Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Patent Training Academy


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The result was Delete. —— Eagle 101 (Need help?) 21:45, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

Patent Training Academy

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This is a non-notable training aspect of the United States Patent and Trademark Office. It gets about 67 Google hits, almost all of them are from the USPTO. This article and similar ones have been created several times (in both article space and on their user pages) by and  to promote "the greatest group of patent examiners to come out of the PTA". They also uploaded a ton of photos yesterday of people around the office that I deleted since they seemed to be used only as a free webhost. I don't see any outside reliable or verifiable sources for this. I also don't see any notability for this. Metros232 15:32, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete, this is not a public-facing agency and is unlikely to ever be individually notable. Wikipedia is not a directory of government offices, of which there are so many. --Dhartung | Talk 16:03, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Weak keep. I don't see anything particularly unworthy about the subject.  It is an agency of the U.S. government whose existence can be verified.  The fact that it is not run for the general public is neither here nor there.  The motives of the creators in creating it are matters of editing for NPOV, and apparently, for deleting unencyclopedic photos; they don't give rise to grounds to delete this article. - Smerdis of Tlön 19:24, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment but is it really a government agency? From what it seems like, it's not.  It appears to be a training aspect of a government agency.  Metros232 19:31, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment I used "agency" generically. It would probably more accurately be termed a "program" or "office" of the USPTO. --Dhartung | Talk 19:51, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment - It would appear to be an institute established to train public servants for the USPTO. Judging from the article, it was only very recently established.  - Smerdis of Tlön 19:56, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete I would tend to agree with Dhartung that there are many, many government offices and agencies and that each one "exists" does not warrant it an article.- Dmz5 *Edits**Talk* 06:33, 12 January 2007 (UTC)


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