Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dark data
This term immediately brings to mind another neologism, dark fiber. Give it some time for the original contributor (or others) to flesh this out into an article that explains the importance, utilization, controversy, etc of dark data in science (it was given some attention in Wired magainze, apparently, so there seems to be a good possibility reliable coverage can be scrounged up). If it turns out that can't be done, and the article ends up only a definition and etymology, then delete per #DICT and 
— User:TheBilly, 06:55, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:NOT||WP:NEO (Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not)