Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Geron Corp.


 * 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 Keep. This article is obviously adequately sourced - I have my suspicions about the reasons for its proposal for deletion. It does, however, need tidying and checking for POV.  E LIMINATOR JR  18:52, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

Geron Corp.
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Unsourced and unverified article fails WP:NOTABILITY, WP:CORP, and WP:SPAM. Article was created by an WP:SPA account with no other edits other than related to Geron Corp. Stoic atarian 22:50, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

This article is heavily sourced and has received hundreds of edits from dozens of unique users. The company is among the leaders in the field of embryonic stem cell reserach, as the documentation clearly shows. I propose that this attempt to delete the article be immediately dropped. --Biotech1 10:41, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

There are now 14 references backing the notability of Geron Corporation. I move to immediately drop this claim that Geron Corporation lacks notability.--Biotech1 13:07, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

Keep. Geron Corp. has developed technology which may change healthcare and the human condition. The article should be expanded to include all the potential areas which may be affected by their incipient technologies, i.e. aging, disease, medical testing, agriculture, etc.Zabsz 01:20, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

Keep this page, do not delete. It is so obvious religious radicals are attempting to erase this company out of exsistance. It saddens me that sick and injured people are waiting and hoping for treatments that Geron is working on, yet a few so called "fundamentalist christians" want to end that hope. Save this Geron wikipedia page, those who have requested the deletion, are a minority few wacko cult members.
 * Keep. Needs an impartial view to check it over, but obviously meets notability requirements. Nuttah68 09:16, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

Keep. I have made contributions to other wikipedia articles; this is my first to Geron's. Much of the information is factual, some controversial but is looks like the controversy is well discussed. Geron is certainly a notable company if only because of the controversy. It deserves an entry in wikipedia.Jrm2007 10:42, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

Keep. Obviously the holy warriors would like to see this science go away. Maybe we should change the solar system wiki to show that the sun orbits the earth.

Keep. If Geron is to be deleted then you might as well just delete Wikipedia. Geron has the cure for cancer. It is under attack by people who do not understand Stem Cell research which is another totally separate business line at Geron. I have seen Geron repeatedly attacked by liars that claim Geron kills babies and such. There is no biblical basis against Stem Cell research. And even if Stem Cells are derived from discarded embryos (in which even those embryos are not harmed) this moral issue, if there is one, should be why there are so many discarded embryos at fertility clinics (1/2 of a million), and not how using stem cells extracted from them can cure most diseases. Regardless of the basis for the ignorant attackers of Geron, politically motivated attacks against an entry, should not be allowed at wikipedia. Suppressing information, particularly the truth is rather Orwellian and the hallmark of a totalitarian state.


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