Talk:Case Studies

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Too many references?

Nice article (and great example of use of Laz/FPC), but it seems the references belong more to an academic article than a marketing case study unless they clearly indicated how spinathyr/simthyr are used. Even then, perhaps a selection of a couple of them might be better?

Otherwise this may look too much like a boring article and scare away would be users...

Thanks, --BigChimp 06:46, 3 April 2013 (UTC)

Why not merge with marketing case studies

Also, I don't really see the relevance of dividing case studies into commercial and non-commercial. Both serve the purpose of providing examples where Laz/FPC use was an improvement.

Thanks, --BigChimp 06:46, 3 April 2013 (UTC)

References

JW's response

Exactly the references are the reason why this page is not merged with marketing case studies. Those are related to commercial projects, while this page is devoted to free and scientific software. --Jwdietrich 13:13, 3 April 2013 (UTC)

BigChimp's response to the response

Well okay, but that does not address my concerns about why those reference are there in the first place... (Sorry for the headings; there is a way to indent your paragraphs but forgot how to do that... --BigChimp 14:22, 3 April 2013 (UTC)

What is boring seems to be more an issue of personal perceptions. For me, the marketing aspects of case studies are boring. How about making a more sophisticated structure, i.e. a short overview page for case studies that has links to two additional articles, marketing case studies and scientific case studies? Then every user has the possibility to fade out the aspects that he or she finds boring.--Jwdietrich 14:33, 3 April 2013 (UTC)
I'd think that marketing is what case studies are for!!? Promoting ("marketing") Laz/FPC is IMO best done by to the point articles with pretty pictures without unnecessary paraphernalia (e.g. the references). Having layers to wade through wouldn't be my preference.
Of course "boringness" is an issue of personal perception. A lot of persons may agree with my perception here, though...
BTW, thanks for letting me know how to indent ;) --BigChimp 17:14, 3 April 2013 (UTC)
I think that science is what case studies are for. But I learned now in the course of our discussion that some people are wired differently from me.
In my opinion we could have three basic kinds of case studies with obviously a different style of reporting: Marketing, science and games. How would you integrate them? Throw them together in a single page regardless of the necessarily different style or make different pages that are tailored to the readers' preferences? I would still prefer the second option.--Jwdietrich 18:08, 3 April 2013 (UTC)