Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Near Earth Asteroid Reconnaissance Project

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The result was delete. v/r - T P 17:56, 11 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Near Earth Asteroid Reconnaissance Project

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Does not appear to be a particularly notable organization. One of a series of articles whose main purpose seems to be to publicize the work of Les Golden, and in fact this article was created by a now-blocked sockpuppet of Drlesmgolden (talk · contribs). Astronomy magazine mentioned them once in 1994, and has apparently had noting to add in the intervening 17 years, suggesting they are not notable or important even within their field of study. The 2010 ref is a puff piece about how great Les Golden is from a local paper. Beeblebrox (talk) 18:39, 4 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The "puff piece" isn't from a reliable source, and the author is probably Golden himself. He even created a "Diane" account on Wikipedia to edit his article that was proven to be a sock-puppet. I've removed the puff reference from the article since it's not from a reliable source. Rklawton (talk) 18:56, 4 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - no evidence of notability, lots of evidence that this is a promotional piece written by the article's subject. Rklawton (talk) 18:56, 4 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Science-related deletion discussions. — • Gene93k (talk) 20:46, 4 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Organizations-related deletion discussions. — • Gene93k (talk) 20:47, 4 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. No reliable ghits, no book or scholar hits, and no evidence of notability, unlike Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking, Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research, Catalina Sky Survey, etc. -- 202.124.75.240 (talk) 02:05, 5 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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