Wikipedia:On Wikipedia, solutions are mixtures and nothing else

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This page in a nutshell: Public relations slang, like "we offer solutions", is a good indication that an article is promotional and may not be notable.

On new page patrol and articles for creation, one often comes across pages about companies that provide something called solutions. It might be something like: "Acme Corp provides cutting-edge solutions for optimizing business processes and boosting efficiency."

The Wikipedia article on Solution (chemistry) states, in the first paragraph, that a solution "is a special type of homogeneous mixture composed of two or more substances. In such a mixture, a solute is a substance dissolved in another substance, known as a solvent." One may also find solutions as the goal of equation solving.

So if one writes an article about a company that provides solutions, the very least the reader expects to know is what solvent is used and what solute gets dissolved in it; or else what kind of equation solving they offer.

There is of course another definition of "solution" which is commonly found on newly created pages, one that warrants considering the entire article promotional and, in the more extreme cases, tagging it for speedy deletion. This latter definition of "solution" is public relations slang that should be avoided in Wikipedia articles.