Arguments for the notability of Puget Systems

Note to administrators: this page has been backed up offline, please feel free to delete it if it's against WP policies. I'm leaving it up for now in case there are questions about Puget's notability in the near future.

Google hits (as of July 14, 2008)

Puget Systems – 2,420,000 hits. It’s a very broad search term – the first six pages of results are almost all for us, after that it’s a mixture of us and other Puget Sound area businesses (mostly health care and utilities).

Puget Custom Computers – 66,300 hits (Previous company name - changed early this year.)

Puget Deluge – 32,0900 hits

Puget Mineral Oil Computer – 12,800 hits

YouTube video of the Mineral Oil computer – 946,680 views in ~1 year. Not sure if this counts toward notability or not.

Product reviews

WP:CORP states that “A primary test of notability is whether people independent of the subject itself (or of its manufacturer, creator, or vendor) have actually considered the company, corporation, product or service notable enough that they have written and published non-trivial works that focus upon it.”

Correct me if I’m wrong, but my impression is that for some products, reviews are plenty to establish notability – three independent reviews of XYZ kitchen gadget is enough for it to have a Wikipedia article. It’s more complicated for Puget because of the size and custom nature of the product. Puget works with reviewers to provide the kind of computer they’d like to see, and lend it to them for a time. Sometimes reviewers approach Puget to ask for a computer to review, sometimes Puget approaches them. Because of this necessary cooperation, it looks a bit like advertising and I’ve seen some wikipedians resist using product reviews as a means of establishing notability.

I understand their hesitation, but I believe these product reviews meet the WP:CORP criteria because the reviewers are an independent party that has chosen to give Puget their attention. They have to publish material that is interesting and significant to their readers, the same as any news outlet, and sort through a great deal of stuff they don’t consider interesting enough to make the cut. It is a mutually beneficial arrangement – Puget gets attention, they get something interesting to attract readers – but this is the same across all forms of media. They’ve come to the conclusion that Puget is “notable enough that they have written and published non-trivial works that focus upon it”.

Wired May 29, 2008 Review of a Puget computer. http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/05/review-custom-b.html

Tom’s Games Apr. 1, 2008 Comparison of a Puget computer and a Falcon NW computer. http://www.tomsgames.com/us/2008/04/01/3waysli_matchup/ Early pre-review of the same system at Tom’s Hardware: http://www.tomshardware.com/quick-look-puget-custom-computers-deluge-l3,video-19.html

PC World Jan. 3, 2008 Review of a Puget computer http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,141807-page,1/article.html

Think Computers Aug. 1, 2007 Review of a case with Puget’s liquid cooling system installed. http://www.thinkcomputers.org/index.php?x=reviews&id=629

3dGameMan May 24, 2007 Review of a Puget computer. http://www.3dgameman.com/content/view/8468/103/

[H]ard OCP This website has written several reviews of Puget computers and the services provided by the company.

May 3, 2007 http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTMzNywxLCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdA==

November 13, 2006 http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTIyMSwsLGhlbnRodXNpYXN0

May 10, 2006 http://consumer.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTA1MSwsLGhjb25zdW1lcg==

November 17, 2005 http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=ODcx

Anandtech Feb. 15, 2007 Comparison of Puget and iBUYPOWER http://www.anandtech.com/systems/showdoc.aspx?i=2929

Planet X64 July 16, 2006 Review of a case with Puget’s liquid cooling system installed. http://www.planetx64.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=287&Itemid=14

Linux Journal July 1, 2006. A search for the ideal Linux machine leads the author to a Puget computer. http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/9057

Silent PC June 30, 2006 Review of a Puget computer. http://www.silentpcreview.com/article624-page1.html

Computer Shopper January 24, 2006 Review of a Puget computer. http://computershopper.com/roundups/200602_hand-crafted_computers_5

Tom’s Hardware Aug. 24, 2005 Review of several liquid cooled computers, including one from Puget. http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/water-cooling-system-pros,1105.html

Silent PC May 29, 2005 Review of a Puget computer. http://www.silentpcreview.com/article248-page1.html

Media references

NY Times Nov. 1, 2006 Discusses Puget and several other boutique builders. May require a free NY Times account to view. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0DE6D7123FF932A35752C1A9609C8B63&scp=1&sq=puget+systems&st=nyt

Seattle PI Series of articles on Vista, interviews owner Jon Bach about Puget’s experience as a small computer dealer selling Vista.

Jan. 30, 2008 http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/349265_msftvista30.html

Jan. 31, 2007 http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/301794_vistastores31.html

Nov. 9, 2006 http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/291671_msftvista09.html

Custom Systems Magazine (print), republished online at Channel Web (crn.com) Feb. 25, 2008 Talks about Puget as well as several other boutique builders, photos in the magazine version (including magazine cover) were all of Puget facilities and employees. http://www.crn.com/white-box/206504531?pgno=1

KVI Computer Show (Seattle area radio) Feb. 24, 2008 Owner Jon Bach interviewed on the show as a guest expert. http://www.podfeed.net/episode/KVI+Computer+Show+2008.08/1099589

KVI Computer Show (Seattle area radio) Feb. 3, 2008 Discussion of Puget (1st half of the show). This is not a paid ad, just a very satisfied customer. http://www.podfeed.net/episode/KVI+Computer+Show+2008.05/1073296

ChannelWeb June 21, 2007 Puget appears (last!) on a list of ’36 leading system builders’. http://www.crn.com/white-box/199905036 Accompanying article is here: http://www.crn.com/white-box/199904979

Engaget May 12, 2007 Article on the oil-cooled computer http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/12/puget-custom-computers-mineral-oil-cooled-pc/

[H]ard OCP Mar. 5, 2007 Writer spends a month working with Linux and uses a Puget computer to do so. Article does not focus on Puget, but gives more than trivial coverage. http://consumer.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTI5OCwxLCxoY29uc3VtZXI=

[H]ard OCP Oct. 16, 2006 Interview with the executives of several computer companies, including Puget owner Jon Bach. http://consumer.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTE5NywxLCxoY29uc3VtZXI=

On 10 March 16, 2006 Video interview http://www.on10.net/Blogs/tina/961/