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Speedy deletion nomination of DeusM

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The first two references appear to be press releases - so not independent. I can see nothing to indicate their significance, and as such I find the Speedy Deletion nomination to be justified. as such, I have deleted it. Regards, PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 20:31, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

Oh please, I don't object to fair decisions, but those were absolutely not press releases. Did you follow the links? They were citations of articles in national publications, completely independent of the subject of the article. "Significance," as I'm sure you know, refers to content, and in neither case was DeusM a "trivial mention." I just can't rationalize speedy deletion on this basis. Can you explain how you mistook the publications for "press releases"? "Administrators should take care not to speedy delete pages or media except in the most obvious cases."WebHorizon (talk) 21:08, 20 October 2011 (UTC)WebHorizon

Firstly, the "significance" I mentioned above was not referring to the amount of coverage in the individual references, but to the significance of the company itself. Secondly, having re-read the two references at min Online (part of Access Intelligence, "a leading worldwide information and marketing company") and Direct Marketing News, I still see them as being based on (if not actually) press releases. They do not read to me as being independently written by the writers in those publications. I noticed that the 3rd reference at Security Technology News was a press release from the company, although I recognise that you have not said otherwise! I still see the references as being press releases - and can find no non-press release coverage elsewhere. As such, I believe that my deletion was correct. However, please feel to go to Wikipedia:Deletion review to ask other editors to consider whether it was indeed correct or not. Regards, PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 22:41, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

I should also add that as none of the sources (min/min online; Access Intelligence; Direct Marketing News) have articles, I did look through the Reliable sources noticeboard archives for any discussion about their reliability as sources, but found no discussions about them. PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 22:44, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

I hate to throw Wiki jargon at you, but speculating about how the authors came to write those articles is pure OR. They were written, edited and published. In any case, use of press releases by journalists, for reference purposes, is standard practice; otherwise nobody would issue press releases. I understand you were referring to the significance of the company itself, but that's exactly what WP:NOTE is designed to test, rather than relying on the judgment of individual editors:

"Significant coverage" means that sources address the subject directly in detail, so no original research is needed to extract the content. Significant coverage is more than a trivial mention but it need not be the main topic of the source material."

There can be no doubt that DeusM is addressed directly in those sources. Finally, the test for reliability of sources is not, of course, whether they've been discussed at Reliable sources noticeboard. Is there any reason to suppose these sources are questionable? They are national publications (print and online), and independent of the topic of the article.

I'd ask you please to reconsider whether the characterization of sources as "press releases" or your reading of WP policy on significance are defensible. Thanks.WebHorizon (talk) 19:02, 21 October 2011 (UTC)WebHorizons

I have re-read the sources and the deleted article. I have read your arguments above. I still stand by the deletion and the reason for which it was nominated. As such, if you strongly disagree with the deletion, please go to Wikipedia:Deletion review and start a review - if you do so, mention this discussion, and notify me on my talkpage using the template mentioned in the review instructions. Regards, PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 06:36, 22 October 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for taking another look. As I don't see you continuing to claim that the articles are press releases or that the coverage they provide is not in WP terms "significant" - both of which would be very hard to defend - the reasons given for deletion are not operative. So yes, I'll ask for review. WebHorizon (talk) 14:37, 24 October 2011 (UTC)WebHorizons

Please note that although I did not "continue to claim" that, that does not mean that I changed my opinion - I thought that the language in my last reply would clearly show that my position has not changed in that regard, and so I did not want to assume that you could not understand that. For clarification: yes, I do still believe that those references were based on press releases, and no, I do not believe the coverage meets Wikipedia's definition of "signficant coverage". Just so you know where I stand! I still feel that the article has no place on Wikipedia, and in fact neither does Internet Evolution - but the fact that I am not rushing this second to put that up at AfD does not indicate that perhaps I think it should stay, but rather the fact that I need to get ready for work, and then do my night shift - I will deal with that in a couple of days when I am not working, and have the time to do it properly! Please do not make assumptions about how I am thinking just because I do not repeat myself all the time! -- PhantomSteve.alt/talk\^{[alternative account of Phantomsteve]} 15:34, 22 November 2011 (UTC)

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Advertisement for a non-notable website, related to WP:Articles for deletion/DeusM. References are to a NYT blog entry that does not obviously mention this site; and to press releases and a raft of non-notable trade awards, most of which were conferred by a single entity that was also heavily involved in the promotion of DeusM.

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