Talk:SmartSlab
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Display technologies
editDisplay technologies are evolving rapidly and the Smartslab is worth covering becomes it represents a milestone in the integration of multimedia into structures and buildings. The system has been invented by Tom Barker, a professor and academic. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Oskar9 (talk • contribs) 08:59, 19 December 2006
Notability
editI'm not sure that this topic is notable enough for an article of it's own (see WP:N). Can someone provide some references demonstrating it's importance? --Ronz 04:35, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
I'm unable to verify any of the current references:
- Engineering Magazine, July/August 2005, p60-61 - no archive available to search
- The Times Newspaper, 13 May 2003, T2 P21 - cannot find with the given information
- Blueprint Magazine, April 2002, P2 - no archive available to search
I'm unable to find suitable references. --Ronz 20:28, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
This page has been posted by Oskar9, who also comments above to defend it against the charge that it is an advertisement. Since Oskar9 is Tom Barker, who owns 40% of the company SmartSlab Ltd, I would strongly question whether the article represents an NPOV, and suggest that there are issues also of COI and perhaps of Notability.
Commercial external link
editI don't see why 'we can allow the official site here'. WP:EL specifically says: 'Links normally to be avoided: Links to sites that primarily exist to sell products or services', which is precisely what the SmartSlab site exists for. Why is it called the 'official site'? It's the company's commercial site. Bristolian46 (talk) 12:08, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
- Given that SmartSlab is also the name of the company that sells the product, it specifically should be included per Wikipedia:El#What_should_be_linked. --Ronz (talk) 17:43, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
- Should the Targetti site be used as a reference? An external link to the Targetti page might be appropriate, as it provides technical product detail, but at present the Targetti link is used to reference material in the article. The difficulty I have here is that Targetti has a distribution partnership with the company (see the Partners section on the company website), so in effect the article is being sourced in part from a corporate site. --Londoner1961 (talk) 08:27, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
- Sources related to the subject can be used to add detail, though not to verify notability, so the Targetti site works as a referencec. However, the community has weighed in once on the question of notability already, here. Not a very strong case, but at that time they felt it worth keeping. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 10:32, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
- Ok, fair enough. --Londoner1961 (talk) 12:22, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
- Sources related to the subject can be used to add detail, though not to verify notability, so the Targetti site works as a referencec. However, the community has weighed in once on the question of notability already, here. Not a very strong case, but at that time they felt it worth keeping. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 10:32, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
- Should the Targetti site be used as a reference? An external link to the Targetti page might be appropriate, as it provides technical product detail, but at present the Targetti link is used to reference material in the article. The difficulty I have here is that Targetti has a distribution partnership with the company (see the Partners section on the company website), so in effect the article is being sourced in part from a corporate site. --Londoner1961 (talk) 08:27, 30 September 2008 (UTC)