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WP:HEY and
WP:BEFORE... there are dozens of references to portfolio schools because many of the big names in advertising attended one (or more) early in their careers and many have since gone on to write self-aggrandising autobiographies. There are many schools that describe themselves as "portfolio schools" and extensive criticism of the portfolio school concept from those in advertising who believe the idea is a waste of time and money. Yes, the article could do with some balance, but that's a
fixable problem. This is consistently described as one of two divergent paths to a career in advertising. I have done some clean-up, added some references (more to come), and added some content for balance. St★lwart11103:10, 27 August 2021 (UTC)reply
Merge to
advertising industry. That article is presently shockingly bad, but seems like a sensible location to talk about this. I'm having trouble finding sufficient sources to meet
WP:GNG to justify a stand-alone article. Thus far the absolute best source we seem to have is a listicle in AdWeek, and my search isn't producing anything better. That said, it's a hard search term. There are a ton of hits, the vast majority unreliable promotional/user-generated content, and lots of schools that use the name "portfolio school." Of the latter, some are completely unrelated to this subject, some are part of existing institutions, and none provide much coverage of this phenomenon in general. — Rhododendritestalk \\
13:43, 4 September 2021 (UTC)reply
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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.
Keep - per
WP:HEY and
WP:BEFORE... there are dozens of references to portfolio schools because many of the big names in advertising attended one (or more) early in their careers and many have since gone on to write self-aggrandising autobiographies. There are many schools that describe themselves as "portfolio schools" and extensive criticism of the portfolio school concept from those in advertising who believe the idea is a waste of time and money. Yes, the article could do with some balance, but that's a
fixable problem. This is consistently described as one of two divergent paths to a career in advertising. I have done some clean-up, added some references (more to come), and added some content for balance. St★lwart11103:10, 27 August 2021 (UTC)reply
Merge to
advertising industry. That article is presently shockingly bad, but seems like a sensible location to talk about this. I'm having trouble finding sufficient sources to meet
WP:GNG to justify a stand-alone article. Thus far the absolute best source we seem to have is a listicle in AdWeek, and my search isn't producing anything better. That said, it's a hard search term. There are a ton of hits, the vast majority unreliable promotional/user-generated content, and lots of schools that use the name "portfolio school." Of the latter, some are completely unrelated to this subject, some are part of existing institutions, and none provide much coverage of this phenomenon in general. — Rhododendritestalk \\
13:43, 4 September 2021 (UTC)reply
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