Talk:List of bioinformatics companies

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"The primary purpose of this list is to serve as a holding place for the identities of Bioinformatics companies, particularly those for which articles have not yet been created." I don't believe this is appropriate. If a company is not notable enough for an article, there is no reason for it to be included in a Wikipedia list.

For how things are done elsewhere, see the List of search engines. The editors there are enforcing a rule that no search engine can be in the list unless it has a Wikipedia article. In my opinion, all the entries presently included in List of bioinformatics companies that lack articles ought to be removed. Of course, nothing prevents someone from writing a properly-sourced article on a bioinformatics company. If that were done, then its inclusion would be justified. EdJohnston (talk) 15:15, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

And, at the very least, the introduction needs to be re-written. Wikipedia doesn't do "holding places", and lists of pages-to-create are metadata which belong on a talk or project page, not a live entry. Joe D (t) 17:59, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

Sorting

Would not make sense to sort this list alphabetically? Is there an automatic way of doing this in Wikipedia? --Oleginger (talk) 15:26, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

A lot of these so-called 'free' software companies are not free, e.g. CLC 193.190.172.82 (talk) 17:41, 11 May 2009 (UTC)