Talk:Thomson Grass Valley/Archive VfD 2004-08-08

8 August 2004 VfD
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 * delete I think..this looks like an ad more than anything else. Williamb 18:08, 8 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Grass Valley, California. RickK 19:44, Aug 8, 2004 (UTC)
 * No vote. Tough call. At a minimum there needs to be some disamb/reference to Grass Valley, California. If the article was short, I'd say 'merge with thomson, de-link from thomson, change redirs to thomson'. However, the article is substantial, has company history, and is basically NPOV. "Grass Valley" -city -ca -sierra -california -school -church -transit -food gets 38,000 hits, most of which do seem to refer to this brand, so I'm inclined to think it is reasonably notable. Niteowlneils 20:56, 8 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * I added the link to Grass Valley, California and Grass Valley, Oregon to the top of the article--it should probably be moved, and Grass Valley turned into a disamb page, but I'll wait until the vote is complete, so as not to confuse the voting. I'm now leaning towards keep. Which parts are found objectionable? The list of trademarked product names? I've cleaned up worse corporate articles, but they had far more obvious problems. I think I can do the same here, but I could use some guidance as to exactly what is 'advertising' that needs to be removed. Niteowlneils 06:16, 9 Aug 2004 (UTC)


 * Very difficult case. The company is notable, but this is advertising.  Send to clean up, at a minimum, with a note on its discussion page that it should be renominated for VfD if the article isn't scrubbed of its product catalog and promotional copy.  Very, very thin "keep" margin, here, and I'd as lief (for all you archaic English fans) see it go as stay.  It can't stay like this, that's for sure. Geogre 01:57, 9 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * Nuts...I promised myself that I'd limit my time on this page, but I have to weigh in on this one and say that the Grass Valley Group virtually invented digital video effects. Their production switchers are considered the creme de la creme.  Remember the scene in "Star Wars" where the Death Star was preparing to blow up Alderaan?  The control panel for the laser was actually an old GVG production switcher.  Keep and send to cleanup. - Lucky 6.9 05:01, 9 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep, for the reasons given by Lucky. Its illustrious history merits an article separate from Thomson's, and this article can settle in among its nostalgic bretheren in Category:Defunct companies. --Gary D 06:36, 11 Aug 2004 (UTC)

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