User talk:Optrics

Welcome to wikipedia. Please review Notability (companies and corporations) and indicate on the article Optrics Engineering how this company is important. If notablity for this company is not established the aticle may be delted. Jon513 20:01, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

With respect to "Criteria for companies and corporations":

"A company or corporation is notable if it meets any one of the following criteria: The company or corporation is listed on ranking indices of important companies produced by well-known and independent publications."

Information on Optrics:

The Profit 100 listing is a primary listing of Canada's Fastest Growing Companies, and it lists Optrics Engineering in position 44 for this year, 2006. Profit 100 Awards List

"The 18th annual PROFIT 100 ranking of Canada's Fastest-Growing Companies proves there is opportunity in every sector of the economy — and every market around the world — for businesses that deliver what customers want: real value." Profit 100 Listing


 * Please add that imformation to the article not here. In any event I don't think that a list of the fastest growing company is a list of "important companies".  By those criteria the 100th fastest growing company in any contry at any time is notable - that is rediculous. Jon513 21:35, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

I think that a list of companies that is growing quickly and prospering despite local economies IS important. In countries with millions of companies, I think the top 100 fastest growing ones, have something that they are doing which is setting them apart. An example of a list of important companies is also the "Fortune 500" and the "Fortune 100". Both examples of by the above definition "large" lists, but I don't think that someone considers the #100 on that list to be unimportant.


 * fortune 500 measures gross revenue not growth. If I have a lemonade stand one summer and made enough money to buy two more stands does mean I am notable (I had 300% growth!).  If I had a lemonade stand that had 300 billion dollars in gross revenue then I'd be notable. Jon513 23:40, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Good point about gross revenue. In fact, that's pretty much what the Profit 100 is based upon. If you look at the actual rankings, Optrics sales went from 239,648 in 2000 to 3,414,039 in 2006. An increase of 1,325%. I think that certainly qualifies, vs. the 300% you mentioned. Some other companies on the list include CV Technologies (makers of ColdFX). With gross revenue as a basis, these 100 companies all qualify.

At any rate, it's not my intention to make an "advertisement" here. Since we have achieved this landmark, a lot of people have been asking about the company, and wanting information on it. I thought that Wikipedia would be a great place for starting that process, as a lot of people that we deal with use it as a resource (as do I). I have tried to follow the guidelines, with respect to this initial "starting point" but if there are some areas or suggestions for editing that you would make, I'd definitely be happy to address them in whatever way. You will note that I've already added the info that you said should be "moved" to the Optrics article.

Profit 100 Rankings Optrics 8:47 (MST), 1 August 2006

A tag has been placed on Optrics Engineering, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article seems to be blatant advertising which only promotes a company, product, group or service and which would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an encyclopedia article. Please read the general criteria for speedy deletion, particularly item 11, as well as the guidelines on spam.

If you can indicate why the subject of this article is not blatant advertising, you may contest the tagging. To do this, please add  on the top of the page and leave a note on the article's talk page explaining your position. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would help make it encyclopedic, as well as adding any citations from reliable sources to ensure that the article will be verifiable. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. r3m0t talk 17:41, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

May 2012
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Probably not. See WP:FAQ/Organizations for a helpful list of frequently asked questions by people in your position. Also, review the conflict of interest guidance to see the kinds of limitations you would have to obey if you did want to continue editing about your company, group, organization, or clients. If this does not fit in with your goals, then you will not be allowed to edit again. Consider using one of the many websites that allow this instead.
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