Talk:ElephantDrive

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request for citation improvement[edit]

I saw the request for citation improvement. In effort to be responsive, I have made some updates and additional citations. That said, I'm not sure I understand the complaint - can there be any elaboration on what should be improved? Outsideshot (talk) 18:54, 24 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I did not make the initial complaint, as you say, but I believe that the PROD was placed because the article has not clearly established the notability of the subject of this article. "Notability" on Wikipedia refers to a rather large guideline called WP:NOTABILITY which covers what should and in some cases, shouldn't be included in this encyclopedia. In the case of ElephantDrive, the subject would need to satisfy WP:GNG or WP:CORP. To put it simply, it would need to be the subject of significant coverage from multiple, independent, and reliable sources. Furthermore, at least one of those sources needs to be from a national organization. For example, if the TuscaloosaNews writes three articles about a local company, that doesn't make it notable even though it's significant coverage from a reliable and independent source. It would also need coverage from a source like NBC, CNN, The New York Times, etc.

From what I can see, the only non-local/non-regional sources that have covered the subject are Amazon, PCWorld, and TechCrunch. All three are obviously national if not global sources and certainly reliable. The issue is that Amazon's coverage doesn't seem to be independent; it looks like a press release. PCWorld's coverage is not significant because it basically lists ED as an example of that actual topic of the article. Lastly, TechCrunch's article is definitely not significant coverage as it just mentioned ED in passing.

In short, if you want to ensure this articles place on WP, find a non-regional news article about ElephantDrive from a reliable source that would be considered significant coverage. If you can do that, I don't think that anyone will question the notability of ED. OlYeller21^Talktome 01:42, 25 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the detailed response. I appreciate the clarity. When I have the opportunity to return to this topic, I will review for citations with the principles you mentioned in mind. Outsideshot (talk) 19:58, 27 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]