plate optimizer in response to your request of june about the notability of an article on the plate optimizer program cells for holding mirrors in telescopes is already a fairly obscure topic a program to design such cells is even more obscure and an article devoted to only one such program is very obscure the article doesn't make clear how widely this program is used indeed the article mentions a number of the program's shortcomings which must limit its value the article on plate optimizer should be included in the article on amateur telescope making where it would be useful to mention that there is software available to aid in the design of telescopes including plate optimizer