Deletion of American Graphics Institute

Comment: WP:NOTINHERITED|Notability is not inherited; the company does not become notable because its staff may  be notable; far less because its staff had books published by a notable publisher. |Notability is not contagious; you cannot "catch" notability by being a customer or patron of a notable person. Hiring a notable speaker does not make me or my event, be it conference or bar mitzvah, notable
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Comment: The organization is notable at face value. They host an annual event that attracts more than 9,000 people and has been running for many years - unlike a one-time bar mitzvah. Even without the speakers, the event is notable. You don't just call Google and hire their execs or Apple board members to speak like you do a DJ at a bar mitzvah, so I think the comparison is off-base. The idea that all these companies come together to support an event shows notability for the event, as does the size and the history. They also publish books - the links show that they have their own imprint jointly published with Wiley and distributed globally, and the organization is listed as the author of the books. So they are a publisher and author with multiple book titles that are distributed globally, not just a company that happens to have a few employees as authors. Recently updated links show that they create books that are being used by schools around the world. You could even return to your alma-matter's library and find their books: http://madcat.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=8035983 AGI Photoshop book at UW library and http://madcat.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=8036017 AGI Dreamweaver book at UW library. The entry could use some minor clean-up, but keeping it is the right thing to do as it meets  on its own and clearly . In the spirit of  I encourage you to take another look at the entry with its updates. Edward Dewey   —Preceding Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned comment added by
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Comment: fairly obvious |advertising without a ream showing of importance
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