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lack of notability and reliable external sources Gdarin (talk) 13:48, 3 November 2025 (UTC)

• merge into Watchtower Bible and Tract Society. Not notable by itself. Mag2k (talk) 14:22, 3 November 2025 (UTC)
• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Literature and Software. jolielover♥talk 16:33, 3 November 2025 (UTC)
• Merge with Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania: only notable as a product of the named organization, as described in this 1984 article from Awake!. -- Reconrabbit 19:11, 3 November 2025 (UTC)
• I've updated the article with important sources. Furthermore, there are significant studies that indicate that the work of computer scientists at IBM at that time laid the foundation for the development of the XML markup system in subsequent years. A description of the history of Britannica's publishing allows us to understand how it evolved. The article presents important facts from the history of the two largest publishers of the time (WT, IBM) and the history of Encyclopædia Britannica, the first general encyclopedia available in electronic form. Keep --Wiklol (talk) 00:33, 7 November 2025 (UTC)

Moreover, writing about the editor-in-chief of the Encyclopedia Britannica (McHenry) or questioning the credibility of his account, published on the professionally maintained website of the general counsel of the Encyclopedia's publisher, is truly bizarre. Will we also consider IBM's software lists unreliable? Will we consider the information about several over 400-page manuals for this system, or the exorbitant prices for this software, to be fabricated? --Wiklol (talk) 01:38, 7 November 2025 (UTC)

Merge with Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society per above. Being a product of a notable company also doesn't make something notable. Notability is not inherited. CabinetCavers (talk) 17:16, 10 November 2025 (UTC)

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Left guide (talk) 16:11, 10 November 2025 (UTC)