Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/International Astronomical Naming Commission


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The result was delete. postdlf (talk) 01:02, 7 January 2019 (UTC)

International Astronomical Naming Commission

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The International Astronomical Union is responsible for naming astronomical bodies. There is no record of the IAU ever having been called the IANC, as is claimed by the last sentence of the lead. Little coverage of the organisation online or offline exists, leading me to believe this is a clear failure of WP:NORG or a hoax.  SITH   (talk)   19:09, 31 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Organizations-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 19:56, 31 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Astronomy-related deletion discussions. Bakazaka (talk) 22:04, 31 December 2018 (UTC)


 * Delete If that commission ever existed in 2010, it doesn't exist by that name today. With the lack of references, there is no encyclopedic content. Tarl N. ( discuss ) 22:10, 31 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Even more entertaining, following the archive link uncovered by Ahiijny below, we have a case of WP:CIRCULAR. In that article, clicking on IANC sends you to the Wikipedia article. Tarl N. ( discuss ) 05:10, 2 January 2019 (UTC)


 * Delete. The linked http://www.iancstarnaming.com/ (added in the first revision of the article) no longer exists, but there's a web archive record of it: http://web.archive.org/web/20110129013328/http://www.iancstarnaming.com/. If the scrolling marquee text, text displayed as a jpeg, and dubious font choices don't raise any alarm bells, there are also misspellings such as "ect." and "legitamate", and an unprofessional number of exclamation marks. Also, it advertises itself as a star/galaxy naming service "perfect for a wedding present, birthday, anniversary, mother's day, or to just let that special someone know you care about them", and the IAU specifically warns against this kind of thing. This looks like a hoax to me. Ahiijny (talk) 23:29, 31 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete per all above. This article appears to be advertising for a non-notable, defunct company. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 00:32, 1 January 2019 (UTC)


 * Delete, Per above, fails WP:NORG Alex-h (talk) 09:49, 3 January 2019 (UTC)


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