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Post by xanet on Jan 11, 2018 10:30:46 GMT -5
Is anyone interested in creating a Wikipedia entry for Afrezza, or expanding the article that 'Afrezza' redirects to, which is 'Inhalable insulin'? I don't have the background knowledge or time to put anything together, but it bugs me to see such an anemic description of this amazing product on a site that many people go to for current information. I was surprised that my daughter's school (4th grade) actually encourages the students to do "research" using Wikipedia, but that is the world we live in!
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Post by mnholdem on Jan 11, 2018 12:26:35 GMT -5
From what I hear, Wikipedia looks at the credentials of person(s) making a submittal. Perhaps you could forward your suggestion to the VDEX staff? One or more of the doctors there might take on the task.
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Post by xanet on Jan 11, 2018 12:32:19 GMT -5
From what I hear, Wikipedia looks at the credentials of person(s) making a submittal. Perhaps you could forward your suggestion to the VDEX staff? One or more of the doctors there might take on the task. No, anyone can write and edit articles. That's the whole point of a wiki. See Who writes Wikipedia
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Post by xoxoxoxo on Jan 11, 2018 13:37:39 GMT -5
Actually, mannkind themselves should get on this and do it themselves. There's no reason Afrezza doesn't have a good entry already. Having a factual wikipedia entry would be great when people google Afrezza. Wikipedia always ranks near the top of google searches which would be better than bullshit motley fool articles.
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Post by dreamboatcruise on Jan 11, 2018 14:12:10 GMT -5
From what I hear, Wikipedia looks at the credentials of person(s) making a submittal. Perhaps you could forward your suggestion to the VDEX staff? One or more of the doctors there might take on the task. No, anyone can write and edit articles. That's the whole point of a wiki. See Who writes WikipediaThough when I tried editing a topic years ago, I discovered the block of IP addresses I was in with my ISP were blocked... presumably because of some prior abuse from a user in my general locale. Hopefully they've improved that mechanism so that they don't discourage motivated people with pertinent knowledge from contributing.
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Post by dreamboatcruise on Jan 11, 2018 14:13:59 GMT -5
Actually, mannkind themselves should get on this and do it themselves. There's no reason Afrezza doesn't have a good entry already. Having a factual wikipedia entry would be great when people google Afrezza. Wikipedia always ranks near the top of google searches which would be better than bullshit motley fool articles. They have a general rule that says that a company shouldn't write the articles about themselves or their products because it is considered conflict of interest. That rule would also say Sanofi or Novo employees shouldn't write or contribute to Afrezza page.
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Post by qwertqwert on Jan 11, 2018 16:30:01 GMT -5
So Mannkind should just sit on their hands and wait - just like every other time... geez, not even trying.
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Post by dreamboatcruise on Jan 11, 2018 16:41:20 GMT -5
So Mannkind should just sit on their hands and wait - just like every other time... geez, not even trying. No... they should just do it from their home computer so it's not traceable, as I'm sure almost everyone else does
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Post by sportsrancho on Jan 11, 2018 17:06:55 GMT -5
From what I hear, Wikipedia looks at the credentials of person(s) making a submittal. Perhaps you could forward your suggestion to the VDEX staff? One or more of the doctors there might take on the task. This is the best idea. IMO
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Post by xanet on Jan 11, 2018 17:26:08 GMT -5
This just seems like low hanging fruit. There are plenty of knowledgeable people on this board who could put all of their research efforts to work to tell the world about Afrezza. What a great opportunity for investors to write the story of this paradigm-shifting product! Lack of awareness remains a huge problem, and here's our chance to help change that. Again, I don't have the knowledge to pull it off, but I don't think this needs to be left to professionals, and no one has to write the whole article. Even a well-crafted sentence or two could really improve on the information that's out there now.
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Post by sportsrancho on Jan 11, 2018 17:33:16 GMT -5
mnholdem Is the king of the well-crafted sentence! ..... just saying:-))
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Post by dreamboatcruise on Jan 11, 2018 17:45:20 GMT -5
This just seems like low hanging fruit. There are plenty of knowledgeable people on this board who could put all of their research efforts to work to tell the world about Afrezza. What a great opportunity for investors to write the story of this paradigm-shifting product! Lack of awareness remains a huge problem, and here's our chance to help change that. Again, I don't have the knowledge to pull it off, but I don't think this needs to be left to professionals, and no one has to write the whole article. Even a well-crafted sentence or two could really improve on the information that's out there now. Technically anyone with a financial interest in something should not be contributing to the wiki page, according to their policies. Not that I'm suggesting that anyone flaunt their rules surreptitiously , but if it is clear that an investor is editing it, that would be easily contested if there is someone wishing to cause trouble. There are layers of "editors" where stuff is adjudicated. Let's say you were to create wiki account to contribute and used "xanet" as your username. Someone could look at the edit history and appeal to the editors providing a link to posts here where you say you are an investor. So in summarizing, investors should not be editing Afrezza wiki page
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Post by porkini on Jan 11, 2018 18:09:54 GMT -5
Surely there are a number of contributors on this board who write a lot, oh, A LOT, and I am surprised that with their proficient writing ability they have not attempted this. I have seen far better writers than myself here, however, I would propose that a group think/write here, on this PB message board, take place to make this article a reality and then carry it forward to a sponsor, e.g., VDEX, and let them do a final proof before submission.
I do some "research" on Wikipedia and find it a good way to get some basic facts on things. Like anything on the Interweb, take it with a grain of salt and verify it elsewhere if you can.
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Post by phantomfj on Jan 11, 2018 18:14:58 GMT -5
This just seems like low hanging fruit. There are plenty of knowledgeable people on this board who could put all of their research efforts to work to tell the world about Afrezza. What a great opportunity for investors to write the story of this paradigm-shifting product! Lack of awareness remains a huge problem, and here's our chance to help change that. Again, I don't have the knowledge to pull it off, but I don't think this needs to be left to professionals, and no one has to write the whole article. Even a well-crafted sentence or two could really improve on the information that's out there now. Technically anyone with a financial interest in something should not be contributing to the wiki page, according to their policies. Not that I'm suggesting that anyone flaunt their rules surreptitiously , but if it is clear that an investor is editing it, that would be easily contested if there is someone wishing to cause trouble. There are layers of "editors" where stuff is adjudicated. Let's say you were to create wiki account to contribute and used "xanet" as your username. Someone could look at the edit history and appeal to the editors providing a link to posts here where you say you are an investor. So in summarizing, investors should not be editing Afrezza wiki page yeah, I'm sure every one of the short, afrezza bashers will have that same noble attitude..........
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Post by slugworth008 on Jan 11, 2018 18:52:03 GMT -5
From what I hear, Wikipedia looks at the credentials of person(s) making a submittal. Perhaps you could forward your suggestion to the VDEX staff? One or more of the doctors there might take on the task. Stop being so darn smart all the time
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