Talk:Automatic test pattern generation

To the EDASeeAlso template editor:

Community member - I am attaching the following SPAM template. There are three key issues with your template:
1) It refers readers to external links where a fee is required.
2) It is not consistent with the "See Also" sections of the articles.
3) The wording of the template does not fit all articles.

Please discontinue use of this template and instead consider putting specific links to specific, relevant articles. Thank you. TeamX 00:16, 21 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

To TeamX:
I reverted your last edit again, as I don't consider the template SPAM as well. In my opinion the information certainly does contribute to the subject. The fact in itself that payment is required doesn't necessarily imply that it is just of simple commercial interest. The books, mentioned in the reference lists, have to be payed for too. Further, both books and conference proceedings can be consulted in academic libraries. If you have valuable suggestions for the content of the template you might start a specific discussion on its talk page.
I suggest you to follow the wp:bb guidelines in case of lacking consensus on a certain issue and use the BOLD, revert, discuss cycle. So if your edit is undone by someone disagreeing on it, please leave it at that for the main page and just start a discussion on the talk page to try and find new consensus, rather than recklessly redo your edit. WimdeValk 13:47, 21 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

TO WimdeValk The community is better served by text, and not a template. This template is not applicable.... and cannot be edited for this article only as it is template. I have already suggested putting specific links and specific appropriate conference rather than using a template.

TeamX 23:23, 21 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If you talk to any expert on ATPG, and ask a specific question, they will probably (almost certainly) direct you to the IEEE or ACM journals. They are the primary references in the field. Unfortunately these are not free sites, but the ARE the primary references, and an encylopedia should direct the readers to where the most authoritative information is. Now IEEE has at least 1200 articles on ATPG, and 800 for the ACM, so you can't possibly list them all. If you pick a really good subset (which is a great idea), then they will still most likely point to the IEEE/ACM library as source, and so will still be fee based. So for anyone seeking further information, you end up putting pointers to IEEExplore and ACM digital library, and pointers to the common conferences. But doing this to 20 EDA articles is exactly what templates are for, hence the template.

So if you want to replace the generic template with more specific info, that would be great. But it should at least have links to the IEEExplore, and the ACM digital library, and the common conferences (not all ATPG is presented at ITC). Otherwise the reader is less likely, not more, to be able to find the information they seek. LouScheffer 00:16, 22 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]