Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Consupport

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was delete. - Mailer Diablo 13:29, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Consupport

This article reads like an advertisement. For some reason it has no link to the website being described; for that matter it cites no sources at all. The only incoming links are from the talk-page for the sole author (who also just happens to run the site) and from Gaming convention (to which it was recently added by the same editor). Phil | Talk 06:40, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

• Delete Textbook WP:VSCA. Danny Lilithborne 06:43, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per above. MER-C 09:27, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, self-admitted advertisement (read the last section). JIP | Talk 09:54, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Although I think this might have value as a casebook, ultimate example of WP:VSCA that we will be able to tell future generations of Wikipedians about.-- danntm ^T _C 13:05, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

Hi

> This article reads like an advertisement.

My apologies if it reads like an advertisement. Consupport is a free service, like google is a free service. In fact I have used the google entry to try and make the consupport article fit in. If you have any suggestions that would make it look less like an advertisement, I would appreciate them.

> For some reason it has no link to the website being described

There is a link. It's the first link under General Information. It's after "You can look at Consupport on ..."

However as you didn't spot it, and you do consider it important enough to comment on, I have also added a link to the official homepage, in a section called External Links, using the same method as in the Google entry.

> The only incoming links are from the talk-page for the sole author (who also just > happens to run the site) and from Gaming convention (to which it was recently added > by the same editor).

There was a message a few days ago which said there were not enough links to the page. Originally I wanted the page to settle in before I added lots of links to it, but following your message I went round and added in links in the most appropriate places.

I will look round for more links to add.

The problem is that many of the conventions that consupport supports do not themselves have wikipedia entries. I could add these conventions as well if you think it's worthwhile.

As I say, it's a service like Google. And I have tried to model the entry on google. Google has a section on "Products and Services" - would it be better if I changed the titles to also use "Products and Services?"

All suggestions and comments on improving the entry are appreciated.

All comments and suggestions are welcome.

Ratty. 20:45, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

One very important thing that the article on Google has that your article on Consupport lacks is a section titled "References" that says where the authors of the article on Google got their information. This is something that all Wikipedia articles are supposed to have. I'm sure if you had such a section with an appropriate number of references to publications not produced by Consupport that discussed Consupport your article would get a lot more, um, support. ~ ONUnicorn (Talk / Contribs) 16:55, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

Hi

Thanks for the suggestion.

I've figured out how to do references and put a couple in (including one to the web site itself, like google does). The problem is that there is very little written about the subject, which is why everything had to be developed from scratch. There should be a lot more information, but many commercial companies keep the information confidential to avoid competitors.

As I find more references, I'll add them

Ratty. 20:45, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

Hi

Added a couple more references. If anyone knows of any other references where we can refer people to, please either post here, or feel free to edit the page.

Ratty. 17:42, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

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.