Outdoorvegan
Hi Outdoorvegan! Thanks for your message.
The articles you mentioned are being deleted by others, for the same reasoning I used: our criteria for inclusion in our encyclopedia include a rule that subjects be notable in and of themselves in the wider world. If they are not, then they are deleted under criterion for speedy deletion A7 - lack of notability.
You said: "While such a page might be promotional, it would also be of interest to anyone who wanted to know about the university in general". Two issues with that sentence that I can think of. First of all, "promotional". Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not the Yellow Pages. Second, if the subject is primarily "of interest to anyone who wanted to know about the university in general" then the information is best included on the page about the University, rather than lost on its own page.
You might like to consider adding a paragraph about your co-op to the university's article if you feel the information would be useful to people.
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{{helpme}} here on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Again, welcome! First aid kit edit
Hi there,
concerning your edits to first aid kit - i've reverted a couple of the changes -
- torch vs flashlight - flashlight is not in international use, so using only that is against the international nature of the encyclopaedia
- space blanket - I've had a look at your edit history, and it seems you have a long term grudge against these, but like it or not, they are in widespread use, and are actually very useful. We have them in widespread use in the ambulance service.
Hope that helps explain the reversion Regards, OwainDavies (about)(talk) edited at 16:54, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
- I appreciate your constructive feedback, most of which I agree with. However regarding the space blanket issue, I beg to differ. I do take issue with these because I take issue with false information. I worked on an ambulence crew for years, am certified as a wilderness first responder, and studied survival extensively.
- While mylar blankets are somewhat useful as a lightweight, compact, barrier to rain and wind for a survival kit, they have no use in a first aid kit(despite their common inclusion in them). They have no insulative value, and only 5% of body heat loss is radiant, in other words they do not make patients any warmer. In the sheltered environment of a residential building, ambulance, or hospital they are useless, and if a patient is lying outside somewhere they will lose a lot of heat to the ground and the air, and the blanket will only reduce convective heat loss(If a patient cannot be moved to the ambulance quickly then they will need actual insulation, as in real blankets, to reduce heat loss). They are included in commercial first aid kits for the simple reason that they are cheap. Likewise some ambulance agencies may like them becuase they are cheap, disposable, and look modern.
- Regardless this is an artical about First Aid Kits, not ambulance equipment or survival kits, and I feel that the goal of wikipedia is to share facts, not myths or rumors. And while wikipedia is not exactly a how-to guide, I feel that an artical on First aid kits should include practical information on what should be included in first aid kits and for what purposes.
- I'm going to delete the space blanked again in a seperate edit, but if you feel strongly that it should be included you can revert it and I'l let it be. Outdoorvegan (talk) 17:48, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
- But as you say, they are commonly used - wikipedia is definitely not a 'how-to' (and for that reason, i feel i need to tidy up a couple of your other edits, which might be more appropriate at Wikibooks First Aid).
- They are a very useful tool, and we generally use them (and when i instruct first aiders i tell them the same) as a 'sandwich' layer between two standard blankets, which creates signficant benefit in reducing airflow, and retaining heat.