Talk:RETScreen

The purpose of this Wikipedia article is to provide a central resource for Wikipedia users to discover RETScreen that is freely and widely available. RETScreen will continue to be updated and improved so we will need to reflect this in the Wikipedia article. We also need to ensure that the external references and links to useful supporting and complementary resources are current.

Ideally, we would need to have multi lingual versions of this article for Wikipedia users around the world, reflecting RETScreen's international value. --RichardHellen (talk) 19:32, 9 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Richard, you'll see from the heading on the topic that it needs more references. The problem (as far as I can think) is that independent references to the software are few and far between. Can you think of any? Brigdonnwrgwyrdd (talk) 12:37, 10 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Seven one-sentence paragraphs all begining  with  RETScreen. Quite frankly  if you  were looking  for an idea for a brochure or advertising  copy, you  couldn't  do  better. Not only  are the WP:RS extremely  weak, but  it  is definitely WP:ADVERT by  our rules, even if it  were not  intended as such. IMO, it needs cleaning  up  and properly  sourcing  very  quickly  before soemone serves a WP:CSD on  it. Perhaps it can be rewritten in  a way  that  avoids it sounding  promotional  at  all,  and being  sup)plied with  some published articles about  it  in  reognised scientific journals.--Kudpung (talk) 13:54, 10 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Point taken - We will seek out suitable external references quickly. We are keen that others in the sustainable energy field finds RETScreen and put it to the use for which it is intended, and as a free resource in this critical area, we do need to make RETScreen as accessible as possible.  We're on it.

RichardHellen (talk) 10:37, 11 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Sounds good, but please remember that  this is  an encyclopedia and not  a directory  of software.solutions. There is nothing  I  can do if someone else tags it  for deletion.--Kudpung (talk) 10:52, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

We have found an external reference that compares RETScreen with a broad spectrum of software tools for analysing the integration of renewable energy into energy systems which will be added to the reference regarding the number of RETScreen downloads. . Any views on the acceptability of this as an independent reference?RichardHellen (talk) 08:36, 12 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Richard - I think that anything peer-reviewed will be fine. Brigdonnwrgwyrdd (talk) 09:47, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

I propose that the page is now properly referenced with external, verifiable content, and that the 'primary sources' tag should be removed. In line with the guidelines here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tagging_pages_for_problems#Removing_tags - I propose removing the tag if there is no objection within the next few days. Brigdonnwrgwyrdd (talk) 13:26, 18 November 2010 (UTC)

I know that there is an interest in changing the title of this page to RETScreen rather than Retscreen, but I've checked under the formatting guidelines (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style_%28capital_letters%29#Mixed_or_non-capitalization), and it's unambiguous in that the latter is preferred. Brigdonnwrgwyrdd (talk) 12:38, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

Edit to the above - it appears that's for trademarks, rather than titles. So I've gone ahead with the change Brigdonnwrgwyrdd (talk) 15:26, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

External links modified
Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just added archive links to 2 one external links on RETScreen. Please take a moment to review my edit. You may add after the link to keep me from modifying it, if I keep adding bad data, but formatting bugs should be reported instead. Alternatively, you can add to keep me off the page altogether, but should be used as a last resort. I made the following changes:
 * Attempted to fix sourcing for http://www.retscreen.net/ang/core_team.php
 * Attempted to fix sourcing for http://www.retscreen.net/ang/g_con_dte.php

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