2017.

The basic characteristics of promotionalism is that it provides the readers with what the organization would like to tell them, and is typically addressed to prospective customers/investors/donors/students/applicants/ etc. In contrast, an encyclopedia article is addressed to the general reader who may have heard of the organization, and wants to know what it is and something about what it does.

I'll should add that at least half of the articles on US universities and colleges have sufficient promotional elements to justify an advertisement tag. DGG ( talk ) 20:45, 29 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The accreditation section has one paragraph on Richmond's UK degrees and one on its US degrees. This doesn't seem excessive given the rather unusual (possibly unique) situation of it awarding both US and UK degrees, and that it is a UK-based institution that offers US degrees. Both of these circumstances require more explanation than would be necessary for an institution only accredited in and offering degrees of the jurisdiction where it is based.

In the case of an ordinary institution based in the US and offering US degrees, I would agree that the only information needed is that they are accredited by Middle States. However, that's not the case here. The information about it being licensed to award degrees by Delaware is needed because it's not in Delaware; for an institution based in the US it's not necessary to mention this information because they would be licensed by the state they are based in. The information on the UK regulation is needed because Richmond offers UK degrees, for which there is a completely separate accreditation regime. To fail to mention these would be to leave out important information. Robminchin (talk) 21:34, 29 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]