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Load Impact
Hello, Softwareguy! I got your email about the article Load Impact. I am replying here because I prefer to keep this kind of discussion on-wiki; hope you don't mind. To answer your question, the article was deleted because the discussants at Articles for deletion/Load Impact (2nd nomination) felt that it didn't meet Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion. The main criterion is WP:GNG, the requirement for significant coverage from multiple independent reliable sources. More specific criteria can be found at WP:CORP or WP:NSOFTWARE (depending on whether it is regarded as a company or as software). I see that you tried to deal with the issue by adding references; that is the right approach. Here's what I can do: I can restore the article as a draft in your private userspace, where you can work on improving it without any fear that it will get tagged for deletion. When you feel it may be ready for a return to the encyclopedia mainspace, you should ask me or any administrator if it is sufficiently different from the version that was deleted. (If it is too similar, it will quickly get deleted per WP:G4.) Let me know if you would like to take this on, and I will WP:Userfy the article to you for you to work on. You can answer here on your talk page; I will see it.

To answer your broader question, about whether Wikipedia is interested in articles about "smaller companies": it's not the size of the company that matters. It's strictly based on the amount and quality of coverage they receive from independent reliable sources. Unfortunately that requirement sometimes works against very small or very new companies, as they may not get much press recognition. But if the coverage exists and is adequate, an article should be accepted. This requirement for independent coverage may result in some companies qualifying for an article even while other, seemingly similar companies do not qualify. --MelanieN (talk) 18:25, 21 March 2016 (UTC)

Load Impact question to MelanieN
Hi MelanieN,

Thank you so much for the thorough explanation! Yes, I'd definitely like to continue editing the Load Impact page, so if you don't mind restoring it as a private draft, that'd be great.

Thanks again for your help, and I'll definitely reach out when I have more independent, reputable sources to back up the validity of the article.

Softwareguy85 (talk) 19:23, 22 March 2016 (UTC)