Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/CCortex


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The result was delete.  Majorly  (o rly?) 23:21, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

CCortex

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CCortex is a project to build 'the largest neural network to date'. Unfortunately there is a lack of reliable sources to back up this grand claim. A google search turned up various press releases and mentions on technology websites, but nothing substantial. Most notably, there does not seem to be any recent coverage of this project; most of it is from 2003 and it peters out by the end of 2005. Even the latest news on the company website has nothing newer than September 2005. The article itself is copied from here.

I suggest that a dead computing project from two or three years ago with no recent coverage isn't notable. Whilst there are *just* about enough sources to cobble together an article, for example here, here and here, none of them strike me as being produced by organisations with a reputation for fact-checking and accuracy. More importantly, all these sources are from three or four years ago, meaning that any properly sourced article about CCortex will be forever stuck in a time warp. It's also worth noting that extraordinary claims require extraordinary sources; if this is a project to build the largest neural network to date, where's the media interest? Nydas (Talk) 12:00, 24 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Weak Delete - no evidence of coverage in third-party independent sources to establish notability. It certainly asserts notability, but as the nominator says, it needs reliable sources. Walton monarchist89 15:51, 24 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete. Per nomination, surprisingly few recent mentions on the web; could not find any printed sources. All the accounts seem to describe the machine with similar language, and there is no evidence that any machines have shipped to customers. The company's web site, www.ad.com, lists no technical reports or journal publications. EdJohnston 03:09, 3 March 2007 (UTC)


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