Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/USU Software


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The result was   keep. Spartaz Humbug! 03:45, 30 December 2010 (UTC)

USU Software

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I marked this page for deletion. Sources are not in English (this is the English Wikipedia), the article is disjointed and has missing information, and is written like an advertisement. Deletion_policy — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jhunt47 (talk • contribs) Keep In addition to the Reuters reports, one of which is used as a reference in the article, I found this in Stuttgarter Nachrichten, which quotes the company head on the economy: the last of 3 such quotations illustrating a range of views among business leaders in the region. That's a good start on independent press coverage, and the company is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. I would like to see the creator find more independent press coverage; many newspapers are now behind paywalls and Google News' coverage is spotty, and as the notability policy for companies states, companies listed on the major stock exchanges almost always have adequate sources available in the press. However, references being in languages other than English is immaterial under policy, except that relevant citations must be translated on request. (And the creator has referenced the English-language version of the company website and cited other English-language sources. To make notability clear, any foreign-language independent press reports that were held back in deference to English-language readers should be mentioned here and/or added to the article.) Also, what information is missing? I am unfamiliar with the field but gaps should be specified so that someone can find and add the information. In any case missing information is not per se a reason for deletion any more than is disjointed writing; the relevant criterion is notability, which the press coverage and stock exchange listing demonstrate. Yngvadottir (talk) 05:31, 17 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions.  -- Jclemens-public (talk) 19:18, 15 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 02:19, 17 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Germany-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 02:20, 17 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep per yngvadottir.--BabbaQ (talk) 18:10, 18 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. Spam and meaningless text:
 * an internationally active software and IT solutions provider for knowledge based Service Management....
 * Valuemation is an integrated line of products for business service management conforming to the guidelines of the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL). The USU Product Line Receives the International ITIL Certification from PinkVERIFY™
 * Also note that trade analysts (Gartner, Forrester, ECPweb) and minor trade website coverage do not confer general notability. - Smerdis of Tlön - killing the human spirit since 2003! 18:07, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 02:18, 22 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Keep; I think the sources are sufficient to pass WP:CORP. Service Management and ITIL are very real concepts rather than wordsalad; if you think the wording around those concepts has a promotional tone, feel free to improve the wording. I would remind the nominator that foreign sources are quite acceptable - otherwise this encyclopædia would have an arbitrarily narrow focus. Wikipedia should have articles on more than just the anglosphere. Of course, English-language sources are preferable, where there's a choice. bobrayner (talk) 01:23, 29 December 2010 (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.