Talk:Spiceworks

Opening
I'm not sure the article should open with a lot of specifics on how the company was funded back when it was a start-up. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.112.158.12 (talk) 17:39, 16 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Can the opening sentence be clarified a bit? "Spiceworks is a professional network for the information technology (IT) industry that is headquartered in Austin, Texas.
 * Wow! So I can, just, like, get a professional network?  For, like, free?
 * I suggest: Spiceworks is a professional network monitoring and management solution for the information technology (IT) industry. Spiceworks is headquartered in Austin, Texas. 2601:842:200:4270:7D46:59C:D96D:5CCB (talk) 18:51, 23 February 2024 (UTC)

Contested deletion
This page is not unambiguously promotional, because... the firm is notable, as DGG has indicated. The article undoubtedly contains too many press releases, but it is not unambiguous spam that cannot be improved upon with a trim and / or rewrite. Moreover, the speedy nomination seems to be part of a nomination spree by an editor apparently unhappy with their page's deletion. I should note here that I have had a conversation with Spiceworks about potentially taking it on as a compensated rewrite project, although I do not have a financial arrangement with the company at this time. WWB Too (Talk · COI) 13:19, 6 October 2016 (UTC)


 * I made an error in wording, from working too quickly on all of this batch of articles. I meant to say that it indicated sufficient importance to pass A7, but was not necessarily notable. I added the appropriate tag.
 * As for promotionalism, I fixed the  duplication,   removed the trivial and local awards, and cleaned up the wording. It still reads like a news release or company web page. I do not usually do this for  semi-notable company articles, this is primarily a demo.  Whether it will hold up in AfD is an open question.  DGG ( talk ) 14:50, 6 October 2016 (UTC)

Currently revising
I'm in the process of updating this page due to it being outdated. I've started a sandbox page to create a separate page for the software. Currently my thought process for the company/community page looks like this: HISTORY Founded Funding rounds 10th Anniversary and forward BUSINESS MODEL CORPORATE IDENTITY Logo Mascot Headquarters COMMUNITY SPICEWORLD Austin London AWARDS Any assistance or input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Edit request: Remove "Spice Girls" vandalism
Hi there, recently someone has made a couple of edits to this article to add in mentions of the Spice Girls, presumably as a joke about the company's name. On behalf of Spiceworks via agency The Weinheimer Group as part of my work at Beutler Ink, I'd like to request that editors take a look at and remove one mention, and fix the other to refer to "Spiceworks" instead.

Here's the two mentions:
 * Under Founding the wording "avid Spice Girl fans and" can be removed. There is no mention in sourcing of the founding execs being major Spice Girls fans and (so far as I'm aware!) this is untrue
 * Reference #10, the Wired piece by Klint Finley currently shows the title "Spice Girls Woos IT Admins With Free Everything", this can be fixed to "Spiceworks Woos IT Admins With Free Everything"

Thanks in advance for helping with these edits. While they are uncontroversial, I stick to the "bright line" and don't edit directly where I have a financial conflict so hope that a willing volunteer editor is able to make these quick fixes. 16912 Rhiannon (Talk · COI) 15:33, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

Reply 13-MAR-2018
to status quo ante       Spintendo       23:36, 13 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks Spintendo, much appreciated. 16912 Rhiannon (Talk &middot; COI) 13:43, 14 March 2018 (UTC)