Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Smartware


 * 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 both. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 00:03, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

Smartware

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Contested PROD. No indication that either neologism is notable in this context. Neither the references provided nor Google Books/News/Scholar searches seem to support the word "smartware" as having medical applications as its primary meaning. Lots of people have coined the phrase "smartware" independently to mean many different things and this meaning is way down the list. "Medical device smartware" simply seems to be non-notable with one Google News hit and nothing in Books or Scholar. Both articles are pretty much the same. The whole thing seems to be a promotional essay rather than an encyclopaedia article. The author's comments on Talk:Smartware demonstrate a conflict of interests and a promotional intention. PROD removed by author with no comment and no significant improvement in the referencing. DanielRigal (talk) 20:51, 20 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Medicine-related deletion discussions. DanielRigal (talk) 21:06, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

I understand your argument in regards to Smartware, and how the phrase "smartware" has been coined by alot. However I feel that their is not a problem with medical device smartware. It is a fairly new term and that may be why you are not seeing Google Hits on it. I understand that both of these have the same content. I feel it is fair for you to delete the Smartware article if you'd like just because "Smartware" covers a more broad range then simply the medical device field. However medical device smartware does not. I feel the article should not be deleted. If there is anything else I can do to ensure this article remains on wikipedia please let me know. Regards, Joe Lopardo — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jlopardo (talk • contribs) 14:15, 21 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete Smartware as nonsense. Stuartyeates (talk) 04:41, 26 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Stubify Medical device smartware to remove sentences such as The Smartware Approach to Device Development Medical Device Smartware is focused on the entire development pathway of your medical device and making software a priority, no matter where you are in that pathway. which clearly doesn't belong in any encyclopedia. I'm willing to concede that Medical device smartware might be notable, but it's not clear to me how from the article how it differs from regular software and electronics as used in (for example) the automotive industry and why the article isn't called software and electronics in medical devices which seems a much clearer way of saying it. Stuartyeates (talk) 04:41, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

I have removed the line you requested. To answer your question (how it differs from regular software and electronics as used in (for example) the automotive industry and why the article isn't called software and electronics in medical devices). The medical device industry has to deal with many regulations that other industries no nothing about. The FDA strictly monitors all of the everything that is used to construct a medical device as well as everything that is in the device itself. They all must reach certain guidelines. That is why not all software and electronics can simply be used in a medical device. It is the smartware inside the device which allows for the device to run to its fullest capability while also adhering to those strict guidelines enforced by organizations like the FDA. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.225.74.7 (talk) 16:24, 26 September 2011 (UTC)


 * I would recommend against stubifying Medical Device Smartware. We do not normally stubbify non-notable neologisms, which is what this clearly is. A single Google Books hit is not enough to validate this phrase as a subject for an article. A stub is something that should be expanded but how could we possibly expand a stub on a subject that has next to no coverage in reliable sources? --DanielRigal (talk) 19:41, 26 September 2011 (UTC)


 * (a) I did not request a line be removed. (b) Are you suggesting that there are no regulations or standards around automotive electronics? (There certainly are in my country, I have no idea about the USA, where you appear to be based). Stuartyeates (talk) 20:17, 26 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, The Bushranger One ping only 05:22, 27 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete. Non-notable neologism, coined several times to mean different things; and it will keep getting coined and meaning different things because at heart it's a sales slogan, not a meaningful category.  The current content of the article is obviously selling something. - Smerdis of Tlön - killing the human spirit since 2003! 14:13, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.