Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/IBM La Gaude


 * 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. WP:SNOW (non-admin closure)  Dr Strauss   talk   14:52, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

IBM La Gaude

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Fails GEOFEAT and GNG.  Dr Strauss   talk   21:30, 30 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Companies-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 21:54, 30 July 2017 (UTC)
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 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of France-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 21:54, 30 July 2017 (UTC)
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 * Keep This was an early and important example of the "Keep the geeks happy" school of industrial research. It was also a significant site within IBM, and especially for IBM-outside-the-US. Current article quality isn't reason to delete. Andy Dingley (talk) 22:28, 30 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Another new article at Afd that hadn't been added to Wikidata. I guess there's a bot that does this, but it takes time? Anyway, there is a short but better French wiki article, now linked. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 23:08, 30 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep as I'm obligated to believe FrenchWiki's calculation of believing it's significant in France would therefore mean, not only about IBM, but that's a significant subject therefore enough to keep here. SwisterTwister   talk  23:53, 30 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep Other IBM research sites that revolutionised computing have Wikipedia information; an example is IBM Hursley. IBM La Gaude developed the first electronic computer-controlled PABXs in the world, the IBM 1750, 2750 and 3750 Switching Systems. Duncanogi (talk) 07:54, 31 July 2017 (UTC)  Duncanogi (talk) 14:28, 3 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Though not "protected," it seems the building has also received a historic designation for 20th century buildings from the region's fr:Commission régionale du patrimoine et des sites. Keep Shawn in Montreal (talk) 12:13, 31 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Architecture-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 13:32, 31 July 2017 (UTC)


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