Talk:All Power Labs

I received a notice of speedy deletion of the image I created and had inserted in this page. I don't know how or why Drewmutt should contest an image I created and have it deleted from a page I wrote, not why that deletion does not appear here on the talk page, but I have re-uploaded the image and re-included it in this page.

I will note as well that I am no longer employed by APL, but will continue to monitor and edit this page. Nesdon (talk) 19:30, 11 January 2018 (UTC)

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I have written this article about All Power Labs (APL), a company where I am employed (though since I am not paid regulary, maybe I should say volunteer).

Having read and strived to meet Wikipedia's COI and style guidelines and standards in the creation of this article, I understand users with COI are discouraged from creating articles, but my interest in being a wikipedia user is only to improve the depth and quality the information in Wikipedia. While I am a connected contributor with regard to this article, I sometimes make edits to other articles where I find errors, and do not at all consider my role as a user to be exclusively for the purpose of creating or editing this article or material related to this company.

I have created this article because, despite my connection, I find the implementation of biomass gasification as a carbon-negative energy strategy to be significantly important as part of green house gas emission management, and so believe that, given APL's notability in that technology space, it should be included in wikipedia.

The second feature of the subject of this article that I feel is significantly important is the tension between open-source work done in the commons and proprietary commercial work. The transition and ongoing ambiguity of these processes, which both continue to be at play within this company, are also a central topic in the media coverage of APL.

What interested me and drew me to the company was the way a diffuse community and open volunteer culture (in which I and a number of other current employees participated) evolved through an open-source mode and into a standard sort of industrial enterprise, all based on community members' devotion to the technology. It is these important dynamics and not any sort of financial interest I have in the company that motivate my submission.

I have worked on this article for over a year. I has been rejected a number of times and an earlier draft was deleted last year. Despite this frustrating process, I continue to believe in the mission and editorial policies of wikipedia and am very grateful that it exists in the world. Nesdon (talk) 02:07, 4 January 2016 (UTC)