Talk:MakerBot

Speedy deletion
I believe the speedy deletion of this page was in error, particularly given that the creator put the 'hangon' tag on the page and requested more time.

Additionally, the page was called 'spam' which seems extremely unlikely. The page was almost certainly created due to me tweeting about how we don't have a page, and almost certainly not by anyone associated with the company.


 * http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/tag/makerbot/
 * http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/09/liberty_the_extra_tall_makerbot.html

Before anyone asks: I have no connection to this company, no investment, no business relationship. I got invited to a party at their office last night and thought it was cool. I looked online and found press coverage. I wondered why we don't have an article.--Jimbo Wales (talk) 01:43, 28 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Indeed, I created an article stub based on Jimbo's tweet (http://twitter.com/jimmy_wales/status/4430980389). I also have no connection with the company whatsoever.  I think the company is significant beyond its simple existence as it relates to the RepRap Project and micro-manufacturing.  HyperCapitalist (talk) 01:52, 28 September 2009 (UTC)


 * For the record, when the article was deleted, it consisted of eight words and an external link. More effort had been put into defending its existence than writing it in the first place! :-) I have no problem with the present article. Melchoir (talk) 02:24, 28 September 2009 (UTC)
 * For the record, when the article was deleted, it existed for about 10 seconds. Nothing personal, but this is not about lack of content, this is about your speed of deletion. HyperCapitalist (talk) 02:29, 28 September 2009 (UTC)
 * While the speedy tag was placed for spam, I deleted it under A7, because "the page may still be deleted if the page unquestionably meets the speedy deletion criteria." Moreover, this was an A1 case: there was nothing more substantive here than the A1 example of "He is a funny man with a red car. He makes people laugh."  Nyttend (talk) 02:36, 28 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Moreover, until looking at this tweet a few minutes ago, I've never gone to Twitter before, so I was unaware that there was coverage of this subject. Nyttend (talk) 02:40, 28 September 2009 (UTC)
 * I don't want to extend the drama, but there was more than that in the article. There was a company name, what the company sold, and a link.  Pretty good for 10 seconds I think.  You should just say you made a mistake and move on.  In the end, no harm, no foul.  Peace.  HyperCapitalist (talk) 02:42, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

More news sources
large list of news reports--Jimbo Wales (talk) 02:47, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

Merge with Thingiverse

 * Oppose There's little in common between the two projects, other than the shared people. Nor is Thingiverse limited to 3D print, let alone Makerbots only. Andy Dingley (talk) 16:10, 15 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Oppose I agree with Andy Dingley. While Thingiverse was certainly started by the same people, presumably at least partially for the convenience of their customers, it has become far more than just a makerbot depot. The two projects have a separate existence and separate identities. Merging them would be confusing. A user looking up "Thingiverse" would not expect to be redirected to the Makerbot page. APL (talk) 21:31, 15 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Oppose for reasons above.--Nowa (talk) 20:46, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

Peer review of MakerBot Industries/Products/Thing-O-Matic
Hello, I would like to quickly suggest some things for the Thing-O-Matic section of this page.

You have plenty of citations and use images well. Overall, this is a great revision to a good article. =] Drozycki16 (talk) 00:55, 18 December 2011 (UTC)
 * You should explain what a plastruder and a z-stage is. These are not in the common lexicon, and makes it harder to understand the Thing-O-Matic and the article.
 * What does the device interface to? Can it connect to any home PC? I suspect that the answer is yes, although I am not certain, and it is not made clear in the article.
 * A citation would be good to verify that "Orders placed as of September 15th, 2011 ship...". Even a forum post would help.
 * I am modifying your article to link internally to the GPL.
 * I am adding a period to the end of a sentence without it. ("4-5 weeks for both disassembled and fully assembled models The use...")

Relating MakerBot's printers to the larger topic of "3D printing"
Hello, I'd also like to make a suggestion:

Being relatively new to the whole arena of "3D printing", I found myself looking for information on MakerBot's printers (like the "thing-o-matic") and how they relate to the technology of 3D printing in general. For example, the article here discusses such printing techniques as Inkjet, SLS, DLP, DMLS, etc and left me wondering which technique the Thing-O-Matic uses. I think this also echoes the previous suggestion of going into a bit of detail (or linking to it) of the various technologies referenced here (plastruder, etc). Mjwood7 (talk) 16:20, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Reference?
One of the founders was interviewed in the BBC radio programme Digital Planet (officially called "Click"), published 2012-10-23. Audio, MP3 format (probably only available for a few weeks). --Mortense (talk) 16:00, 26 October 2012 (UTC)

Thingiverse TOS and Open Source controversies should be in history section
88.159.76.87 (talk) 02:09, 25 May 2014 (UTC)

+1 http://www.hoektronics.com/2012/09/21/makerbot-and-open-source-a-founder-perspective/ 88.159.68.164 (talk) 14:41, 21 April 2016 (UTC)

Requested move 29 June 2016

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section. 

The result of the move request was: Moved. Small consensus in favour, and seems reasonable... most sources don't include "Industries". &mdash; Amakuru (talk) 22:06, 7 July 2016 (UTC)

MakerBot Industries → MakerBot – the company MakerBot self-identifies without the "Industries" tag at the end of the name so for clarity and consistency the "Industries" should be removed. – Makerbotkateellen (talk) 15:54, 29 June 2016 (UTC)
 * This is a contested technical request (permalink). Anthony Appleyard (talk) 18:46, 29 June 2016 (UTC)


 * Comment. This was moved by Jimbo back in 2009, but it may be outdated now. — Andy W. ( talk  · ctb) 17:43, 29 June 2016 (UTC)
 * That move was this edit, by Jimbo Wales in person, at 02:39, 28 September 2009‎, from MakerBot to MakerBot Industries, with edit comment "Making the article be about the company rather than this particular product line"; and I agree with it. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 18:46, 29 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Support per WP:COMMONNAME and WP:CONCISE. If the 2009 rationale was valid at the time, it no longer is, since their product lines have distinct names now, like Replicator 2X, Thing-O-Matic, Digitizer Desktop 3D, etc.  — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ≼  22:07, 29 June 2016 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

COI Tag
This tag was set up then removed, then reinstalled, all that in January 2017. Can the tag be justified precisely ? I don't really see the point here and without precise justification, it shall be removed. PRZ (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 13:25, 15 January 2017 (UTC) The motive of this tag was probably because an account named 'makerbot' made a few modifications. This account was removed as not being owned by company representative and so being misleading. However, when looking at the modifications done by this account, which are limited, they looks perfectly justifiable and haven't created any harm or bias to the article. So, I removed the tag. PRZ (talk) 19:54, 10 December 2017 (UTC)

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Recommendations/Condemnation

 * Replicator+: Wouldn't print with a extra space of 4 millimeters (extra space on all axis) — Preceding unsigned comment added by AProGeek (talk • contribs) 18:25, 29 September 2020 (UTC)