User talk:Datamgmt

A few notes. 1) It would be a noun, not a proper noun. 2) The word test: would not be capitalized. 3) The definition would not start with the words "The Slartibartfast Test is" - that's implied by the fact of it being a definition (see any dictionary). 4) Don't link to Wikipedia when the term exists in Wiktionary - just wikilink it. 5) Move the etymology to its own section, and severely cut down on the amount of text. (consider a longer version on wikipedia). SemperBlotto 13:37, 27 July 2010 (UTC) (p.s. I've added out welcome links at the end)

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The Slartibartfast Test is a test of the ability of a Spatial Analysis / GIS software to handle large data sets. This may include loading, parsing or displaying information as appropriate to the tool. It is defined as the ability to load the outline of the Norwegian coast line as distributed by Global Administrative Areas website. The test is named after a character created by Douglas Adams for The HitchHikers Guide To The Galaxy. In the show/books Slartibartfast is a designer of planets. His favourite part of the job is creating coastlines, the most notable of which are the 'twiddly bits' of the fjords found on the coast of Norway on planet Earth, for which he wins an award. In Spatial/GIS terms very detailed maps require large, complex polygons of which mapping the coastline of Norway is a prime example. Using the Global Administrative Areas data file for Norway as a data source to test a Spatial / GIS system is thus known as the Slartibartfast Test.