Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Debt Collection & Recovery Software


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was   delete. -- Cirt (talk) 00:39, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

Debt Collection & Recovery Software
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Strange and too authoritative WP:ESSAY along the lines of debt collection software best practices. &mdash; e. ripley\talk 13:54, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

I don't think that this article is neither strange or authoritative. It is the description of a very widespread financial and banking software that it is not referred or cited nowhere inside Wikipedia. Someone who is working for a banking institution or a collection agency is not able to find information about the business software that is suitable for the needs of the organisation that is working for. The characteristics of this kind of software can only be described by bullets, because of the limitation that it is only an article and not a white paper or a business guide. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nfragk (talk • contribs) 14:52, 20 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete as non-notable software per above statement "that it is not referred or cited nowhere" - if there are no secondary sources, it is not for Wikipedia to publish an article on it. GregJackP (talk) 15:20, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. Unreferenced essay, consisting mostly of how-to material, apparently seeking to sell the merits of software or consulting businesses: In order to build positive working relationships between customers and collection call center agents or negotiators, it is important to provide the latter with accurate and easily accessible information. The introducing of debt collection software supports the financial institutions in achieving higher collection and recovery rates, accompanied by a reduction in operating costs resulting in the automation of redundant and time-consuming activities and allowing agents to spend more time working directly with customers. A complete and sound approach to manage growing delinquencies must at least cater for the following.... - Smerdis of Tlön - killing the human spirit since 2003! 16:01, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions.
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions.  Smerdis of Tlön - killing the human spirit since 2003! 16:01, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Unsure. This is actually not about a specific software but a rather valid software category. However, the article itself needs a lot of improvements to become encyclopedic.Pxtreme75 (talk) 20:07, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. I see Pxtreme75's point - it is possible that an appropriate and encyclopedic article could be written about this subject, but this article is not it.  The article is completely promotional in tone, with the original (now deleted) version containing the link to the actual product being promoted.  We would need to start from scratch to turn this into an appropriate WP article.-- Kubigula (talk) 00:00, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

As Pxtreme75 stated, it is a valid software category that is being used from the collection agencies (that's the reason that there is a link between the article about collection agencies) and from the debt collection departments of all banking institutes. So the reason for deletion that GregJackP referred, I think that it's pointless. The article maybe it's not so "encyclopedic" as you want, but I wanted it to be as descriptive as an article about a software category can be, to explain the characteristics and the usage of it. I am willing to make improvements and of course it is open for everyone who interests about this business software to write his knowledge and expand the article. Obviously, since the link is erased, there is no intention for advertisement or for selling and the segment of the article that Ihcoyc|Smerdis of Tlön referred it is a statement, a description and not a catchy phrase for selling. Certainly it seems that we have different way for presenting and describing some things but if you see the articles about Business Intelligence, Business Process Management (where there is also a link to Oracle; isn't that an advertisement?), ERP (also there are links to all the big software companies) or CRM, you will not notice such a big difference in the way which the words are being used. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nfragk (talk • contribs) 14:43, 25 May 2010 (UTC)
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