The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was Delete. Fram (talk) 12:52, 7 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

ATEasy[edit]

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I'm no computer geek but this article reads as either spamish, non-notable, or both. Plus the username of the creator makes this article look like coi and possible self-promotion. -WarthogDemon 16:41, 1 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete it's been deleted three times speedily as blatant advertising (G11) and it's no different now. The Rambling Man (talk) 16:42, 1 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I noticed that just now. Maybe salt as well then? -WarthogDemon 16:46, 1 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete - Definite spam. Blatant advertising. Non-notable product. Been speedied correctly three times. Created by single use account whose edits are solely relating to promoting this product and company all over Wikipedia. Delete and warn user to stop the spamming and advertising or they risk being blocked from Wikipedia. Canterbury Tail talk 17:57, 1 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Strong Delete - I'd say block the creator of the page so we don't go through this a FIFTH time. ArcAngel (talk) 20:01, 1 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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I am an engineer that uses ATEasy as a computer language. This language and tool set is tailored to the development of automated test equipment. ATEasy is a valid industry standard. It is used by a significant number of large aerospace companies. If this language is deleted from Wikipedia, then all other programming language references should be deleted as well. I am only a user of this language. I am not employed by, nor has the company that designed ATEasy ever employed me. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Atedesigner (talk • contribs) 17:31, 3 March 2008 (UTC) — Atedesigner (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. [reply]

Hello,

I've created the ATEasy topic, ...Yes, I'm heavy user of the ATEasy, I'm also familiar with LabView but prefer using ATEasy language for writing test application. Many of the bashers of ATEasy are from LabView users and the ATEasy page was a candidate several times for deletion by them. There is no reason why LabView or HP VEE (which was also candidate for deletion by LabView users) should not coexist in this huge knowledge base called Wikipedia while ATEasy should not. I understand that programming languages and programmers are emotional and religious about their language - but trying to delete this page all the time is not a way. If you think the page is commercial or looks like advertisement then please make corrections - but please do not delete it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by DrATEasy (talk • contribs) 17:51, 3 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Do NOT Delete - This is so absurd. If you delete ATEasy, you have to delete LabView, ATEasy's biggest competitor. This article is not self-promoting which is defined as not maintaining a neutral point of view. This article doesn't say it is better than any other programming language, it simply states the facts about what it is. Furthermore, articles about companies and products are acceptable if they are written in an objective and unbiased style, which is precisely the case with this article. Engineers, like myself, need to be aware of ATEasy. We are using Wikipedia more and more and ATEasy has to be included. Like the contibutor before me, I have never been employed by the company that designed ATEasy. I am simply an engineer who has used ATEasy at my company for over 10 years and stands by it.BackspinVortex (talk) 18:01, 3 March 2008 (UTC) — BackspinVortex (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. [reply]

I also am an Engineer who has used ATEasy for over 10 years, and stand behind the product. I don't completely understand the difference from Labviews Post and this one. But, think it would be very foolish to delete ! —Preceding unsigned comment added by TestEng (talk • contribs) 19:54, 3 March 2008 (UTC) — TestEng (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:02, 3 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Request for check user on the above do not delete votes. Undeath (talk) 06:49, 5 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I am an Electronics Technician and have been a user of ATEasy software for about 13 years. It's been a good product from a stable and reliable company over the years. I can understand a debate over what type of material should be included in an internet encyclopedia, but in this world of goods and services, a product so widely used, over so many years, should be considered worthy of an entry in Wikipedia. If Widipedia decides to exclude products altogether, I'm sure the freed up hard drive space would be monumentous, but the hole in Wikipedia would be just as great. OkBelowZero (talk)OkBelowZero —Preceding comment was added at 16:17, 5 March 2008 (UTC) — OkBelowZero (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. [reply]

I must say I find it very hard to assume good faith on all these don't delete entries. They're all new users who haven't edited before, and they all appear to have the same writing style. Canterbury Tail talk 00:39, 6 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Canterbury Tail's profile states this: “Of late I seem to have spent most of my time going to random articles and cleaning up anything that needs doing to them, that and removing vandalism when and where I find it.” He obviously has too much time on his hands and is putting his 2 cents into something he knows nothing about. His profile makes no mention of having a technical background in test engineering and programming for test. Isn't there some way that the administrators of Wikipedia to verify that the email address I used is a legitimate business and not the same as the article's creator? People can accuss all they want. How will this ever get resolved? It comes down to either trust or verifiable facts. I created an account on Wikipedia to fight this injustice--that is why I haven't edited anything else. This is first time I needed to edit anything. The same most likely goes for everybody else. We were contacted by the ATEasy creators to fight for the software we use.BackspinVortex (talk) 20:16, 6 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Completely irrelevant to this discussion as it is I actually do have a technical background in programming and testing. And thank you for pointing out that the creators contacted you to help save the article, that just serves to put more weight against it as they have then resorted to external canvasing to try and drum up support for something that doesn't seem to be able to stand on its own merits and creating an increased conflict of interest. Canterbury Tail talk 12:34, 7 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well even if that were true, it'd be a conflict of interest. Please consider that, should a checkuser be run on these various accounts and, should they be sockpuppets, all accounts will be indefinitely blocked. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:22, 6 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I would like to bring attention to Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/DrATEasy in this AfD. Stwalkerster [ talk ] 20:49, 6 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.