Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lacerte
This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record.
The result of the debate was keep. – Rich Farmbrough 23:25, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Lacerte[edit]
Spam & marketing. Smoddy (tgeck) 14:54, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC) Vote changed to keep after alteration. I would maintain that my original listing was totally acceptable, as was my complaint about the passing the buck style of voting that pervades VfD. If an article is deleted, a proper article can take its place. I think having a poor seed article is discouraging contributions. </rant> Smoddy (tgeck) 21:29, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- Keep Lacerte is notable; was an independent company and holds substantial market share in the commercial tax prep market. Article should be improved, obviously - critique that it consists of marketing content is correct. -- Cleduc 17:43, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- Do you want to do the rewrite? If you do, then write it. If you don't, don't pass the buck by saying that an article should be here. Smoddy (tgeck) 19:55, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- Keep. Nothing wrong with a vote that says "Keep and tag for cleanup". I make the same vote all the time. Just because the voter personally doesn't know about a topic doesn't mean there shouldn't be an article. This content is better than nothing. Meelar (talk) 20:43, Apr 16, 2005 (UTC)
- P.S. I have rewritten the article, with most of the same content but less spammy flavor. Should be slightly more acceptable. Meelar (talk) 20:47, Apr 16, 2005 (UTC)
- Do you want to do the rewrite? If you do, then write it. If you don't, don't pass the buck by saying that an article should be here. Smoddy (tgeck) 19:55, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- Delete based on above comment that it is marketing content. If someone rewrites the article before the VfD deadline and it is an acceptable article, then this vote can be ignored. Vegaswikian 18:00, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- Delete unless it is notable enough that someone will actually bother to rewrite this advert, rather than just saying someone else should. Average Earthman 20:46, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- Merge & redirect to Intuit, Inc.. FreplySpang (talk) 20:49, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- Keep and expand — If as their home page http://www.lacertesoftware.com/ claims their software has sold 40,000 copies to professional tax preparers, that would seem sufficiently notable. — RJH 00:51, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- Keep now and allow for expansion. Kappa 03:15, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- Keep - I had an internship with the company, and they are very notable and large enough for an entry. chris hathaway 18:43, Apr 17, 2005 (UTC)
- Keep. Well-done Meelar and thanks Smoddy for nomination of the article so that it can be improved. Capitalistroadster 02:22, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
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