Template:Did you know nominations/Monzer Hourani
- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: withdrawn by nominator, closed by MeegsC (talk) 13:16, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
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Monzer Hourani
- ... that Monzer Hourani came up with proprietary air filtering technology that filters and neutralizes airborne pathogens, including the SARS-CoV-2 virus?
- Sources:
- Morris, Roger (2021-01-04). "High-tech COVID-killing air filter helps Del. offices safely reopen - DBT". Delaware Business Times. Archived from the original on 2021-01-21. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
- Medley, Alison (2020-07-10). "UH researchers create filter to 'catch and kill' COVID-19 instantly". Chron. Retrieved 2021-04-22.
- Kosowatz, John (2021-01-01). "Filtering Out Microbes". Mechanical Engineering. 143 (1): 34–35. doi:10.1115/1.2021-JAN3. ISSN 0025-6501. Archived from the original on 2021-04-20.
- Reviewed: Margit Eskman
Created by Elias Ziade (talk). Self-nominated at 07:19, 22 April 2021 (UTC).
- * Comment only - a virus is not a microbe and it isn't alive - nothing can "kill" it, but especially something that kills microbes. Victuallers (talk) 20:19, 25 April 2021 (UTC)
I have some difficulties with this article. Please see my edit summaries. The article has many features of a BLP puff piece, including all the sourcing from press releases (many of which I have removed), but it also has the "Controversies" (a title that is discouraged by the MOS; that section should probably be integrated in the section about his conversion, and that section then should be retitled). But besides what I've already cut, I have other concerns: much of the article is sourced to a Bisnews article, which is not accessible to me, but I don't have that much faith in them as a reliable and independent source. For instance, it's telling that none of the "negative" information is sourced to that article. The same goes for the Post article from a trade journal, the Engineering News-Record. So there's work to do here, I think, and it has to start with rigorous sourcing, as behooves a BLP. Drmies (talk) 20:54, 16 May 2021 (UTC)
- Drmies Your input helped me see how the article can be better. I have done some changes as per your instructions, however I prefer to withdraw this nomination because: (1) I don't want to take any part in promoting goods or services produced by this, or any other individual or group, and (2) I now have reasonable concerns about the amount of what seem to be sponsored articles. Please proceed accordingly and thank you for your time and patience. el.ziade (talkallam) 08:13, 26 May 2021 (UTC)