Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of solar cell manufacturers

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The result was delete. MBisanz ^talk 01:31, 14 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

List of solar cell manufacturers[edit]

List has no real content, nearly no documentation, no indication that any of the companies are notable, is almost a business directory, and even claims that it can never be accurate or exhaustive. It is not helpful in any encyclopedic sense, and is therefore not encyclopedic. NJGW (talk) 15:20, 9 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - This should be a category, not an article. Oh, maybe it already is Category:Photovoltaics manufacturers. LinguistAtLarge • Msg 16:52, 9 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
and Category:Thin-film cell manufacturers and Category:Silicon wafer producers Brownsnout spookfish (talk) 18:45, 9 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
There is also List of photovoltaics companies Brownsnout spookfish (talk) 18:47, 9 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That is actually list of notable photovoltaic companies, and survived an AFD because it made that distinction. The info is getting outdated however. NJGW (talk) 18:59, 9 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep as the category is at Category:Photovoltaics manufacturers. Maybe this just has to be improved upon and expanded in my opinion. -- MISTER ALCOHOL ^T ^C 05:30, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. -- brew crewer (yada, yada) 18:37, 10 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions. -- brew crewer (yada, yada) 18:37, 10 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Wikipedia is not a directory (WP:NOTDIRECTORY) and is not a place for articles that are mere collections of internal links (WP:LINKFARM). This information is available to users through properly categorized articles (perhaps Category:Photovoltaics manufacturers). This article offers no additional information above a category (unlike List of photovoltaics companies, which provides comparison information between firms). - ¢Spender1983 (talk) 16:02, 11 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.