Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Aeryon Labs


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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Jovanmilic97 (talk) 21:16, 22 September 2019 (UTC)

Aeryon Labs

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Promotional article, one third-party RS. WP:BEFORE shows press releases and passing mentions. Has been tagged for five years without improvement; little prospect of improvement. PROD removed, but without improvement. David Gerard (talk) 17:43, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. David Gerard (talk) 17:46, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions. David Gerard (talk) 17:46, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Technology-related deletion discussions. David Gerard (talk) 17:46, 14 September 2019 (UTC)


 * Keep. This article isn't within my sphere of interests, but I saw it on the WP:AVIATION article alerts page.   I typed "Aeryon Labs" into my newspapers.com account (kindly provided to me free of charge through the Wikipedia Library) and found the following items that I feel proves that the subject meets the standards of WP:GNG.  As I said, I'm not interested enough to edit the article myself, since I am working on other things, but anybody who is interested in the subject matter is encouraged to include the following:
 * National Post (Toronto, Canada) 24 Aug 2011, p. 4 (https://www.newspapers.com/image/514482730) "Waterloo-built drones helping the rebel cause".  three full-page columns describing the drones built by this company and their use by rebel forces in Libya.  The company is mentioned 6 times by name.  This article appears to have been distributed by wire service as well, as I see a largely similar article in the Edmonton Journal (Edmonton, Alberta) p. 29 (https://www.newspapers.com/image/476380179) credited to the Financial Post, Toronto.
 * National Post (Toronto, Canada) 14 Sep 2012, p. 8 (https://www.newspapers.com/image/514733165) "'Easy to spot' marijuana with drones: Halton Police". two 3/4-page columns describing the use of the company's drones by the Halton Police department to spot illegal marijuana plants.  The company is mentioned 4 times by name.
 * The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, Iowa, via Reuters Wire) 23 Jun 2013, p. M4 (https://www.newspapers.com/image/541558510) "Drones count down to commercial takeoff". three half-page columns mostly describing the company's "scout" drone and how it is awaiting FAA approval to inspect oil pipelines in Alaska.  The company is mentioned at least 5 times by name.
 * Non-trivial mention in National Post (Toronto, Canada) 14 Jun 2014, pp 23 (FP1) and 27 (FP5). (https://www.newspapers.com/image/514516592 and https://www.newspapers.com/image/514516548/)  This was a larger 2-page spread about the growth of the drone industry in Canada.  The company is not the primary focus of the article, but if I assume that the newspaper is a standard 22-inch paper, the company is extensively discussed in about 11 column-inches of the roughly 40-column-inch article (excluding tombstones and art).  This article, slightly abbreviated, also appears the same day in the Ottawa Citizen, p. 21 (https://www.newspapers.com/image/468538493) credited to Financial Post with files from The Associated Press and The Canadian Press, so I assume some kind of wire service distribution as well.
 * Non-trivial mention in The Edmonton Journal, 17 Jun 2015 (https://www.newspapers.com/image/477020970) p. B1 and B3, "Drones make buzz in many industries" discusses the growth of the drone industry in Canada. Aeryon receives about a paragraph in that article discussing its offerings.
 * The Gazette (Montreal, Quebec) 2 April 2015, (https://www.newspapers.com/image/427139736) p. B9, gives two paragraphs of a relatively short article about how the major growth of the drone industry is expected to be years away. Cited to The Canadian Press, which I'm guessing is a wire service.
 * There are more, but I stopped here.  I think the examples above prove notability.  If someone is unpersuaded I can go further down the list of 37 matches on Newspapers.com alone.   The article is lousy.  But it needs to be improved, not deleted.   RecycledPixels (talk) 09:18, 15 September 2019 (UTC)
 * that's awesome, thank you for those :-) - David Gerard (talk) 14:14, 15 September 2019 (UTC)


 * Keep - as documented above this is a notable aircraft manufacturer, with linked articles to a number of their aircraft designs which we already have articles on. The article needs improving, not deleting. - Ahunt (talk) 12:35, 15 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep - sources such as give more than just passing mentions, and also per other sources described above. The article is also not unduly promotional - it could be improved, but not worth nuking altogether in its current guise.  &mdash; Amakuru (talk) 20:56, 22 September 2019 (UTC)


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