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The result was weak keep. — Rebelguys2 ^talk 03:28, 14 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Institute for Basic Research (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log)

At best, this institute is a vanity press for Ruggero Santilli (also nominated), at worst. The information presented has some serious problems with Wikipedia:Attribution; its information seems to come only from itself. Its notability is at best, "notoriety" due to its links to extreme fringe science and highly questionable research. -- Sertrel (talk | contribs) 22:57, 8 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete per WP:ATT and probably WP:N Alf^Photoman 23:32, 8 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • WP:ATT is not a criteria for deletion. — Omegatron 01:52, 9 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    • sorry meant WP:A... Alf^Photoman 17:37, 9 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak keep - I'm sure I'm not the only one who'd like a neutral article about this organization. — Omegatron 01:52, 9 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• weak keep The organization is noteworthy enough (though in my opinion as a source of confusion) that an article is warranted. So is a rewrite, to indicate that the work it sponsors is--speaking generally--fringe science. (I assume that is what the previous ed. also intends). I also suggest renaming to a less generic title. However, since it has had no stable location, I'm having a hard time thinking of one. I wishitwerenttrue that such fringe science exists, but it does. DGG 05:23, 9 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak Keep, after seeing both opinions above I decided to check it out a little closer and concluded that both Omegatron and DGG assessed the situation right Alf^Photoman 16:30, 9 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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