Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Zymo Research


 * 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 soft delete. Based on minimal participation, this uncontroversial nomination is treated as an expired PROD (a.k.a. "soft deletion"). Editors can request the article's undeletion.  bibliomaniac 1  5  01:19, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

Zymo Research

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no evidence of notability. The first three references are PR, the 4th is from the company itself.  DGG ( talk ) 06:00, 26 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Note version of article nominated for deletion --User:Ceyockey ( talk to me ) 02:37, 5 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Companies-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 09:24, 26 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 09:25, 26 March 2020 (UTC)


 * Wait I added a Washington Post article that included two paragraphs on Zymo for recent coronavirus-related news. I might suggest seeing whether any related coverage comes out regarding that sort of thing, though I would certainly say delete in 6-12 months if nothing arrives. I also searched through a number of local newspapers in Orange County, but almost nothing came up. Jlevi (talk) 18:30, 29 March 2020 (UTC)
 * The reference you added was  (17 March 2020). "DIY nasal swabs, drive-thrus and labs in overdrive: Americans are desperate for more coronavirus testing". The Washington Post. Retrieved 29 March 2020. This would appear to be a general article, with Zymo  included as one of the many companies trying to develop at-home  COVID testing. How much of the full article is about them? Iwould assume that if this becomes practical, it wil for other firms also, and the non-PR coverage will mention all of them.    DGG ( talk ) 15:54, 1 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Yeah, there are two short paragraphs (in a fairly long article) about Zymo specifically. Jlevi (talk) 16:44, 1 April 2020 (UTC)
 * - in my opinion, there's very little in the Washington Post reference. The two short paragraphs amounts to 4 sentences. The first sentence talks about how Zymo, along with the other companies in this article, has developed a home testing kit. The second sentence describes the contents of the kit. The next paragraph, sentence three, is a statement from Marc Van Eden, VP of Business Development at Zymo, where he says that Zymo passes the samples to a lab for processing. The final sentence is Marc saying that the lab can process the samples in 24 hours but they're waiting for FDA approval.

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete I am unable to locate any significant coverage with in-depth information on the company and containing independent content. The criteria for establishing notability for companies/organizations as per WP:NCORP is for multiple sources (at least two) of significant coverage with in-depth information *on the company* and (this bit is important!) containing "Independent Content". Also, "Independent content", in order to count towards establishing notability, must include original and independent opinion, analysis, investigation, and fact checking that are clearly attributable to a source unaffiliated to the subject. The references fail NCORP, topic fails GNG/WP:NCORP.  HighKing++ 14:27, 2 April 2020 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, MelanieN (talk) 15:39, 3 April 2020 (UTC)


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