Talk:Magic Quadrant
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Request for editors to update article introduction
[edit] | This edit request by an editor with a conflict of interest has now been answered. |
My name is Burcu and I work for Gartner. I've been posting requests over at the Gartner article Talk page. I have one brief request for this article: I'm hoping we can lightly revise the article introduction in order to update the sourcing and factual claims. A lot of the material throughout the article appears to have been written in 2009, so I hope you'll agree that a refresh is overdue.
Right now the introduction reads as follows:
Current article introduction
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Magic Quadrant (MQ) is a series of market research reports published by IT consulting firm Gartner that rely on proprietary qualitative data analysis methods to demonstrate market trends, such as direction, maturity and participants.[1] Their analyses are conducted for several specific technology industries and are updated every 1–2 years: once an updated report has been published, its predecessor is "retired".[2] |
My suggestion is to change it to the following:
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Magic Quadrant (MQ) is a series of market research reports published by research and advisory firm Gartner that rely on proprietary qualitative data analysis methods to demonstrate market trends, such as direction, maturity and participants.[3] Their analyses are conducted for several specific technology industries and are updated every 1–2 years: once an updated report has been published, its predecessor is "retired".[4] Gartner has periodically ended Magic Quadrant listings for IT Service Management,[5] Web Content Management,[6] and other industries as those markets have fully matured or other factors rendered the analytic framework inapplicable.[7] |
A quick review of changes: I changed "IT consulting firm" to "research and advisory firm" as that's how Gartner is commonly referred to on first reference in media coverage. You can see examples of that here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here. I changed the sourcing for the first sentence from a 2008 Gartner website post to an academic paper from the same period. And I added a third sentence noting that the MQ occasionally becomes inapplicable to certain markets as they reach maturity (or other factors render the framework inapplicable).
I have a conflict of interest so I won't be making this change myself. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks. BurcuAtGartner (talk) 21:13, 7 April 2025 (UTC) BurcuAtGartner (talk) 21:13, 7 April 2025 (UTC)
Done First two minor changes seem fine. New sentence is fine as well but I'm not sure it belongs in the lead, which should generally summarize the body of the article (WP:LEAD) and is also kind of specific for the first paragraph. I have put it at the end of the "Rating" section for now, though this is not really great given how it's structured, feel free to suggest alternatives. Rusalkii (talk) 17:41, 20 April 2025 (UTC)
- Thank you for your help, Rusalkii. I might look closer later, but I think this is good for now. The details about ending particular Magic Quadrant listings make sense where you put them. BurcuAtGartner (talk) 23:27, 22 April 2025 (UTC)
References
- ^ "Magic Quadrants and MarketScopes: How Gartner Evaluates Vendors Within a Market". Gartner.com. February 2008. Archived from the original on March 12, 2006. Retrieved July 27, 2009.
- ^ Gartner (2019), Gartner Magic Quadrant: Frequently Asked Questions, accessed 6 June 2020
- ^ Bresciani, Sabrina; Eppler, Martin J. (2008). "Gartner's magic quadrant and hype cycle" (PDF). Institute of Marketing and Communication Management (IMCA) (19): 3–18. Retrieved January 23, 2025.
- ^ Gartner (2019), Gartner Magic Quadrant: Frequently Asked Questions, accessed 6 June 2020
- ^ Gonzalez, Kenneth (September 4, 2023). "The Magic Quadrant is dead. But ITSM isn't". Freshworks.
- ^ Nicastro, Dom (January 28, 2023). "Why Did Gartner Kill the Web Content Management Magic Quadrant?". CMSWire.
- ^ Canner, Ben (March 31, 2020). "Why Did Gartner Retire the IGA Magic Quadrant?". Solutions Review.