Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tutor (education)

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The result was merge to Tutoring. Sandstein 10:33, 23 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Tutor (education)

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I prodded this with "No evidence this occupation/job/position is notable. Could redirect to tutoring." (since having both of those articles separately seems pointless, also WP:POVFORK, etc.). Prod was removed with no comment, which leads me to conclude that the proposed redirect would be disputed too. So let's discuss it here. Can this be rescued? Or deleted/redirected? _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 06:49, 7 January 2021 (UTC) PS. Ping User:Reywas92 who expressed interest in this topic. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 06:52, 7 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 06:49, 7 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Education-related deletion discussions. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 06:49, 7 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment: Redirecting to Tutor seems inappropriate, as that target has a subject-area focus whereas the present article concerns "pastoral (as opposed to academic) care", an aspect falling under meaning 2 in Wiktionary. Is there more here than a job title dicdef? Unless a material history of emergence, of challenges and changes in the role can be identified, this seems to fail WP:GNG. AllyD (talk) 07:52, 7 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep The subject here is the role of the tutor in a college where it is usually a formal title. The exact duties and responsibilities will vary, depending on the institution and its use of the tutorial system. My own experience was at Cambridge University where, as the article explains, a student has both a Director of Studies, who is a subject-matter expert in the student's faculty, while the Tutor is responsible for other aspects of the student's life. Other institutions may combine the roles. Anyway, the topic is notable as it is easy to find sources including:

1. The role of the College Tutor
2. The personal tutor–student relationship: student expectations and experiences of personal tutoring in higher education
3. Student and Tutor Perceptions of the Role of the Tutor in a Sixth Form College
4. The role of the tutor in a college of further education
5. The role of personal tutor in nurse education: towards an understanding of practice in a college of nursing and midwifery
6. The changing role of the college tutor in support of trainee teachers
7. Tutors and Teaching

Andrew🐉(talk) 11:44, 7 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Andrew Davidson, perhaps a different disambig would be a good start. With the current (education) disambiguator it makes me think it's just a general tutor, ie. someone that helps you with your homework. Maybe changing it to (higher education) would help to distinguish the difference, as I think leaving it at education encompasses primary & secondary education as well, which this article doesn't apply. ~RAM (talk) 08:11, 8 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• There's obviously a lot that can be done to improve this weak stub and so WP:ATD applies, "If editing can improve the page, this should be done rather than deleting the page." Repeated deletion nominations aren't helping. See WP:INSPECTOR. Andrew🐉(talk) 11:36, 8 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• You fail to address the issue of why we need separate articles about tutor and tutoring. WP:POVFORK. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 14:04, 8 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Nonsense. We have different pages for teachers and teaching, for example. They are not the same thing. Andrew🐉(talk) 22:45, 14 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS. And oh, your links are wrong. Teaching redirects to education. I think it is reasonable to have a separate article on the major profession of a teacher. But frankly tutor might well benefit from being merged there anyway. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 07:58, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Redirect to tutoring: Agree with the nom. A redirect to tutoring page would be an appropriate disposition. ~RAM (talk) 08:08, 8 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. Necrothesp (talk) 11:38, 13 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge and Redirect to Tutor. No need for a separate article. And all tutors are involved with education, so a pointless disambiguator. -- Necrothesp (talk) 11:39, 13 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge and redirect; while this is definitely a distinct concept, there is not enough material here (and not enough references) to warrant it being a distinct article. And it's not like they overlap. jp×g 05:39, 18 January 2021 (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.