Wikipedia talk:Mediation Cabal/Cases/2009-04-26/Kegel male trainer

AWAITING MEDIATION, PLEASE GIVE FEEDBACK ASAP. Smkovalinsky (talk) 16:32, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

Kegel Male Trainer
The Kegel Male Exercise Trainer is an exercise device created by Florida entrepreneur Al Dana. It is a weight resistance trainer designed for the phallus, and is not a sex toy. It is a PC muscle exercise training device patterned after the exercise program of Dr. Arnold Kegel. It's inception was based on DaVinci's Vitruvian Man. This is the idea of the phallus being the center of strength and health for the whole man. The penis is thought to atrophy naturally after adolescence and youth, causing problems with sexual potency, satisfaction, as well as prostate and urinary functioning issues. The device uses one to four low weighted balls for resistance (from 2.5 -10 ounces) and targets the pubococcygeus (PC) muscles, and the Bulbocavernosus and Ishiocavernosus muscles. It is said to strengthen erections and help with urinary incontinence and premature ejaculation. It may have a positive effect on fertility. Men who have bought the trainer world wide have testified to its strengthening effects, physically and psychologically. This device can only aid in males who are in good health and able to achieve erections.

External Link

 * Kegel Male [4]


 * File:Wiki.png/thumb/KegelMale Thumbnail.jpg

Mediation
This isn't a standard mediation in the sense that it isn't an attempt to resolve a dispute between two or more editors. It is more of an attempt to explain Wikipedia guidelines and policy. I copied what the relevant page apparently looked like before it was deleted in the section above here for reference. Since I'm not the admin who deleted it, I can't speak for him, but it looks like he thought it was more of an attempt to advertise a product than to write an unbiased encyclopedia article.

If you want to write an article that won't be deleted, you'll need to meet several criteria.
 * 1) You'll need to find multiple independent reliable sources, that write about the device. That's called meeting Notability - click that link, and it will explain in detail what we mean. Independent means advertisements and company press releases aren't enough. The usual way to meet this standard is to find newspaper or magazine articles that are primarily or to a large part about the device, though academic books are even better. For example, in Hitachi Magic Wand you'll see links to one newspaper article and one magazine article that each have a few paragraphs on the wand, and one article by a well known educator completely about it. That is the sort of thing you want. They don't have to be online, but they should be published. Wikipedia isn't a primary source; it doesn't cover things before other sources write about them.
 * 2) You'll need to write the article so it doesn't read as an advertisement encouraging users to use the thing, but as a detached article covering the items pluses and minuses. Imagine a competitor were reading the article (because they will!) - will they be able to point out any disputable claims? Any puffery? Get rid of all that, and write just the facts.
 * 3) Finally, it's generally not considered a good idea to write an article for pay. The guideline about that is Conflict of interest. Read it. Among other things, being paid to write an article tends to make it hard to write about the subject not like an advertisement, which is what got the article speedily deleted the first time.

If you think you can find enough qualifying sources, and can write about the item dispassionately, I can try to help, as a financially disinterested Wikipedia editor. No money. :-). Start a new article in your user space (User:Smkovalinsky/Kegel Male Trainer should work), and post here when you're ready for me to take a look at it. --GRuban (talk) 20:47, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

Thank you very much for this input. I grasp all the points you have made, and fully. I will adhere to those recommendations. Will give it a go. Thanks again, kindly. Smkovalinsky (talk) 02:06, 29 April 2009 (UTC)