Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Software Quality Systems AG

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 no consensus. Kurykh (talk) 07:43, 8 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Software Quality Systems AG[edit]

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I am nominating Software Quality Solutions AG for deletion because in 7 years time, it has failed to get a verifiable source other than it's own website on the wiki. I believe it violates policy #7: Verifiability, and policy #8: Notability, as well as possibly policy #4 advertisement.

When Googling the company, the first 4 pages are either their own sources or just stock updates, or reports on their profits. Nothing on what they actually do. As far as I can tell from outside sources, the company only makes profits, and I don't feel that is notable.

Furthermore, the since there seems to be a lack of coverage of anything other than their profits, the only thing we can really say for sure about the company from 3rd party sources is their profits and stocks. Because of this, most of the article should be removed as it's not sourced.

Finally, the page has had problems in the past where it was written like an advertisement. Likely the company itself wrote it's article, and uses it to generate business. This is a violation of the guidelines.

This is my first major change to Wikipedia, and please let me know if I'm out of line here. I came here looking for information about what they do, and what their software does, but instead found the same information that occurs on their website. I honestly don't know why this whole page couldn't be replaced by a redirect to their website. ChthonicOne (talk) 14:48, 15 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Companies-related deletion discussions. AllyD (talk) 09:03, 16 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Weak Keep and rewrite. The article is crap and needs a rewrite as it does feel like an advert, and agree that a Google search on the company name doesn't reveal much

https://www.european-business.com/sqs-software-quality-systems-ag/portrait/

http://www.hl.co.uk/shares/shares-search-results/s/sqs-software-quality-systems-ord-eur1/share-news

And news-related sources

http://www.wallstreet-online.de/nachricht/9405310-dgap-adhoc-sqs-software-quality-systems-ag-director-pdmr-shareholdings

https://www.researchpool.com/provider/directors-deals/sqs-two-directors-bought-4000-shares-at-505p

But then I searched Google News (link at top of page) and found a lot of sources:

https://www.chaffeybreeze.com/2017/03/16/insider-buying-sqs-software-quality-systems-ag-sqs-insider-acquires-2000-shares-of-stock.html

http://petroglobalnews24.com/2017-03-15-sqs-software-quality-systems-ag-sqs-rating-lowered-to-hold-at-n1-singer/

https://sportsperspectives.com/2017/03/14/sqs-software-quality-systems-ag-sqs-cut-to-hold-at-n1-singer.html

http://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/174382/sqs-software-is-confident-industry-trends-are-in-its-favour-174382.html

https://www.chaffeybreeze.com/2017/03/09/sqs-software-quality-systems-ag-sqs-pt-lowered-to-gbx-688.html Walter Görlitz (talk) 19:50, 16 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

As I said, all the news about the company that I could find was stock and profit updates. That is all you seemed to have found as well. They do have short blurbs about what the company does, but each one seems identical, so where did it come from? I'm not opposed to a rewrite of the article, but with the information given, the article will go from being about what the company does to how the company has performed with the sources available. Is that notable? ChthonicOne (talk) 12:20, 21 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Kurykh (talk) 00:14, 23 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Kurykh (talk) 18:54, 31 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per WP:PROMO; the content is strictly promotional & it belongs on the company web site. Notability is not inherited from prominent clients. K.e.coffman (talk) 05:12, 2 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions. NewYorkActuary (talk) 23:03, 4 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per WP:LISTED the fact that it is listed on the main market of the London Stock Exchange may not be sufficient, but there is public research/analyst coverage, so tend to favour a keep. Such as

http://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/174382/sqs-software-is-confident-industry-trends-are-in-its-favour-174382.html

http://www.capitalcube.com/blog/index.php/sqs-software-quality-systems-ag-undervalued-relative-to-peers-but-dont-ignore-the-other-factors-2/?yptr=yahoo

http://investing.thisismoney.co.uk/news/article/id/5510033/ Jake Brockman (talk) 16:54, 7 April 2017 (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.