User talk:Thumbarger

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Please do not add commercial links (or links to your own private websites) to Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or a mere collection of external links. You are, however, encouraged to add content instead of links to the encyclopedia. See the welcome page to learn more. Thanks. --Alabamaboy 23:14, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

The article Irise has been speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This happened because the article seems to be about a person or group of persons but it does not indicate how or why that person or group is notable. If you can indicate why the subject is really notable, you are free to re-create the article, making sure to cite any verifiable sources. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. You might also want to read our criteria for speedy deletion, particularly item 7 under Articles.

[edit] Irise

A couple of days ago you "speedily" deleted an article on Irise. While I appreciate your 'diligence', there are many software companies listed under the category - Categories: Computer companies of the United States | Software companies.

Why are some companies allowed and others are not? Or are you just trying to stop any new postings? My article was purely factual and followed the outlines of several other companies - check out Parasoft for example.

According to Google [1] only 22 websites link to iRise's webpage. As the article states, only 75 companies use the product. I believe that does not rise to the level of notability that Wikipedia aims for. However, I'm happy to undelete the article and put the Irise page up for a deletion vote. You will need to make a case per the instructions at the top of the article as to why the article should be kept. Best,--Alabamaboy 15:57, 14 April 2006 (UTC)


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  1. editing articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with,
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Accounts used solely for blatant self-promotion may be blocked indefinitely without further warning.

For more details, please read the Conflict of Interest guideline. Thank you. --Ronz 21:44, 16 May 2007 (UTC)


It looks like you've been editing as 71.5.166.19 (talk · contribs) in addition to 71.5.166.27 (talk · contribs). Care to confirm? --Ronz 21:51, 16 May 2007 (UTC)


Given your conflict of interest with it, it' probably best you not add links to http://www.mycatalyze.org http://spam.squidoo.com/irise or http://www.irise.com --Ronz 22:03, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Irise

I have added a "{{prod}}" template to the article Irise, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but I don't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and I've explained why in the deletion notice (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may contest the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page. Also, please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. Ronz 21:58, 16 May 2007 (UTC)