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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. Consensus here is that the limited coverage by secondary reliable sources, in addition to an award of questionable notability, is insufficient for this company to merit an article on Wikipedia at this time. — ξxplicit 01:07, 30 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Peak Systems[edit]

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No real notability. WP:NCORP needs more than "top 10 web design companies" in Seattle or a vanity award for "outstanding achievement in web development." Kilopi (talk) 22:06, 22 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Internet-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:57, 23 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:58, 23 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep The award is significant: see [1] -- it's a "Best of Industry" award. The lower levels as listed on that site are not sufficient for notability , but this is. The cure for spammish articles is to improve them. There's been too much use of of "spamish"as a reason for deletion. Incurable spam is a reason for deletion spam without notability is a reason for deletion. Fixable errors in tone are notreasons for deletion. DGG ( talk ) 04:39, 26 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    Regarding the notability of the award, I considered:
    • Has www.suzanneperkins.com been studied as an example of particularly good web design? Not to my knowledge. Even WebAward doesn't discuss how the winner was chosen beyond the vaguest insight into the scoring.
    • Has anybody published an in-depth interview with Peak about what went into their winning design? Not to my knowledge. I couldn't even find a self-published commentary.
    • How many other sites were considered for that award? Unknown. WebAwards doesn't name or even number non-winning sites. I estimate less than 100 since the "Standard of Excellence" is given to all "above average" entrants in each category.
    • How are candidates selected? Self-submitted, only requirement for consideration appears to be the application fee. Even being on-line is merely optional.
    So I don't see such awards as evidence of notability. Rather, they strike me an opportunity to pay some guys to review your site and hopefully generate a press release that you can use to WP:MASK your lack of notability. Kilopi (talk) 15:40, 26 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete I can't find any significant coverage in ProQuest, Gale, or web search engines. If this company's work or any awards it has picked up were of great significance, we'd have newspapers, magazines, and books that would tell us plainly why they were so significant, rather than leave us guessing. --Dennis Bratland (talk) 21:53, 26 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete - No coverage in reliable sources about this company. I see no evidence that the WebAward is a major award. Their website has all the hallmarks of a pay for award site with 86 categories to choose from. -- Whpq (talk) 16:43, 27 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • comment' an examination of the awards site leads me to the opposite conclusion. There is one award in each industry category a year at this level. There are additional ones at lower levels. I see no indication of paying to get a particular level award, though every reasonable quality site submitted will get some kind of award, only the best in the field will get the toip one. The only problem is the number of industry categories, apparently 90. Now, this fis an example of the familiar technique of giving many first prizes by having many events, best exemplified in some porn industry awards for best performer in each of every possible type of sex scenes. I conclude its a respectable level of award, though not the grad prize nationally. DGG ( talk ) 05:53, 29 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete If this were a national award from a notable organisation maybe, but not a city-level award. Stuartyeates (talk) 07:53, 29 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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