Talk:Power nap/Archive 2

NASA: Alertness Management: Strategic Naps in Operational Settings" - a non-existent source
The source referenced in "Benefits" section, namely "NASA: Alertness Management: Strategic Naps in Operational Settings", can not be found from NASAs site and their article search does not find such an article from 1995 either. Instead a preprint from 1994 seems to pop up only to be unavailable in electronic form. Is the year a typo and 1994 preprint is the source, can anyone confirm this?

Re-include this external link to PowerNap app for iPhone & Android?
I wrote a PowerNap app for the iPhone and Android. It's basically a timer app designed specifically for power naps. I had linked to it ( PowerNap app for the iPhone ) in the external links, but I now realize that the guidelines for external links sugests that such conflict of interest links be first discussed here and posted by someone else. Got it. Maybe someone can take a look and add the link? There are no tricks to the software, it just does what it says and would probably be reasonably relevant to readers.

A quick look at my server logs shows that fewer than a user per day hit the link when it was live on the page, so some people where interested. Since conversion rates for things like this tend to be about 1%, I can assure you that this earns me only about enough money to buy one good coffee, per year.

Basically, I propose that a utility program for taking power naps is a reasonable external link to include on a page about power naps. Jjrohrer (talk) 16:33, 27 April 2009 (UTC) Jim


 * I vote 'no'. The article should be about what a power nap is, and the scientifically claimed results/benefits from it. Wikipedia tries hard to be not a how-to manual. - Hordaland (talk) 11:05, 28 April 2009 (UTC)


 * The fact that it is a paid app makes me vote 'no' as well (due to a potential conflict of interest). Not to detract from your code, but there's no real *need* for a specialized app just to set a countdown timer, when the iPhone and most Android phones already have that as a feature. Wigglyworm91 (talk) 07:42, 14 December 2010 (UTC)


 * I say absolutely no and it doesn't matter if the app is free, open source, closed source, paid or whatever. An article should be an article and not an advertisement billboard for any kind of a software. Another page, "A list of power napping software" or something like that would be more suitable place for links to any kind of pieces of software. sjlain (talk) 13:30, 2 January 2014 (EET). I will remove this entry from talk page as well within a few days in case nobody says nothing.


 * No need to remove anything like this from article talk pages. Hordaland (talk) 17:09, 2 January 2014 (UTC)

Power Nap Recording?
If I recall, a few months ago there was a page on a recording called PowerNap. Does anyone know why it was deleted? --67.247.222.245 (talk) 01:14, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I was wondering the same thing. Power nap recording links to this page, but there's nothing in the article that mentions the phrase. --WhiteDragon (talk) 21:34, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Redundancy?
When i read the description of "power nap" I conclude is just a Siesta, I conclude that because I've been in countries where they do it and I have gone along and it's the same thing and serves the same purpose. I found in myself that sleeping 40min. or more will trigger regular sleep cycle. In this place I was, I ate at noon in a 2 hour break period starting at 12pm, relaxed a bit and share talks with others in same dwelling then sleep for 30min. which is easy to wake up by that time and return to work afterwards, I found myself with more energy, renewed and did not felt tired after work. The experience I just described is a Siesta and the "power nap" serves the same purpose so why two articles for the same thing? Douken (talk) 07:40, 31 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Siesta is more of an historical and cultural concept whereas a power nap at least tries to be something more clearly defined. Basically they are the same thing, but combining the pages would not make justice to either concept. sjlain (talk) 13:30, 2 January 2014 (EET).

Reference to Dali's technique should be removed or clearly marked as anecdotal
Going through some quick searches on our friendly search engine providers I found absolutely no trace of sources to the story about Dali's spoon tricks. Lots of pages point to a nowadays removed blog entry in Psychology Today but nowhere is to be found any mention to biographical information or anything like it. I'd say it should be marked anecdotal or removed completely. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sjlain (talk • contribs) 12:24, 2 January 2014 (UTC)


 * I removed the whole history section which was unsourced and said not much. The spoon story has been attributed to many historical figures from Aristotle to Einstein to JFK.  The man who invented the term "power nap" is already mentioned in the lead.  And siesta is mentioned in "See also".


 * @ SJLAIN: You should sign your own talk page posts by clicking on the pencil icon at the top of the edit box.   Hordaland (talk) 17:53, 2 January 2014 (UTC)