Talk:Fixstars Solutions

Hacker cred

What does maintaining "hacker" cred with the PlayStation 3 community mean? Lavenderbunny (talk) 03:31, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

Link to section

I'm editing another Wiki article (Kai Staats) and need to resolve a "citation needed" issue. The problem is that I can't link directly to the "Terra Soft acquisition" section of this Fixstars article in my citation because there is no TOC. I realize there's only 3 sections in this Fixstars article (after the intro), but if a TOC could be added it would make my citation more direct. Also, the possessive "Fixstars's" should be "Fixstars'", so that would also be an appreciated fix. I hesitate to make any of these changes myself since I'm already dealing with a COI at Kai Staats. Thanks to anyone who can help me out here. Astro3.142 (talk) 01:05, 10 April 2019 (UTC)

You don't need the table of contents to link to a section, try Fixstars Solutions#Terra Soft acquisition – that should work.

But you can't use a link to a Wikipedia article to resolve a "citation needed". — jmcgnh^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:57, 10 April 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing that out jmcgnh. I had blindly assumed that another Wiki article could be used as a citation since, if it existed, it had to have been properly vetted. After re-reading Wikipedia:No Original Research I find that guideline down near the bottom of that long page. Thanks for pointing that out. I'll see if I can find that info on Fixstars's corporate site. FYI, I also checked and see that for a formal name like "Fixstars" the possessive "Fixstars's is correct. Appreciate your feedback, thanks. Astro3.142 (talk) 17:29, 10 April 2019 (UTC)

Astro3.142, I did several things wrong in my reply to you. 1) I should have pinged you. 2) I didn't explain very well the rules against using Wikipedia itself as a source. I would probably have pointed to WP:CIR rather than the prohibition against WP:original research.

The relevant line from Strunk and White is "Charles's wain". In most cases, the possessive of a name ending in "s" is to add apostrophe and another "s". There are some exceptions mostly involving Jesus. And there is the quibble that corporations are often treated as plural nouns in British English. So, yes, "Fixstars's" would probably be the preferred possessive form, but a careful writer might choose to avoid using it. — jmcgnh^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:57, 11 April 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for the update jmcgnh. No worries about the ping, as I don't expect to be on this page much longer, if at all. It just tied into the other article I cited earlier as my current project. I see the criticisms noted on this Fixstars article, and would suggest that the sole citation (which is now a dead link) could probably be replaced by this URL: https://insidehpc.com/2008/11/fixstars-acquires-terra-soft-solutions/. I'm adding it to the other article I'm working on. If you agree, feel free to fix Ref #1. Thanks. Astro3.142 (talk) 19:38, 11 April 2019 (UTC)

Found another potential URL for that citation jmcgnh. The first one I suggested has a dead link if you click on "read whole article". But this one says the same thing, supporting those claims, as a full post on one page: https://www.osnews.com/story/20521/terra-soft-acquired-by-fixstars/. I'm sure one of these should work. Astro3.142 (talk) 17:33, 12 April 2019 (UTC)