Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lab Snacks

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The result was merge to Thorlabs. — Coffee // have a cup // beans // 00:46, 26 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Lab Snacks

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no actual evidence for notability. The sources are either unreliable or mere mentions. clearly promotional writing, including at the typical cute story about how the product originated DGG ( talk ) 04:04, 18 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Food and drink-related deletion discussions. NORTH AMERICA¹⁰⁰⁰ 15:59, 18 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. NORTH AMERICA¹⁰⁰⁰ 15:59, 18 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

~~Delete~~ – Does not meet WP:GNG. Source searches are not providing significant coverage in reliable sources. NORTH AMERICA¹⁰⁰⁰ 16:04, 18 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to Thorlabs, which was recently restored. Struck my initial !vote above. NORTH AMERICA¹⁰⁰⁰ 17:29, 23 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
No idea - this is one situation I feel where our inclusion policies don't really work well. The product is mentioned on pages and pages of blogs, and I cannot believe for one minute they are all biased or connected to the manufacturer. The best sources I can find online are this and this. From that, I see that The New Jersey Herald describes the manufacturer, Thor Labs (or Thorlabs), "one of the top photonics companies in the world", and that Advertiser News source proves it really is the same company that makes Lab Snacks. I can't simply !vote "Merge with Thorlabs" as we don't have an article on them, though if there are more sources like the Herald, we could. I'm not sure how to proceed, other than I don't think deleting is the answer. Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 11:28, 19 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Userfy Obviously this is an AfC article not ready for mainspace, and it was accepted by an unqualified AfC reviewer, but I don't think an outright delete is necessary. — kikichugirl ^speak up! 00:54, 20 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
The article was moved to mainspace by a user now banned fro inappropriate AfC reviews, so that is the first problem. that should suggest a return to draft, as it is not the article creator's (Greendog56) fault. The second problem is the product doesn't seem notable (minimal coverage), but the company that makes it (Thorlabs) clearly is, but doesn't have an article. Well it did a long time ago, but was PRODed. I think I will restore that article later tonight (and work on it) and suggest this be closed as either merge to that article or return to draft if requested by Greendog56. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ThaddeusB (talk • contribs) 23:09, 22 February 2015‎ (UTC)[reply]

Merging to Thorlabs seems a good solution. DGG ( talk ) 00:03, 24 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Merge with Thorlabs as discussed above. Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 08:53, 24 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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