Talk:Automattic

Small?

Small in head count, but big in influence, aren't they?

--Migs 18:07, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

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Missing information regarding ownership of .blog domain ending

It might be smart to mention in this article that the domain ending, .blog is owned by Automattic.

Daylen (talk) 23:20, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

OK but they do not own every .blog domain in the world. They just deliver some of them as a one of the (many?) registrants. Moreover it's not clear to me if they already do it now. Can somebody confirm? --Valerio Bozzolan (talk) 15:31, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

Recent edit

Preserving here by providing this link. My rationale was: WP:DIRECTORY - trim list of nn products in infobox; excessive ext links. --K.e.coffman (talk) 17:05, 11 August 2018 (UTC)

History section

The history section needs a rewrite. It's currently just a list of acquisitions, with no information or context about any of them. Much of the sourcing is to company press releases. This entire page currently reads like a press release, frankly. Handpigdad (talk) 06:09, 1 August 2023 (UTC)

Merge proposal

I propose merging WordPress.com into Automattic. WordPress.com is a website where Automattic sells its WordPress hosting products. My BLAR was objected on notability grounds, but even if notable this website does not warrant a separate article per WP:NOPAGE, especially when it's basically an advert that directs traffic away from WordPress. WP:NPRODUCT: Avoid splitting the company and its products into separate articles, unless both have so much coverage in reliable secondary sources as to make a single article unwieldy. Charcoal feather (talk) 17:41, 24 October 2024 (UTC)

Oppose For this unfamiliar with this confusing mess, Wordpress.com (a hosting company) despite is similar name, is very strongly distinct from the non-profit Wordpress Foundation (which develops the wordpress software), but both are effectively controlled by WordPress's (co)creator Matt Mullenweg. WordPress.com is one of the world largest providers of WordPress hosting (with WordPress software being used by 43% of all current websites [1]), and I think it clearly notable in its own right, especially given the coverage that has come from the recent WP Engine dispute, where the unclearly separated objectives of the foundation and the for-profit company have come into sharp focus. Hemiauchenia (talk) 19:35, 24 October 2024 (UTC)

WordPress.com is not a hosting company, Automattic is the hosting company. Re: I think it clearly notable in its own right, as noted above, merging criteria are different from notability, and notable products can and often should be merged. The website / product can be discussed in a section in the company article. Charcoal feather (talk) 12:54, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

Comment. If that merge happens, Akismet should be merged here too. Apocheir (talk) 03:22, 26 October 2024 (UTC)