User talk:Radiostationary

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I deleted Smartescript
Hello,

I regret to say that I have deleted this page that you created, Smartescript, because it Please do not take this personally or as a reflection on your capabilities as an editor. If the article I deleted was not a copyright infringement, then you may ask me to provide you a copy of the deleted page to work on in your own space, which I will simply move the deleted page to User:/Smartescript. There you can work on the page until the issues are resolved. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask me. Thank you, MuZemike 21:14, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of SmarteSoft
A tag has been placed on SmarteSoft requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about an organization or company, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, as well as our subject-specific notability guideline for organizations and companies. You may also wish to consider using a Wizard to help you create articles - see the Article Wizard.

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Help regarding SmarteSoft
SmarteSoft is as large a presence in the test automation world as many of the current entries in wiki. We have a broader product line than several of the companies that are approved for inclusion on wiki. Our customer list is a who's who of the Fortune 1000 and state and federal government. We have developed and patented a revolutionary new approach to test automation that is approx. 5x faster to implement than anything out there, and requires no technical skills to use. We win every competitive bake-off against every other tool out there. We were selected by Gartner for inclusion on their report in this space. We are growing at an annual rate of several hundred percent. Industry magazines have published editorials on our products. We are invited to speak at conferences in our subject area all the time.

By any measure SmarteSoft, and our products, are very significant players in this space.

Yet, someone at wiki has decided we are not worthy of mention alongside smaller players which ARE mentioned.

Please tell me who has decided we are not worthy of mention, and what their background in this space is, so that we may have a sensible discussion on this topic.

Thankyou.
 * Greetings, Radiostationary. Basically the answer to your question is that the standard for inclusion in Wikipedia is not importance (having a broad product line, bigwig customers, being innovative), but notability – that is, how much coverage the topic has received in reliable, independent sources. So, for instance, if there have been articles (not opinion pieces) devoted to SmarteSoft in major broadsheet newspapers such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, or industry magazines such as Forbes, Fast Comany, Business Week, or in academic journals or scholarly books, then the company would be eligible for an entry. That said, it is inappropriate for anyone directly involved with the company to edit Wikipedia articles about it, given the conflict of interest. I hope this helps, and feel free to stick up another helpme if there is something else you need assistance with. Regards, Skomorokh,  barbarian  14:14, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the clarification.

The most notable publication, and the one almost every major organization turns to when considering test automation products, is the Gartner Magic Quadrant Report. The Gartner reports have enormous credibility and are extremely notable. SmarteSoft products are recommended in that publication, alongside HP, IBM, Borland, etc.

The trade press has also run pieces about SmarteSoft.

The popular press has little relevance in the technical community, as it is not technically oriented, so does not qualify as notable in this regard.

Regarding entries by those associated with firms, I understand the concept and will follow this guideline. However, I guarantee that the IBM and HP wiki entries, and product entries, which are very professionally written, were created by people associated with IBM and HP. To think otherwise would be naive.