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Brainpower Triangle

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Wikipedia is not for neologisms and stuff made up by one author. Having attended one of the institutions and lived in the area for 5 years, I cannot recall there being a formal or cultural link between these universities to the exclusion of other major universities metropolitan Boston like Boston University, Boston College, Brandeis University, or Northeastern University. Moreover, these universities have facilities all over metropolitan Boston (e.g., Tufts and Harvard Medical schools are nowhere near the alleged triangle). If there's any brainpower polygon in metro Boston, it's an irregular dodecahedron or something! Madcoverboy (talk) 15:58, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Massachusetts-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 16:59, 18 November 2008 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Education-related deletion discussions. -- Madcoverboy (talk) 17:00, 18 November 2008 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Advertising-related deletion discussions. -- Madcoverboy (talk) 17:01, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

Delete Googling suggests that is part of a sales pitch for Somerville, Massachusetts, but they haven't been especially successful in getting other people to repeat it. Mangoe (talk) 16:36, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

Delete. The article cites a source for the concept who may well have invented it for commercial promotional purposes; boosting these three institutions over all the rest is a form of exclusiveness and elitism not to be condoned or encouraged. Hertz1888 (talk) 16:48, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

Comment. A 2006 memo from the Somerville Chamber of Commerce says they coined “Somerville is the middle of The Brainpower Triangle – MIT, Tufts, Harvard”. Take it as evidence for advertising or evidence against neologism. Madcoverboy (talk) 17:07, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

• Delete Notability of term and related concepts not established. ChildofMidnight (talk) 18:38, 18 November 2008 (UTC)
• Delete the topic does not seem to have received coverage from reliable, independent sources which would allow a neutral article to be written about what seems to amount to a neologism and someone's point of view. Guest9999 (talk) 18:56, 18 November 2008 (UTC)
• KEEP http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2007/05/07/story1-Bio-showtime.html?action=emailfriendform The Brainpower Triangle has been established as a term used by public officials. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 155.48.255.23 (talk) 21:08, 18 November 2008 (UTC)
  • Again, this is in the context of Somerville advertising itself: "the mayor of Somerville has been making plans since October to work the city's booth as part of his economic strategy to reel in biotech businesses. Mayor Joseph Curtatone plans to tout the redevelopment of a 146-acre site in Assembly Square, including future extensions of the Orange and Green subway lines, and what he calls Somerville's spot in the "brainpower triangle" between Harvard, Tufts University and MIT." Please see WP:RS. This article continues to lack "reliable, third-party, published sources" attributing this moniker anyone except Somerville officials. Even this source explicitly attributes the name to the mayor of Somerville and his development policy rather than a broader, well-recognized name like Massachusetts Route 128, Silicon Valley, The Triangle (North Carolina), etc. Madcoverboy (talk) 21:14, 18 November 2008 (UTC)
• delete How dare they imply that I'm at a university which is a not good enough to be part of the triangle. Ok seriously I don't see any evidence for this term beyond Somerville. Seriously 9 general google hits of which more than half aren't even talking about this Brainpower Triangle? And no hits in google news. This appears to be an as of yet unsuccessful branding attempt by Somerville. JoshuaZ (talk) 01:39, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
• Delete. Marketing slogan by local boosters. No RS evidence that it caught on beyond the chamber of commerce. • Gene93k (talk) 05:30, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
• Delete. In light of Madcoverboy’s reference to Wikipedia’s neologism standard, we would like to withdraw the proposed Brainpower Triangle posting at this time. Thank you. • Jbrayer1 (talk) 02:31, 19 November 2008 (UTC)