Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/European Laser Institute


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The result was   delete.  Cbrown1023   talk   16:53, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

European Laser Institute

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This Institute (it's an association) has existed since 2003, yet has only 113 Google hits. I submit that it is not notable. Prod tag removed. Phlegm Rooster (talk) 05:51, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete since it fails WP:CORP. Habanero-tan (talk) 06:05, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete fails WP:CORP, no evidence of notability through Google News/Scholar/Books/Search. Atyndall93  |  talk  07:43, 4 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete Fails WP:CORP. Aside from that, no sources are provided to prove notability. PeterSymonds | talk  09:16, 4 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete per all above. - Ryan (me) (talk) 11:28, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. I added some references from Google News archives. See also http://www.google.com/search?q=%22European+Laser+Institute%22+site%3Aeu Besides, there is considerable public interest in lasers. --Eastmain (talk) 00:33, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment, those references don't say much. Has this association ever done anything? Phlegm Rooster (talk) 00:38, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment. According to the article, ELI organizes conferences and workshops, sometimes in cooperation with the Laser Institute of America (LIA), and publishes the Journal of Laser Applications. --Eastmain (talk) 02:47, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Jointly publishes with three other groups. All associations have meetings, and the sources you have found are press releases (one by a European Photonics Industry Consortium) and an announcement by one of the partner intitutions (in German), so I think it is still not notable. The Laser Institute of America has 239 Google news hits, 498 Google books hits and a couple of thousand Google scholar hits, for the sake of comparison. Phlegm Rooster (talk) 03:47, 5 May 2008 (UTC)


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