Talk:Haystack (MIT project)

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Request for deletion[edit]

I've added an explanation for the notability of Haystack. It was cited in literature around the time semantic PIMs were popular, alongside the Chandler client. It's also cited as inspiration by the SIMILE project. Diego (talk) 11:40, 8 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Article still needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Boston (talk) 08:44, 9 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've found the highly cited peer-reviewed articles that establish notability, where I first learned about this project. I couldn't find them the other day. Diego (talk) 09:12, 9 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The Haystack project is very relevant to the PIM research in general. It implemented ready-to-use technologies related to the Semantic Web. Haystack is mentioned in many books such as "Personal Information Management" (p 148ff, ISBN 978-0-295-98737-8, 2007) or "Keeping Found Things Found" (p 381f, ISBN 978-0-12-370866-3, 2007). The white papers from the Haystack project are well-cited papers. I would not delete this article. It sure needs enhancement but it is relevant to research, PIM, and history. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Novoid (talk • contribs) 17:12, 17 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I lead the Haystack project, and am happy to provide information, but am unsure whether this would conflict with any of the rules on NPOV etc. Please advise. Drkarger (talk) 03:11, 17 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Drkarger: Please do, as your expertise is very welcome. A conflict of interest generally prevents you from making controversial edits to the article, but you're encouraged to discuss and bring references to the talk page; uninvolved editors will assess them and decide which parts we want to include in the article using an impartial tone. That may be direct links to documents that describe either a general review or details of the more relevant points of the project, although third-party publications (peer-reviewed papers, journals, books or news articles) are preferred. Diego (talk) 06:17, 17 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

If you wish to move beyond primary sources, I suggest the following book which has a chapter summarizing the haystack project: https://books.google.com/books/about/Beyond_the_Desktop_Metaphor.html?id=xOhQAAAAMAAJ Drkarger (talk) 17:29, 10 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]