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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 merge to Light-emitting diode. Consensus is clearly against keeping, but rounding to merge since there's enough agreement that there might be useful material to merge and/or the eventual redirect might be appropriate. Obviously consensus at the destination is free to determine how much material, if any, should be integrated, and WP:RFD can be used to delete this as a useless redirect if nothing comes of it. slakrtalk / 02:40, 29 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Article previously nominated for Speedy Deletion due to Advertising, edits were made to remove the specific advertising but I am unconvinced as to the utility of the remainder. Most of the text relates specifically to the product the article was advertising for, and I do not feel that the article meets notability requirements. At best, perhaps a line could be added under the Safety and Health section of Light-emitting_diode denoting that products have been created to address some of the health concerns raised by LEDs. JBartus (talk) 22:24, 16 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Technology-related deletion discussions. North America1000 23:41, 16 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete The health concerns section seems like selective bunk; a bright LED is more an annoyance during sleep than any kind of health hazard unless you decide to look at it directly for hours on end. These products basically do the same thing a $1 roll of electrical tape can do and are more a sleep product than a commodity that needs an article at this time. Nate (chatter) 01:15, 17 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Redirect to LED. CookieMonster755 (talk) 07:10, 18 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete: notability, anyone? The references are articles that say LEDs can damage the retina. I have doubts about their reliability but even if those were papers in Nature acclaimed by the science community and the general press alike, it does not grant notability to alleviating measures such as LED covers. Redirecting to LED is cheap, but frankly I am not a fan of redirecting from a specific, non-notable to general, notable unless there is a suitable subsection (you would not redirect "ice at -12°C" to ice, right?). Tigraan (talk) 10:19, 19 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.