Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Penguin Computing


 * 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 soft delete. Based on minimal participation, this uncontroversial nomination is treated as an expired PROD (a.k.a. "soft deletion"). Editors can request the article's undeletion. Liz Read! Talk! 03:34, 2 August 2022 (UTC)

Penguin Computing

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Seems to mostly consist of an advertisement. Urban Versis 32KB ⚡ (talk / contribs) 03:25, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
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 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Computing and California. –LaundryPizza03 ( d  c̄ ) 22:53, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Companies-related deletion discussions. –LaundryPizza03</b> ( d  c̄ ) 22:54, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete - The article's subject fails WP:GNG and WP:CORP. Of the 11 sources in the article, there are none that aren't outright press releases/wires. At first I thought maybe this PCWorld article might be a reliable source, but upon reading it, it's very clearly sourcing itself from a press release. I did check beyond the sources in the article to see if there was available sourcing elsewhere, and there are plenty of press releases/wires and wordpress blog discussions on Google search results, but nothing that would support notability. Likewise with Google Books, all that came up were lots of ads they ran in magazines like PCMagazine. There are even Google Scholar results, but those are primary/non-independent sources, again nothing that shows notability for the subject. I did find one mention in Newspapers.com that wasn't an ad, but it lacked any significant coverage and was merely an advice column from 1999 saying the following: "Another good place to turn if you're looking to buy a PC with Linux already installed in Penguin Computing. They offer a full range of systems plus lots of tech support when you need it." A trivial mention in an opinion piece in a newspaper from 1999 is the best I could find. Trivial mentions don't provide significant coverage per WP:GNG, and if that's the best I was able to find I don't think this article's subject meets any of Wikipedia's notability requirements. - Aoidh (talk) 03:58, 29 July 2022 (UTC)


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