Talk:List of computer hardware manufacturers

message: What about adding a list of computer manufacturers? or should that be its own page? there is a list of competitors on the Acer page that could be added here.
Also, to stop this page from being so lonely, why not add this page as a link on all of the companies listed here? (i.e. in their "see also" sections) -- Bboyskidz 05:34, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Computer manufacturers

message: A Canadian maker of Access control systems. Not sure if it fits into any of these categories, but though I should bring to your attention as it is not the same company as the KeyScan you have listed (but it does now bluelink your redlink). Exit2DOS2000•T•C• 07:40, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Keyscan]] 

message: AUO
I run over it after opening a asus eee pc . 
What do you think?
--Chomwitt (talk) 17:24, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: AFAIK, they don't make any end-user products. They just manufacture the panels which are used by other manufacturers in their products. -- Frap (talk) 18:19, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  possible new display manyfacturer? 

message: There does not seem to be any particular order to the sections. It seems like some of these could be grouped together into categories like "input devices", "storage devices", etc. I would love to see some other ideas on this. § Music Sorter § (talk) 06:31, 14 June 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I am finally getting back to this list. I think the best organization would be to follow the  for organization and sub sorting. If an entry is not in the template already, we place the section in this article as close to the appropriate section as that template. § Music Sorter § (talk) 01:26, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Organization of the list 

message: No floppy disk? They still make them! --Hinata talk 16:48, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I started a section for FDDs and included 4 companies (Alps, NEC, Mitsumi, TEAC) but it might be expanded. --MrBurns (talk) 21:12, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Floppy disk  

message: This list includes historical CPU manufacturers like Transmeta, but I didn't find IBM on the motherboad manufacturer list, althought they made the first PC-motherboard ever (see IBM 5150). This is a bit of an inconsitency. --MrBurns (talk) 21:03, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: No,i suggest only current mfrs should be included. Recently merged brands may be given in brackets. There are only three major HDD mfrs today. Remaining Brands are given in brackets. This is a list of manufacturers, not brands.-Polytope4d (talk) 06:11, 28 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Include or not include historical manufacturers 

message: I can't stress this enough. The main point of a list like this is to list manufacturers, not who sticked their name on it. --fs 05:46, 30 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Don't include users of OEMs! It makes the list completely useless. 

message: New Companies
-Cryorig
-Bitfenix
I'll add more when I think of them  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 116.255.25.173 (talk) 01:54, 3 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Page hasn't been updated for a while 

message: Please put a Defunct list at the end of every category, instead of writing "Ceased manufacturing..." every time.-Polytope4d (talk) 09:03, 6 April 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Question: should defunct companies be listed at all?-Polytope4d (talk) 09:15, 6 April 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: I suggest deleting defunct companies rather than separately listing them since the list would become rather long.  I suppose we could create separate articles for each category as in List of defunct hard disk manufacturers I'll add a link to this into the category. Tom94022 (talk) 17:28, 6 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Defunct List 

message: The Optical Disk Drive section includes a number of companies that merely brand ODDs manufactured by other parties.  Unfortunately I know of no RS that would make correcting this section easy.  I deleted the obviious errors.  Note ODDs today are mainly DVDs although there might still be one or two MO or just CD manufacturers around.  Tom94022 (talk) 15:53, 3 July 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Optical Disk Drive Section Inaccurate 

message: I suggest this article is an appropriate place for in line links where no Wiki article exists.  Absent such a link there is no way to tell if in fact anything listed here is indeed a manufacturer.  
The issue arose with Areca which happens to also be a plant and have an article and a disambiguation page.  After checking that the listing was valid on this page by going to Areca's website I added it to the Areca_(disambiguation) and pointed this article there where the in-line link goes to Areca's website.  IMO this is not spam but a legitimate informative in line link and should be applied to most of the red links in this article.  Comments? Tom94022 (talk) 20:14, 2 February 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for initiating discussion on this. I believe what you are proposing is contrary to WP:ELLIST. Consensus was that  the company is not notable so it shouldn't be red linked, per MOS:DABRED. Curb Safe Charmer (talk) 20:32, 2 February 2019 (UTC)
replies: text:  It is pretty clear that MOS:DABRED doesn't apply to this article; its not a disambiguation page. I don't think there is any consensus that the company was not notable so WP:ELLIST does not apply; as it states, "This section does not apply if the external link is serving as a citation for a stand-alone list entry that otherwise meets that list's inclusion criteria."  By the definition of this article any current manufacturer meets the list's inclusion criteria.  A red link added to this article indicates the editor who added it thinks an article should be created for the company but in the mean time in line citations point to the the validation of the company's inclusion.  I suppose one could use a red link with a reference but that would become unsightly.  Either way, I think pointing to something that validates a company's inclusion in this article is valuable and shouldn't be precluded by some strict reading of some WP.  Tom94022 (talk) 01:38, 3 February 2019 (UTC)
replies: text:  I think you missed the point. The page notice on this page clearly states "No red links. No unlinked entries. Every entry in this list must have an article written and reliable sources to support inclusion, else it will be removed." There is no Areca article. Therefore, it should not be included here. You have instead linked Areca to a disambiguation page, which you shouldn't be doing on purpose, per WP:INTDAB. You added an external link to the Areca disambiguation page, which is contrary to Wikipedia:Disambiguation#External links. And you created a red link there, contrary to WP:DABRED, when the community concluded that the the company is not notable. I am reverting those issues now. Curb Safe Charmer (talk) 16:27, 3 February 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Use in line links where no Wiki article currently exists 

message: Forgot edit summary for my edit: []: Update list of defunct companies  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.98.170.45 (talk) 07:46, 18 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Forgot edit summary 

message: List of computer hardware manufacturers#Gaming chair
Sure, gaming chairs are related to computers, but it would be a stretch to put them in a list of computer hardware manufacturers. I propose removing this section entirely.
50.98.170.45 (talk) 08:04, 18 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gaming chairs?