Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Production Products Company (PPC)


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The result was   keep.  MBisanz  talk 00:27, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

Production Products Company (PPC)

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No verifiable sources found for an encyclopedia article. A Google and Google News search turned up only a few sealed sites referring to random court cases and a notice that the daughter of an owner of PPC had married someone from NBC News in New York. Fails WP:V and WP:NOTE. Flopsy Mopsy and Cottonmouth (talk) 22:38, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep. I searched a bit deeper, and there is more out there. First, they've sued a lot of people. :-)
 * "Telecom manufacturer files suit to protect patent", CNY Business Journal, Jun 01, 2001
 * "Cable-connector firms in patent fight", CNY Business Journal, Jun 17, 2005,   by Dickinson, Casey J
 * "Arris vows appeal on patent verdict", CED, March 1, 2002.
 * 87 other articles on Highbeam, lawsuits and patents - mostly thin stuff, but quite a lot of it. It adds up.
 * "Interview with Dan Mezzalingua", Cable Center Oral History Collection, May 1998, by Archer Taylor.
 * "Tribute to John Mezzalingua and Central New York Based PPC on Achieving Significant Milestones", James T. Walsh of New York in the House of Representatives, The Congressional Record, Wednesday, August 1, 2001. (Not everyone can get a congressman to read a tribute into the Congressional Record.)
 * MEZZALINGUA.(Obit), The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY), February 15, 2003 - not a notability claim in itself, but a source for more information.
 * Mezzalingua: memoirs of an Italian-American family, by R. Harrison Huston, seems to be a vanity press, so not a proof of notability, but again, could be useful for more information.
 * Also, if they are the originators of the Magnavox line, as their web site claims, that's also fairly notable. --GRuban (talk) 16:42, 17 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, –Juliancolton Tropical  Cyclone  00:00, 18 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep-- Sources are available to establish notability, subject meets WP:ORG. --J.Mundo (talk) 03:54, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions.  —94.196.217.102 (talk) 18:26, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep The sources in the article as it currently stands are adequate, if a bit light, but the additional material identified by User:GRuban substantially supports the claim of notability. Alansohn (talk) 19:37, 18 March 2009 (UTC)


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