User talk:Argruber

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Proposed deletion of PKWARE, Inc.

The article PKWARE, Inc. has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

PKWARE is the creator of the PKZIP compression software. PKZIP may be notable, but PKWARE fails to meet our strict inclusion criteria.

Our PKWARE article was created in early 2010 by User:Argruber, a COI single-purpose account probably belonging to a paid editor. It contained atrocious copy such as this: "PKWARE provides data-centric security solutions [...] and is known for its data compression and file management solutions." For one full year, nobody dared remove the "new unreviewed article" tag. I don't know why User:Banej removed the tag a year later; maybe s/he forgot to check for COIs.

Just because PKZIP is notable doesn't mean that PKWARE should be considered notable. WP:PRODUCT says: "Note that a specific product or service may be notable on its own, without the company providing it being notable in its own right. In this case, an article on the product may be appropriate, and notability of the company itself is not inherited as a result."

The company has been around for a good long time: for about three decades. Still, it's quite small. It only has about 100 employees. And, more importantly, I looked through the first three pages of Google News results. I saw some local coverage (which doesn't count), and at least a couple of press releases, but nothing which convinced me that the company meets our inclusion criteria.

Years of experience have shown that, even if you clean up an article about a non-notable company, it often attracts new paid editors after the clean-up. Paid editors are persistent, and often can win any edit war. It's better to instead delete all articles about non-notable companies.

Please delete.

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. —Unforgettableid (talk) 04:40, 10 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of PKWARE, Inc. for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article PKWARE, Inc. is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/PKWARE, Inc. until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. —Unforgettableid (talk) 18:47, 12 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]