Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wicked Lasers

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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.

The result was delete. - Mailer Diablo 03:31, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wicked Lasers

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In the midst of an article history riddled with justifiably-deleted spam versions, DRV found a reasonable version, and requested its listing here. This is a procedural listing, so I abstain. Xoloz 15:20, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

  • Weak delete I can find plenty of places selling their stuff and entries on them as manufacturers, but no significant coverage of them as a specific company, rather than as one of many laser-pointer manufacturers. And I'd also like to point out that anyone using a 200mW laser pointer to light cigarettes is likely to spend the rest of their life with the nickname "the idiot with the glass eye" — iridescenti (talk to me!) 16:02, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete, advert. Tempshill 16:20, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete Fails company notability criteria. Elrith 00:16, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep - this company is fairly notable. There are about 40,000 relevant Google hits. --Ixfd64 19:20, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
    • Comment Prove it - I've tried and couldn't. There are actually 454 Google hits (you have to go to the last page to get the correct number, as the number on the first page is an estimate which is often wildly wrong), not a single one of which is a bona fide source by WP:N standards — iridescenti (talk to me!) 19:43, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete I'm somewhat familiar with this company and I don't think it's possible at this point to write a neutral article about it that's cited to WP:RS standards (i.e. the company and its products have been involved in controversy that's relevant to any neutral article but hasn't made it into traditional news sources). Therefore the article should stay deleted even if enough bland info turns up to squeak it in under the regular notability guidelines. Also, current version of article is too promotional. 75.62.6.237 06:25, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete. Non-notable company (per WP:CORP) that sells neat products with the aid of a cool, but equally non-notable, marketing effort. --Dynaflow babble 03:05, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
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.