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So, I'm not against deletionism, but it's a pain in the butt when I spend the better part of an hour writing and citing only to see it deleted by someone who pr

So, I'm not against deletionism, but it's a pain in the butt when I spend the better part of an hour writing and citing only to see it deleted by someone who probably knows nothing about it and were only justified by speedy deletion criteria. I would like to charge the deletionist with the responsible for A) preserving the material that was written, and B) my time (I figure $150/hr is about right). Alternatively, if you would like to help buff up the article before it goes live again, I sandboxed it here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Niels_Olson/DigitalOcean https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Niels_Olson/DigitalOcean

dangrossman 13y ago
> Their focus has raised them to prominence, having recently surpassed Amazon AWS in the number of web-facing computers, according to Netcraft You misread that article. They had a larger single-month gain than AWS in web-facing computers. They are not larger than Amazon. > The company operates datacenters in New York, Amsterdam, San Francisco, and Singapore. They do not operate any data centers. They have servers in other companies' data centers in those locations. The rest of the article is written like an ad. It's missing any claim of significance -- what makes DO different from the other hundreds of small VPS providers? Wikipedia isn't a company directory, significance is a requirement for having its own page.
- mrsaint 13y ago
  Very true. It's quite a difference if you talk about absolute numbers or about rates of growth.
mattl 13y ago
$150/hr, five sentences. $7?
- niels_olson 13y ago
  5 sentences + dealing with bureaucracy. Pretty sure a lawyer would charge all of it.
bcoates 13y ago
I have to agree with the deleter that called it "G11: Unambiguous advertising or promotion". Suggestion: Cut out all the adjectives and stick to a 'just the facts' style. Find an article that isn't about DO's finances but instead just lists it aside other major cloud/VPS providers.
bitJericho 13y ago
Reads like a poorly written CV.
rhizome 13y ago
That took you an hour?
bitJericho 13y ago
I cleaned it up as best as I could: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Niels_Olson/DigitalOcean&oldid=604776794 https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Niels_Olson/...

dangrossman 13y ago

> Their focus has raised them to prominence, having recently surpassed Amazon AWS in the number of web-facing computers, according to Netcraft You misread that article. They had a larger single-month gain than AWS in web-facing computers. They are not larger than Amazon. > The company operates datacenters in New York, Amsterdam, San Francisco, and Singapore. They do not operate any data centers. They have servers in other companies' data centers in those locations. The rest of the article is written like an ad. It's missing any claim of significance -- what makes DO different from the other hundreds of small VPS providers? Wikipedia isn't a company directory, significance is a requirement for having its own page.

mrsaint 13y ago
Very true. It's quite a difference if you talk about absolute numbers or about rates of growth.

mattl 13y ago

$150/hr, five sentences. $7?

niels_olson 13y ago
5 sentences + dealing with bureaucracy. Pretty sure a lawyer would charge all of it.

bcoates 13y ago

I have to agree with the deleter that called it "G11: Unambiguous advertising or promotion". Suggestion: Cut out all the adjectives and stick to a 'just the facts' style. Find an article that isn't about DO's finances but instead just lists it aside other major cloud/VPS providers.

bitJericho 13y ago

Reads like a poorly written CV.

rhizome 13y ago

That took you an hour?

bitJericho 13y ago

I cleaned it up as best as I could: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Niels_Olson/DigitalOcean&oldid=604776794 https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Niels_Olson/...