Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Xirrus

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 Keep. Was the company really sold for 748 bucks? NawlinWiki 03:21, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Xirrus

Xirrus (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) – (View log)

Non-notable organisation: fails test of Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies). Gordonofcartoon 12:29, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

• Delete per nom, and it looks more than a little like advertising --kateshortforbob 12:33, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
• Keep well backed-up stub with references (although used incorrectly) and an external link & lots of hits on Google. Lradrama 12:36, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
• Delete the article does not give any information on the subject, and the company seems to be an ordinary shop rather than a large company worth mentioning. Furthermore, the references look like advertisements. GreatWikiFan 13:09, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
• Delete, refs are unsatisfactory and article is a directory listing. Deiz talk 13:21, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
• Keep I am in the process of re-writing the article. The refs as given are indeed mostly press releases but a Factiva search for "Xirrus" shows 249 results. While the majority are their press releases, there are multiple independent write-ups that describe the company's operations. This makes it notable per WP:CORP. Resurgent insurgent 02:08, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
• Keep Per WP's notability guidelines, the organization does not need to be large to be worth mentioning. Xirrus meets notability guidelines WP:Notability. Xirrus is being covered by several independent industry leading journalists and publications such as eWeek, InfoWorld, NetworkComputing, TechWeek, etc. They have been chosen as the Wi-Fi sponsor for the largest networking tradeshow (Interop) three times in a row. They are backed by Microsoft's only VC and share a BOD seat them). Chomperhead 17:20, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
• Keep I googled this company and found more than their own press releases. Someone will always think something is an advertisement, but it doesn't seem like it has a malicious intent, and the best way to find out about a business is to have their products listed and features enumerated. I look forward to reading more about Xirrus as more people contribute, the article is rather short now. Give it a chance to grow before sending the firing squad out too quickly as many of you are wont to do. AndrewJSteele 9 August 2007

*User's 3rd Wikipedia edit. Deiz talk 23:39, 9 August 2007 (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.