Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Plexus Systems, Inc.

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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 JERRY talk contribs 02:56, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Plexus Systems, Inc.

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Article created by company's marketing manager, seems non-notable. Jfire (talk) 06:13, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

  • Keep but cleanup; Google News turns up a few references, one from CNN Money (covers some information about the company as part of the article), Forbes.com has mention of them, and others. Seems to pass WP:CORP, although, I may be viewing these two references (others are there, I haven't looked at the half of them yet) slightly different than the guideline. If anyone else cares to join in, here is the Google News search. Aeternitas827 (talk) 06:50, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
Those are press releases from PRNewswire, most likely written by the same employee that wrote the article. Jfire (talk) 06:58, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete For future reference, folks, beware anything that appears in a major mag but originated from PR Newswire. As Jfire so eloquently pointed out, they are written by internal sources with an intent to be positive or marketing spin. I know this because I supply data and information to my company's folks who write them :) ΨνPsinu 14:58, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Weak delete. The company has won a statewide industry award[1] and its female president is in the "top 100" women in the auto industry, but that doesn't seem sufficient without any independent in-depth coverage. As noted, much of the search result is press releases or trivial mentions. --Dhartung | Talk 21:24, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions. -- -- pb30<talk> 02:27, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep per numerous improvements I just made based on the above discussion. Best, --Le Grand Roi des CitrouillesTally-ho! 04:33, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for the effort GRdC, but it just doesn't look like it meets the bar set by WP:N of "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." Of the references, #3 is a blog (specifically excluded by WP:V) and #4-5 are company press releases (specifically excluded by WP:CORP). That leaves #1 and 2, short blurbs in industry rags (and #2 is secondhand). IMO that falls short of notability, and I'm left with the fact that this is little else but self-promotion. Wikipedia is not an advertising service. Jfire (talk) 05:21, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
I should note the evidence for COI: article created by User:KimHayward, only contribs this article and some other links to the article/company, according to her LinkedIn profile, "SEO Marketing Manager at Plexus Systems, Inc.", job duty "to increase the visibility of Plexus Online on the web." Jfire (talk) 16:59, 8 January 2008 (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.