Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/PlateSpin

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 no consensus. While counting votes gives a 75% delete count, there were several opinions expressed that this could be a valid topic, and the article has also changed significantly since the AfD so that it is not an advertisement and demonstrates notability (as mentioned as reasons for deletion by some voters). It may be best to give the article some time, and renominate later if it can be shown that it can't cut it in Wikipedia. JYolkowski // talk 23:09, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] PlateSpin

It's just advertisement. The page's creator has not only removed the tag from the page but also blanked this page and removed the listing from Afd. My vote is an obvious Strong Delete Dipics 21:50, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

• keep. I wasn't previously familiar with them, but they appear to be a legitimate player in the virtualization market. Looks like there are plenty of sources for this. Friday (talk) 22:04, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
• Strong (potentially speedy) Delete per nom. No encyclopedic value. Pure spam. No claim of notability, NN --Nick Y. 22:31, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
• Comment: I just wanted to ask those participating to judge the subject, not neccessarily the current content. I realize this article is in an immature state, but this can be fixed by editing. Friday (talk) 23:06, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
• Comment I realize that I am a bit prejudiced against the author of this article for the reasons stated above. I can imagine changing my vote to a keep if the article is substantially (as in totally) rewritten. As it stands though, it is just an advertisement. Dipics 23:10, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
• Neutral, the article makes some small claim of notability, and a lot of Ghits for the company ("platespin vmware"). However, I'm reluctant to vote "keep" without confirmation from someone familiar with the industry who can state whether or not the company and/or its product is well-known in that field. If this is kept, a rewrite is certainly required. -- H·G (^words/_works) 23:18, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

  I am an IT professional who uses VMWare, altho I'm far from expert in virtualization, only having become familiar with it somewhat recently (however it's a hugely important subject in IT management right now). I must admit I had never heard of these guys til now, but a quick google seems to show plenty of people in the tech industry talking about them. I threw some sources onto the talk page, and I'll try working them into the article as time permits. Friday (talk) 23:27, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

• Comment vmware and platespin are unrelated.--Nick Y. 18:21, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

I'm not saying the companies have a close business relationship, or that any of the products involved share a common lineage, but they're both in the virtualization field. Anyway, my main argument for keeping is that people in the tech industry are writing about their products. Also, for what it's worth, they won something called a "Stevie Award" [1] - however I admit I'm not familiar enough with this to say whether it's a legit award or merely the equivalent of being listed in a "Who's Who". I've tweaked the article a bit and thrown some sources onto the talk page. Friday (talk) 17:37, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

• Delete Advert.--Runcorn 20:18, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
• Comment: I've radically stubbed the article (moving some content to the talk page) so that it doesn't read like an advert any more. Friday (talk) 20:29, 19 July 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.