Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Green Hills 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 Keep. Merges, edits, or additional sources, as suggeted by some in this discussion, are editorial issues, and do not need an AfD.DES ^(talk) 04:56, 17 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Green Hills Software[edit]

The article doesn't assert it's notability. It's unverifiable and appears that it's purpose is to advertise the company. Witchinghour 03:18, 10 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom --Witchinghour 03:22, 10 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Software-related deletions. -- John Vandenberg 03:58, 10 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I've added some secondary sources, which should go towards notability. While it may be a bit ad-like in places, I don't feel the overall article is an ad. The problems sections can be repaired. CitiCat 05:43, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
Comment: if the article is kept the current minutae listing of every feature should be radically trimmed down, also leaf articles like µ-velOSity should be merged here. The article lacks information about the history. Everyone can look up the current products on their website, the history is what's encyclopedically valuable. Pavel Vozenilek 11:55, 10 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Inline external links (or put in the EL section) do not reliable sources make. Perhaps if this article were properly referenced and trimmed significantly it would be a keep, but as it stands now it reads like an advertisement. /Blaxthos 16:13, 10 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
STRONG keep - a deletion spree by a person who does not bother to do a minimal bqackground check. `'юзырь:mikka 19:25, 10 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - reply to user mikka here Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Segger Microcontroller Systems thanks.Witchinghour 19:45, 10 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Weak keep — with a conflict of interest on my part. ;) It looks to me like all of the embedded software articles follow the same basic format as the Green Hills Software article; see Wind River Systems, Segger Microcontroller Systems, MontaVista Software, ARM Limited. See VxWorks for one even further down the road to fancruftiness. I think it's just that there's not a lot to say about these tech companies except (1) where and who they are, which takes about two sentences; and (2) business cruft: who they compete with, how much they made last year, what their flagship products are, and other stuff that naturally looks very much like advertising. (Freescale Semiconductor is lucky enough to have had a buyout offer, so they can devote a section to that to make their article look less spammy. :) I do support merging µ-velOSity et al. into Green Hills Software. --Quuxplusone 04:04, 12 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - It isn't notably worse than any other company article and seems to meet WP:CORP. Henrik 07:03, 12

Delete per Nom. A backround check shows that this private company is not quoted on any stock exchange, and hence is only of interest to its owners and employees. Although this article is long, it is mainly comprised of lists of products, their components and attributes. Wikipedia is not an online catalogue, and spammy articles of this type with no encylopedic value should be speedily deleted. --Gavin Collins 16:12, 13 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The company was somehow historically notable (which is not really shown in the text). I fully agree about the spammy nature of the article. Pavel Vozenilek 14:24, 14 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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.