User talk:Medi-id

May 2007

Please refrain from introducing inappropriate pages, such as Medi-ID, to Wikipedia. Doing so is not in accordance with our policies. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. CIreland 09:43, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

Advertising on Wikipedia

Im new to Wikipedia, and added an entry for Medi-ID an medical identity system, which you deleted because it is advertising, I accept that Medi-ID is a commercial organisation, however there is great interest and importance in such devices to protect the health of the users, I thought Medi-ID deserved an entry as it is to my knowledge the first integrated system. In that it brings together many aspects of Medical Identity to one system, whereby you can have Bracelets, Pendants, ID Cards, USB devices and now an online entry ensuring the information is readily available in an emergency. I thought it better to create a seperate entry, rather than fill up the Medical Identity Tag section with aspects that were not specifically about Medical Identity Tags. I accept that it is a form of advertising, but also believe that it is important that people looking for information on Medical Identification Devices are made aware of other options and developments. As I stated at the begining I am new to Wikipedia, and dont wish to break any rules, is there any format or approach that can be used to include the information without advertising? I have edited the entry, to try and do this and resubmitted it, I hope it will meet with your approval, or else you can inform me of whether such content can ever be approved. Many thanks for your time, and keep up the good work. Simon Carter (simon@simoncarter.com)

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Hello Simon. Basically an article needs to answer the question, "why does this matter?", not "How many great features does it have?"

You might also want to have a look at Conflict of interest, which basically says that if you have a close connection to the subject, you probably shouldn't be writing about it. Cheers, Fang Aili ^talk 15:02, 25 May 2007 (UTC)