Talk:Fermat (computer algebra system)

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This article was created on May 2, 2006 by Robert H. Lewis, the author of Fermat.

Conflict of interest[edit]

Currently user:Gesslein appears to be the major contributor to this article. The original author, user:Rhlewis, has declared his interest in the app, but the nearest I find to a biased edit in the last four years is "This is the first time in five years that the Windows version is as good as the Mac version." [1] (Which also gives the lie to the charge of advertising. No MadAve office for you, Rhlewis.) Given the open declaration and the absence of biased editing, it's misleading and absurd to warn at the top of the article that a WP:COI has been "discovered". Yappy2bhere (talk) 22:57, 14 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The article asserts that the main author of the software is Robert H. Lewis. Is it a lie? Can you seriously pretend that creating a WP article for the software one has written is not WP:COI nor WP:advert and that this does not break WP policies? Moreover accusing another editor of a lie is a WP:personal attack that, if repeated, may conduct to a block. D.Lazard (talk) 23:22, 14 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

User:Gesslein has been recently developing the article, not User:Rhlewis. We don't delete articles simply because the creator of their lemma has popped by. As I've stated before, the software is the subject of peer-reviewed articles in learned journals,[2] and my understanding of our guidelines suggests that this makes the software notable. Your attempt to drag this issue into wikilawyering territory suggests that you have some personal gripe with the subject, which would constitute a COI on your part. If that is the case, I think you know what the commonly given suggestion would be. Samsara (FA • FP) 23:44, 14 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]