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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Left guide (talk) 10:41, 24 October 2025 (UTC)
HighBeam Research
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Fails WP:GNG and WP:ORG. Little significant coverage from independent sources. Defunct since 2018. SanneMonte (talk) 08:30, 11 October 2025 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Companies, Internet, and Illinois. Spiderone(Talk to Spider) 08:45, 11 October 2025 (UTC)
- Automated comment: This AfD was not correctly transcluded to the log (step 3). I have transcluded it to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2025 October 11. —cyberbot ITalk to my owner:Online 08:52, 11 October 2025 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Journalism and Websites. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 19:36, 11 October 2025 (UTC)
- Keep. This is covered by sources that specifically dealt with library science, the internet, and things of that nature. I'll try to add a list of sources to the article, and followup here. Rjjiii (talk) 02:33, 12 October 2025 (UTC)
- Now listed at HighBeam Research#Further reading. There are quite a few more if you have access to EBSCO. Rjjiii (talk) 02:50, 12 October 2025 (UTC)
- Weak keep or find a merge target maybe? Gale or Cengage? Is this altogether defunct? Andre🚐 08:21, 18 October 2025 (UTC)
- Keep per sources in extended reading. PARAKANYAA (talk) 08:26, 18 October 2025 (UTC)
- Keep - per Rjjiii. Herinalian (talk) 08:45, 18 October 2025 (UTC)
- Keep Database was formerly a Wikipedia Library component for years and is linked in thousands of sources, so deleting this (which won't happen because it meets N) would create a pointless headache in having to change those sources. Nathannah • 📮 22:17, 18 October 2025 (UTC)
- Keep: The coverage of the company in the "Further reading" section of the article seems to indicate notability. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 04:08, 19 October 2025 (UTC)
- Keep There are sufficient sources in "Further reading" which meet the criteria for establishing notability, just. HighKing++ 11:38, 21 October 2025 (UTC)
- Keep at least passes WP:GNG after review. Iljhgtn (talk) 23:19, 23 October 2025 (UTC)
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