Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/D4Science (2nd nomination)


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The result was keep. Missvain (talk) 16:27, 22 May 2021 (UTC)

D4Science
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Non-notable organization with no reliable secondary references. nearlyevil 665  18:14, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Companies-related deletion discussions.  nearlyevil  665  18:14, 6 May 2021 (UTC)

* Speedy delete: CSD G4, had been deleted before CommanderWaterford (talk) 18:26, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
 * keep: D4Science is an infrastructure whose development has been supported by several EU projects. It is currently serving thousands of users. Moreover, its infrastructure represent a tangible implementation of the Data Infrastructure concept. The Virtual Research Environments it enacts are tangible examples of environments supporting the implementation of Open Science practices. (User:Leonardo.candela)
 * keep: the article contains 10 references to scientific papers about the article topic. --Leonardo.candela (talk) 19:00, 6 May 2021 (UTC)(User:Leonardo.candela)
 * Comment: It was back in 2016, so I assumed applying G4 was not entirely accurate. nearlyevil  665  18:27, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Comment: the current article is completely new wrt 2016 version. 2016 concern was "Ephemeral project. No independent sources. No indication of notability. Does not meet WP:GNG" (User:Leonardo.candela)


 * Delete: per nom, no reliable independent coverage found CommanderWaterford (talk) 19:11, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Computing-related deletion discussions.  Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 19:22, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Science-related deletion discussions.  Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 19:22, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
 * keep: The SGCI Science Gateway catalogue https://catalog.sciencegateways.org contains a significant number of entries (not added by the D4Science team). In Google Scholar there are hundred of entries on D4Science https://scholar.google.it/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=D4Science&btnG= In a recent paper discussing the state of art of scientific gateways D4Science is referred https://doi.org/10.1002/cpe.6099 --Leonardo.candela (talk) 10:18, 7 May 2021 (UTC)
 * the European Grid Infrastructure wiki page contains some references to D4Science I made more explicit now. --Leonardo.candela (talk) 17:45, 7 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Peachnote, BioISI and D4Science service agreements renewed https://www.egi.eu/news/peachnote-bioisi-and-d4science-service-agreements-renewed/ --Leonardo.candela (talk) 17:40, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
 * the FAO website contains hundreds of pages referring to D4Science (see http://www.fao.org/home/search/en/?q=d4science) --Leonardo.candela (talk) 17:28, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Relisting comment: Anyone else not named leonardo.candela have thoughts?

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Missvain (talk) 00:21, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep as several independent sources have been added since nomination. Qwaiiplayer (talk) 12:57, 14 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Keep Agree with Keep comments above. Meets notability. Webmaster862 (talk) 10:28, 20 May 2021 (UTC)


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