Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Software Virtualization Solution

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 of the discussion was Keep. - Bobet 18:18, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Software Virtualization Solution

Blatant advertisement; parts were originally copyvios against this training document; author has reworded copyvio paragraphs. --NMChico24 03:15, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

• Comment:Which parts are copyrighted from that document? --Jeremydallas 03:19, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
  • In the original version, the entire first couple of paragraphs were pulled word-for-word from that document. That has now been corrected, but the article still seems like nothing but advertising. Also, according to your talk page, you've had an article deleted before due to copyvio/ads. --NMChico24 03:21, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

• Comment/Response:That is true, there was a previous version that was deleted. This has been my first entry (of what I hope is many) and I didn't realize that I couldn't pull in information from other sites. I do now realize this and am trying to make this article purely informational and factual. --Jeremydallas 03:24, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
  
  

• Keep After cutting down the google searches([1]), I found some reviews in PCMag, Inforworld, TUCOWS (no rating from there, it is too new), etc. It won Best New Product Award at TechEd ([2]). It definitely needs some cleaning up so it doesn't look, feel, or read like an advertisement. While not official policy, and subject to change, it easily fits the criteria for Wikipedia:Notability (software) (proposed criteria 1 and 6). It is marginally notable. Ted^Talk/_{Contributions} 03:33, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

• Comment:I'll keep working on the wording to make it not seem like an advertisement. It also won PCMag's Editors Choice, co-sharing the spotlight with Firefox, FOSE best new product of the year, Best New Product at Microsoft Management Summit, and many other awards. It's definitely noteable...it's has nearly 15,000 downloads on download.com with the latest version (less then a month old). I would also think it would fit criteria 2 and 3 and when Vista ships it will meet 4.

I will work on the wording later this evening to try and clean it up.

• Keep per Ted. — Reinyday, 04:18, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
• Keep - looks ok to me. --Kungfu Adam ^(talk) 13:53, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
• Merge to Virtualization. Delete as per request. Only a couple of hundred Ghits - that's nothing for software. No evidence company being advertised meets WP:CORP Keep Adverts have been cleaned up and it has won an award Dlyons493 Talk 18:01, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
• DO NOT Merge Saying to Merge this is like saying to merge Chevrolet Corvette into Car. There are about 10 different types of virtualization out there, each with a unique way to do virtualization and each with there own patents. I would rather this entry be deleted then merged. --71.252.170.186 20:20, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. Non-notable and advertisey. --Aguerriero (talk) 03:08, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

• Comment *Keep This has been edited to a two sentence simple description of what the product is. It does meet the criteria for Wikipedia:Notability (software) (proposed criteria 1 and 6). --71.252.170.186 15:04, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

• • RESPONSE to "No evidence company being advertised meets WP:CORP".
    
    Actually Altiris has been ranked among the 25 fastest growing companies by Forbes for three years in a row (Forbes Article), is a publicly traded company Google Finance for ATRS, and has won an award or two (or 50). Altiris Awards
    
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    SVS Press (sampling) :
    • PC Mag Technical Excellence Award
    • PC Mag Best Products Q1 2006 (tied with new Firefox)
      • “Altiris' Software Virtualization Solution could reshape the PC landscape at the IT level…. SVS impressed us enough to share the spotlight with Firefox. And that's saying something.” – PC Magazine
        
        
    • InfoWorld Excellence Award
      • “…fundamentally alters your perception of what is possible with IT…SVS will have long-term ramifications for the Windows configuration management market…SVS is paradigm-shifting technology.” - InfoWorld
        
        
    • CRN Review
      • Everything you know about software deployment is about to change…SVS has the potential to rewrite the rules of how software is pushed down to client systems.” – Computer Reseller News
        
        
    • Best of MMS 2006 Best New Product
    • Best of TechEd 2006 Best New Product
    • FOSE 2006 Best of Show
    • “SVS could be one of those disruptive technologies we hear so much about.” – Government Computer News

• Comment: So what needs to be done to remove the deletion suggestion at the top of the page? --70.129.142.176 00:23, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

Patiently wait until the deletion process runs to the end. Normally, it is 5 days to a week, then an administrator will look over the comments and make a decision. Ted^Talk/_{Contributions} 01:16, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

• Comment: Thanks Ted --71.252.170.186 03:28, 9 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.