Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Customer Service System
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The result was keep. (Non-administrator closure) NorthAmerica1000 04:07, 8 August 2014 (UTC)
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Not an article on CSS's generally, it's about a tremendously non-notable CSS system. Although BT is a notable company, the CSS itself does not make money, it services the customer base....much like any other CSS in any other company the panda ₯’ 20:43, 24 July 2014 (UTC)
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- Keep—A quick google search turned up
- A long article in New Scientist.[1]
- A book[2] which describes the CSS in great detail over several chapters. While the book is part of the BT Telecommunications Series, the publisher is independent of BT.
- A (likely) peer-reviewed publication[3] in the BT Technology Journal (reprinted in the above book).
- An substantial article[4] in The Independent.
- Another substantial article[5] in The Guardian (needs verification, as this is a copy of the original story).
- I'm seeing several more passing references in the software engineering literature. The system appears to have been unusually large (and unusually long-lived), and enough people wrote about it at length that I think we can create a pretty decent article. A move to Customer service software (BT) might be in order if the article survives the AfD. Lesser Cartographies (talk) 09:20, 25 July 2014 (UTC)
- ^ a b Conner, Steve (23 January 1986). "Your computerised phone bill is delayed". New Scientist. 109 (1492): 28.
- ^ a b West, S.; Norris, M.; Stockman, S., eds. (1997). Computing Systems for Global Telecommunications (first ed.). Chapman & Hall. ISBN 0412825406.
- ^ a b Harrison, P. F. (January 1997). "Customer Service System—past, present and future". BT Technology Journal. 15 (1). London: 29–45.(subscription required)
- ^ a b Bowen, David (19 December 1994). "Network: A real know-it-all at BT". The Independent.
- ^ a b Neesham, Claire (31 May 1990). "BT express replaces the shunters". The Guardian. Manchester. p. 31.
- Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
- Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, j⚛e deckertalk 20:37, 1 August 2014 (UTC)
- Keep: The sources identified by User:Lesser Cartographies indicate that this is reasonable encyclopaedic content with prior note, providing depth on the history of business IT deployment. AllyD (talk) 08:00, 2 August 2014 (UTC)
- Merge Into BT Group. --Jersey92 (talk) 23:59, 2 August 2014 (UTC)
- Keep - Notability established by Lesser Cartographies sources. Merge into BT Group would likely create an WP:UNDUE issue. ~KvnG 15:01, 5 August 2014 (UTC)
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