Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Simdesk

Simdesk

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Simdesk is a real company, but this article is focuses solely on the speculation (original research) that it is the company that a series of message board posts were about. If the article is to remain, it should be about the company, and the Virtudyne thing should be at most a footnote. Coneslayer 19:46, 13 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

What if the speculation becomes more important than the company? - purposely unsigned

Who cares? Its not that big of a deal.

The article could be moved to Virtudyne, as it is more likely people look up the article for Virtudyne looking for the real company. Bernhard Bauer 19:50, 13 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

We could also rename the article to something like "Virtudyne-Simdesk Theory". The fact is that nothing before this DailyWTF article justified Simdesk having its own article, but now it deserves mention on its story alone. I'm okay with this page being a description of Simdesk, but its story isn't a footnote, it should be the meat of the article. Klondike 20:11, 13 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The article posted here is pure speculation of a company that could be Simdesk. The story itself has not been verified or even researched (to my knowledge). The wikipedia entry for simdesk should first contain information only about the company. Anything else should be addressed as footnotes, or like wise. Atmostphere 20:17, 13 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Came here from TheDailyWTF (although I'm a regular Wikipedia editor in any case). While I believe that Virtudyne may indeed be SimDesk, I don't believe it has any place here. As mentioned above, it's pure speculation, and something tells me that the editors here won't want to get themselves involved in a libel lawsuit if they happen to be wrong. Delete. --Ciaran H 20:23, 13 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Delete given SimDesk's botched deployment in Houston, an encyclopedic article about this company is probably possible. This, however, is not it. Delete as forumcruft and possible attack page. —ptk✰fgs 20:24, 13 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete unless it's rewritten into something more than this spamstub. Gazpacho 20:32, 13 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. I've removed reference to Virtudyne unless someone can come up with a reliable source linking the two. Houston story makes them notable. Fagstein 21:39, 13 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as it is now. Simdesk is notable enough to have its own encyclopaedic article, but the Virtudyne story is not. Not even Initech has its own article! ||| antiuser (talk) (contribs) 21:50, 13 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Keep. The recent spike of attention from TheDailyWTF aside, the company/software might end up being notable enough. The article needs to be improved beyond sub-stub status, though. --Piet Delport 23:46, 13 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Weak delete. Notability might exist, but isn't established. TDWTF doesn't count as a source either (though it's a great site). --Chris (talk) 04:38, 14 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Weak Keep: Simdesk has been in the news a decent amount over the past few years, and there are plenty of reputable sources to write a decent article - except one without any reference to The Daily WTF's near-fictional 'VirtuDyne' whatsoever. Unless the latter is confirmed to be connected with Simdesk through some other means - such as Simdesk suing for libel, or something like that. But otherwise, no VirtuDyne! --HiddenInPlainSight 09:25, 14 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: Simdesk is worth of mention for the controversy/scandal in Houston, regardless of whether the daily wtf had an article about it. Brianski 10:50, 14 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]