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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) –Davey2010^Talk 19:28, 16 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Subject of the article fails WP:GNG. The article serve no other purpose than to promote the non-notable Professor and his local laboratory. Wikic¤l¤gy^{t@lk to M£} 20:41, 9 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete - No evidence of notability, only source is a source providing very little information at all. --TL22 (talk) 22:13, 9 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep This is an historically important early Japanese computer and how can the article "promote" research work done over half a century ago? Better to search for sources using "parametron computer" which produces significant coverage in books like this one.

• Comment—The parametron is a type of circuit. There were several computers built using it and the book you found could definitely contribute to that article. The PC-1 (as best I can tell) was just one of many of this kind of computer and as such it may not be notable. Lesser Cartographies (talk) 00:19, 11 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 22:29, 9 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Computing-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 06:21, 10 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Technology-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 06:21, 10 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Japan-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 06:44, 10 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep The source provided by the original editor has a pages long section detailing the architecture and development of the PC-1. Takahasi Hidetosi is a notable scientist. We just don't cover Japanese science well. StarryGrandma (talk) 21:38, 10 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep—There are several references to this particular model in The First Computers: History and Architectures and gbooks seems to think there's something Cerruzi's A History of Modern Computing (but no preview is available). There's a page at the IPSJ Computer Museum. Given all this, I don't think establishing notability will be an issue. Lesser Cartographies (talk) 01:07, 11 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep The (parametron) is a historical dead-end in digital circuit design, even though this (adequately sourced) computer managed to be built from them. However that's entirely within scope as an encyclopedia. The subject of this article incidentally is the computer, not the professor, and so why should their WP:Notability be of any relevance? Andy Dingley (talk) 16:58, 13 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep per the previous keep arguments. ···日本穣^? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 20:51, 14 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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