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@For (;;): The text has now been released under appropriate free licenses for use on Wikipedia (and elsewhere) through OTRS. I hope Diannaa won't mind that I undid the revision deletion in light of that (which was absolutely an appropriate action at the time). Feel free to incorporate any of the free text into the article (either by reverting to past versions where appropriate or finding new text to improve the article, if you care to do so. Cheers. ~ Rob₁₃^Talk 05:22, 31 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the heads-up BU Rob13. The OTRS may clear the copyright issues. In fact it also signals that the school (let's not forget, a business) is keen for wikipedia to reuse the text from their handbook, not that the material meets any of the other criteria for WP:NPOV, WP:V, WP:RS. The author's WP:COI still remains an issue for me, and I have no intention of assisting Isrpaterson in their job of promoting their employer. for (;;) (talk) 06:55, 31 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@For (;;): I certainly wasn't implying you should introduce promotional language, just that the text is available. Obviously, I can't comment on the contents of the OTRS ticket in any way, but I'm generally against leaving a possible COI editor to do their thing. Just because an employer wants an article "improved" doesn't mean it couldn't actually use some improving (whether or not that involves using the text). ~ Rob₁₃^Talk 07:08, 31 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]