Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Coherent (company)


 * 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.   A rbitrarily 0   ( talk ) 02:11, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

Coherent (company)

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Notability is not inherited from a notable person. Is obvious spam. Only one outside source which interviews primary subject. Quick Google news search yields no results. –Schmloof 02:10, 15 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete, weakly. This is apparently a tech business with more durability than most, one that might be notable, but whose vague name stymies attempts to research it using search engines.  Adding "laser" does not help, because spatial coherence is a defining property of lasers.  And my attempt at crafting a more closely targeted search query failed.  So we're left with the text of the article itself, which is little more than a directory listing with a list of services offered, and does not really establish that this business, as opposed to its founder, has any "long term historical notability" or a significant impact on history, technology, or culture.  If someone who knows the field better can point me to sources that establish significance here, I'd be happy to switch. - Smerdis of Tlön - killing the human spirit since 2003! 14:21, 15 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Technology-related deletion discussions.
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions.  Smerdis of Tlön - killing the human spirit since 2003! 14:21, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:01, 22 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep, weakly. This is one of the NASDAQ company's, see Forbes and a notable company within the lasers community (speeking as a physicist who has worked within the atomic physics field and used a few lasers during research). CNET article about the company. A search for Coherent Inc at OptoIQ yields about 291 results. Is this enough for notability? --ojs (talk) 21:51, 18 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Delete, WP:LISTED advises that being listed is not sufficient for inclusion, and I can't find anything that brings this over the notability line. Stifle (talk) 09:27, 30 July 2010 (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.