User talk:Cronides2

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Articles for deletion nomination of Sleep to Live Institute

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Your recent edits

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Orphaned non-free image File:STL Institute Green.gif

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Conflict of interest?

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Sleep hygiene

I share your frustration with the content of Sleep hygiene. However, I think we need to follow WP:NOTHOWTO and WP:MEDRS to properly cite and present the information. --Ronz (talk) 19:01, 4 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Non-free files in your user space

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Problems with upload of File:STL Institute White.JPG

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Conflict of interest

Your single-minded focus on the "sleep to live institute", a commercial entity, is strongly indicative of a conflict of interest. Wikipedia is not a venue for advertising or promotion and we discourage people from writing about their employers, businesses or any other subject where they have a vested interest. I've checked this subject out, all your "sources" appear to be "churnalism" - reprints of press releases and uncritical coverage prompted by press releases. There are no independent news hits, no mentions in the professional literature. Guy (Help!) 16:38, 24 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, thanks for the feedback. Xymmax had specifically moved the article to my sandbox so that I could improve the source articles and notability issues. I have only recently come back to work on it and had recently added hits from notable sources as USA Today and Times News. Additionally, a Mattress Matters article was recently published by Research Triangle International. I understand being involved in the company puts me in a position of a potential conflict of interest; however, I believe I have presented the material in an unbiased manner and have been commended by editors previously on my efforts to do so. The organization is a sleep research and education entity and does not itself produce any products to advertise or promote. Surely, being an authority on the functions and history of the organization is not a reason to bar creation of an article? Cronides2 (talk) 17:30, 24 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

These sources are all basically just responses to press releases. As I say, it's not an academic institution or even an industry body, it's a one-company promotional entity. It's not notable, and your judgment of its notability is clearly coloured by your own involvement. Guy (Help!) 20:28, 24 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I just saw this. I commented in greater detail on my page, but essentially I question whether this article was ready for mainspace. I proably would have restored it, and immediately listed it at AfD. You can list this at deletion review if you want to question the process here, but like JzG I think the content is still problematic. Xymmax ^{So let it be written} _{So let it be done} 14:28, 28 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]