Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/SpiderGraph chart

SpiderGraph chart

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This article has many faults. It fails WP:N. It appears to be based on a single 1985 journal article by G. L. Chester / User:GregLChest. Secondary sources endorsing this particular chart are absent. The SpiderChart may not even pass WP:DUE. References 12 (Programmable Controls Magazine) and 13 (Plant Engineering Magazine) are narrow publications; neither quotation suggest the authors are skilled in the field. Other journal sources (e.g., Lurie) extoll the virtues of charts for decision making, but no indication that those sources mention SpiderGraphs. If the chart is notable, then there should be secondary sources that cover it. A similar chart is already addressed at Radar chart, but User:GregLChest claims unsourced distinctions with that chart. The thrust of SpiderGraph chart#SpiderGraph chart vs. Radar (spider) chart and SpiderGraph chart#References of Radar chart Naming Confusion sections is a WP:NOR argument that other sources are wrong in that they fail to distinguish a SpiderGraph from a radar chart aka spider chart. That is advocacy rather than a WP:NPOV. There are links to blogs. The primary editor here has a WP:COI in that he is the author of the 1985 article. The CamelCase title (SpiderGraph) and component (FeatureLine) suggest an advertising tone that touts Chester, Divelbiss Corp., and Chester's current company GLC New Product Consultants. (See external link to GLCNPC website and article illustrations.) Chester has trademarked the name SpiderGraph, and he has made a cease and desist or pay royalty demand for its use. Glrx (talk) 18:58, 2 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as nominator. Chester's claims at Talk:SpiderGraph chart#Objection to Deletion and Response to Reviewing Editor's Concerns are not persuasive, and they fail to understand the axis-order and linear/sqrt scaling problems of the radar chart (and how those faults directly carry over to a SpiderGraph). In particular, there are no cited sources saying SpiderGraphs do not have the faults of radar charts. I came across this article while reviewing User:Mabdul's RFA; see WP:Requests for adminship/Mabdul Question 5 about the SpiderGraph chart article, where Mabdul states, "My opinion is that this article shouldn't have been accepted since I still see the problem that it lacks indendent[sic] and reliable reference, it is not encyclopedic written and needs a cleanup which was also confirmed by User:CharlieEchoTango." Glrx (talk) 19:23, 2 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Science-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:59, 3 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. A Google Books search shows that "Spider graphs" are actually notable, but that they are the same as Radar charts. Quality problems with this article suggest a merge is not a good idea. -- 202.124.73.150 (talk) 11:35, 4 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

NOTE: If you would have read the SG article and understood it, you would have observed by example, that the Radar spider chart is nothing like the SpiderGraph, for all the reasons stated in the article! (The Radar spider chart article's author has just infringed on my Trademark, along with 40+ other companies, not knowing the difference between the 2 types of charts! - I don't know who inserted this allegation, but GregLChest did not!) Gregory L. Chester 23:02, 8 April 2012 (UTC) The Radar chart makes Trade-off decisions by estimating the area of their patterns. The SG doesn't estimate, it can actually calculate what the final decision is! NOTE: Don't always believe what you read! Gregory L. Chester 23:18, 4 April 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by GregLChest (talk • contribs)