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Comment - as per notes here, it may be that sources exist to support this article, but not APA Tactical - the company run by the individual who developed the system. I will have a look for some references (and I understand the original author has said he would provide some). The original author has a clear conflict of interest and has openly (to his credit) acknowledged that in the AfD for APA Tactical. I think part of the issue may be that the original author could be considered an expert editor - one of the few people with expertise in this particular field. As such, he has created this system, developed this system and is providing information to the public about this system. That does not make his system inherently notable, nor does it circumvent WP:COI issues and it gets very close to WP:PROMO. But I think we do need to be careful about how we approach this. The product itself (the company) may not be notable, the person who invented it may not inherit notability from it but the system itself (in a non-commercial context) may be notable (which is what I understand the original author has suggested). I think any proposed references provided in an effort to justify Keeping this article should be verified by non-COI editors. Given the original author's conduct and approach thus far, I can't see that suggestion being a problem. If sources cannot be provided that allow the article to meet WP:GNG, then it should be Deleted. Stalwart111(talk)02:59, 4 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Those two articles appear to about the same thing. There's no mention of a company at APA Tactical which starts "is a tactical force response and force protection system". The APA article starts "is a proven special force response system". 204.126.132.231 (talk) 13:34, 6 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, I think the distinction they are trying to make it that one refers to the system / theory and the other is a commercialisation / training program for that system. I think. It is a little unclear. Stalwart111(talk)23:15, 6 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I agree there may have been an attempt to distinguish the two, but the lack of independent sources (a link to wikibook, the organization's site, and a youtube video) fails to show me notability. Papaursa (talk) 21:15, 9 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Agreed and given the commitments to repairing the articles and the lack of activity since, I would be inclined to think that both cannot be fixed and so should be deleted. Stalwart111(talk)23:27, 9 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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