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Medibio
hi, thank you for your editing and contributions (BTW do you have any connection to the article above, feel free to leave me a note), thank you--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 10:32, 6 March 2017 (UTC)

I was introduced to one of the companies through an unpaid internship I did with a different company and a former student at the university of Minnesota. I had not ever done a wiki page and decided to work on one with my brother. I am 17, and he is 16. He and I are both interested in bio-medicine and engineering. which both of these companies do. We did not get paid for either page. We worked together to do the research and are planning on doing some others when time allows. The two Australian companies are Minnesota-affiliated or based. That is why we did them. I am a total rookie. I used the first one I created as a template to make another one, and I am fascinated by how this all works. Unfortunately, I am a senior in high school, I have a job, and I am working on keeping my academic scholarship for college next year by doing this sort of thing - but it leaves me little to no time. So, I would LOVE advice, help, etc...But I am trying my best. I did clarify that I do not receive pay and am not affiliated with the company. I sure hope this helps. Someone else has added things to the page, edited it and made connections to specific people, too. Pllakers (talk) 18:30, 9 March 2017 (UTC)

Conflict of interest in Wikipedia
Hi Pllakers17. I work on conflict of interest issues here in Wikipedia along with my regular editing about health and medicine and related companies. Your edits to date are about two medical device companies in Australia, Medibio and Impedimed. I'm giving you notice of our Conflict of Interest guideline and Terms of Use, and will have some comments and requests for you below.

Hello, Pllakers17. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places, or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a COI may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic, and it is important when editing Wikipedia articles that such connections be completely transparent. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. In particular, we ask that you please:


 * avoid editing or creating articles related to you and your family, friends, school, company, club, or organization, as well as any competing companies' projects or products;
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 * avoid linking to the Wikipedia article or to the website of your organization in other articles (see WP:SPAM);
 * exercise great caution so that you do not violate Wikipedia's content policies.

In addition, you must disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation (see WP:PAID).

Please take a few moments to read and review Wikipedia's policies regarding conflicts of interest, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, sourcing and autobiographies. Thank you.

Comments and requests
Wikipedia is a widely-used reference work and managing conflict of interest is essential for ensuring the integrity of Wikipedia and retaining the public's trust in it. As in academia, COI is managed here in two steps - disclosure and a form of peer review. Please note that there is no bar to being part of the Wikipedia community if you want to be involved in articles where you have a conflict of interest; there are just some things we ask you to do (and if you are paid, some things you need to do).

Disclosure is the most important, and first, step. While I am not asking you to disclose your identity (anonymity is strictly protecting by our WP:OUTING policy) would you please disclose if you have some connection with these subjects (e.g with either company, their executives (e.g. Jack Cosentino is an officer of both), etc - directly or through an intermediary (like a PR company or the like)?  You can answer how ever you wish (giving personally identifying information or not), but if there is a connection, please disclose it.  After you respond (and you can just reply below), perhaps we can talk a bit about editing Wikipedia, to give you some more orientation to how this place works. Please reply here, just below, to keep the discussion in one place.   Thanks! Jytdog (talk) 03:47, 7 March 2017 (UTC)
 * You have edited since I left this message. Would you please respond here?  Thanks. Jytdog (talk) 23:49, 7 March 2017 (UTC)


 * I was introduced to one of the companies through an unpaid internship I did with a different company and a former student at the university of Minnesota. I had not ever done a wiki page and decided to work on one with my brother. I am 17, and he is 16. He and I are both interested in bio-medicine and engineering. which both of these companies do. We did not get paid for either page. We worked together to do the research and are planning on doing some others when time allows. The two Australian companies are Minnesota-affiliated or based. That is why we did them. I am a total rookie. I used the first one I created as a template to make another one, and I am fascinated by how this all works. Unfortunately, I am a senior in high school, I have a job, and I am working on keeping my academic scholarship for college next year by doing this sort of thing - but it leaves me little to no time. So, I would LOVE advice, help, etc...But I am trying my best. I did clarify that I do not receive pay and am not affiliated with the company. I sure hope this helps. Someone else has added things to the page, edited it and made connections to specific people, too. Pllakers (talk) 18:30, 9 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Hm! Thanks for replying; I'll take you at your word.  I will look the two articles over and you'll see the changes I make.   Please be aware that you and your brother should have separate accounts.   Thanks again! Jytdog (talk) 03:20, 10 March 2017 (UTC)

My brother only does the research - he is the science guy. I like the picky part of writing and putting it in here, but I will tell him. Thank you. Pllakers (talk) 8:00, 10 March 2017 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of ImpediMed


The article ImpediMed has been proposed for deletion&#32;because of the following concern:
 * Not seeing enough independent sources to support notability.

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Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 04:56, 11 March 2017 (UTC)

Nomination of Medibio for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Medibio is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/Medibio until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 04:58, 11 March 2017 (UTC)

Comments
It seems as though the rationale behind your nomination of this page for deletion was that it did not reference enough distinct sources to establish its topic's notability. I would be happy to try and provide additional sources, and will take care to use those provided by entities other than the company itself. Please reply with any advice. Thanks! Pllakers17 (talk) 20:54, 12 March 2017 (UTC)

Nomination of ImpediMed for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article ImpediMed is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

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