User talk:Alex.gnana

Product lifetime

Hello! I just wanted to let you know that I reverted your additions to Product lifetime. This was not because there was anything wrong with what you wrote, per se, but because the same or a similar topic was already covered at another Wikipedia page, Service life. Generally, it is preferable not to create separate articles over similar topics, a policy you can read about at Wikipedia:Content forking. If you feel that the information you added to Product lifetime is missing at Service life, you should (and should feel free to) add it there instead. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me at my talk page, or reply here. Thanks! —Compassionate727 ^(T·C) 18:27, 9 November 2016 (UTC)

Hi, thank you for your message, I am new to creating content on Wikipedia and welcome the guidance. I actually feel that a Product lifetime is more than just the Service life. For example, a Service life refers to the time a product is in use from when it is sold to when it is discarded (see ). However, Murakami et al. identify that, firstly there are different ways Service life can be defined (e.g. Total lifespan, Domestic service lifespan, Extended service lifespan by domestic reuse etc.) and secondly there are aspects of Product lifetime which are not captured by Service life (e.g. Residential time, Service lifespan of parts, Production span etc.). I realise I had not got round to expressing this yet in my previous revisions to the Product lifetime page. Would you suggest that I draft this complete text and post it all at once then? Thank you again for your input and support, it is most appreciated. Alex.Gnana (talk) 15:26, 11 November 2016 (UTC)