Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/DataStax (2nd nomination)

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The result was keep. Sam Walton (talk) 17:57, 21 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

DataStax

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Ridiculously kept at the 1st AfD since it had a pathetic amount of attention and even then the links listed there were trivial and unconvincing, but unfortunately no one cared to state and acknowledge this; this article contains not only what the company would solely say, but also trivial and unconvincing information and sources, even the best major news sources listed here are simply about PR information such as their own business activities and then having interviewed information; none of that is substantial and my own searches are mirroring this. In the past, there have been noticeable accounts with only heavily focusing with this one article, by either actually then adding advertising or copy-and-paste copyvio, and it's been happening for 2 years (of course, including when the article was started). SwisterTwister talk 18:12, 8 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Comment A Google search on [ridiculously] defines it as: "so as to invite mockery or derision; absurdly." Merriam-webster.com defines it as:

arousing or deserving ridicule : extremely silly or unreasonable : absurd, preposterous
"ridicule" is defined with the "simple" definition as: "to laugh at and make jokes about (someone or something) in a cruel or harsh way : to make fun of (someone or something)"

Unscintillating (talk) 19:15, 10 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Comment A Google search on [pathetic] defines it as:

1. arousing pity, especially through vulnerability or sadness.

2. relating to the emotions.

Merriam-webster.com defines it as:

1 : having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity

2 : marked by sorrow or melancholy : sad

3 : pitifully inferior or inadequate <the restaurant's pathetic service>

4 : absurd, laughable <a pathetic costume>

Unscintillating (talk) 19:15, 10 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Comment References in the article on 2013-02-10T14:02:28:

wiki.apache.org/cassandra/Committers
www.infoworld.com/t/database-administration/cassandra-12-database-better-geared-fat-servers-210072
www.informationweek.com/hardware/virtualization/riptano-offers-cassandra-commercial-supp/224600336
www.networkworld.com/community/blog/datastax-wants-make-cassandra-best-nosql-them
www.forbes.com/sites/tomtaulli/2012/10/03/datastax-wants-a-pound-of-flesh-from-oracle/
www.dbms2.com/2012/03/21/datastax-enterprise-2-0
www.techweb.com/news/240144124/13-big-data-vendors-to-watch-in-2013.html
jaxenter.com/could-cassandra-be-the-first-breakout-nosql-database-44849.html
online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20130115-909630.html?mod=crnews
blogs.the451group.com/information_management/2012/05/30/a-different-perspective-on-nosql-vendor-traction/
www.eweek.com/database/apache-cassandra-based-datastax-community-edition-1.2-launches/
www.zdnet.com/datastax-1-2-on-windows-a-guided-tour_p9-7000010053/
www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/23/cassandra_mashed_with_hadoop/
www.theregister.co.uk/2012/03/22/datastax_enterprise_cassandra_2_0/
www.drdobbs.com/open-source/datastax-manages-big-data-trio-real-time/232700037

Additional references mentioned in the AfD:

www.heraldonline.com/2013/01/15/4545144/research-and-markets-global-nosql.html
techblog.netflix.com/2011/01/nosql-at-netflix.html
lsvp.com/company/datastax/
www.meritechcapital.com/investments
jaxenter.com/could-cassandra-be-the-first-breakout-nosql-database-44849.html
www.forbes.com/sites/tomtaulli/2012/10/03/datastax-wants-a-pound-of-flesh-from-oracle/

Unscintillating (talk) 19:15, 10 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Companies-related deletion discussions. SwisterTwister talk 18:12, 8 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I have rewritten the article to remove promotional language, to achieve a more neutral tone, and to add back in reliable sources that had been deleted from earlier version. The article had gone downhill since it was last kept in the 2013 AfD. --Mark viking (talk) 20:29, 8 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 02:14, 9 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 02:14, 9 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete still nothing swinging notability - sources are publicity, passing mentions or about Cassandra, and the same in what GNews gives me - David Gerard (talk) 09:19, 9 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Keep After the rewrite, the article is based on multiple reliable sources including articles Dr. Dobbs, InfoWorld, InformationWeek, eWeek, ZDnet, and NetworkWorld and content from a book from a reliable publisher. Most of these sources are in-depth. These multiple reliable sources establish notability per WP:GNG. Promotional and any copy vio problems were eliminated by the rewrite. A notable topic and and a modest start class article with WP:POTENTIAL for improvement all suggest keeping the article. --Mark viking (talk) 08:25, 10 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy Delete As per nom. Adn analysing the sources or references. This article is list of highest degree of ridicule Wikipedia can have. Light2021 (talk) 10:24, 11 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Keep This article is part of our coverage of NoSQL databases, which are used in the largest of databases. Although still technically a startup, this particular company has products in one-third of the Fortune 100. According to fortune.com, (Clancy, Heather [14 April 2015]. "DataStax just scored a big partnership with HP. Here's why."), for the September 2014 round of venture financing, the company was valued at $830 million. Part of the impetus for this company comes from the fact that the technology was developed at Facebook before it was released as OpenSource in 2008. Unscintillating (talk) 03:21, 13 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Keep – Meets WP:GNG: [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], etc. etc. Also keep per WP:HEY, per Mark viking's work on the article. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 15:34, 20 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - While several references such as Fortune magazine, Network world, Techcrunch and Information Week have been provided as a reason to Keep, those articles are really just promotional marketing pieces full of company-provided quotations and should not be considered as "independent". But the ZDNet article is good and the Russell Bradberry book reference is good. -- HighKing⁺⁺ 12:14, 21 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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