Talk:MusclePharm

Contested deletion

This page should not be speedy deleted because... --Mhouli (talk) 14:36, 30 April 2011 (UTC)

Hey I just started creating this page today. Still working on it and adding sources to establish the encyclopedic notability of the company.

The bot detected unambiguous copyvio: we can't cut-and-paste copyrighted material from other sources and insert them into articles. The article as it is also reads like an advertisement, and articles on WP must be written in an encyclopedic neutral point of view. The company may indeed be notable and deserve a page, but as it is now it is purely promotional and would require a complete rewrite in a different direction. Sources must be from independent third-party sources: see WP:RS for more information on those. The copyrighted material must be removed immediately, however. Doc talk 14:43, 30 April 2011 (UTC)

Currently Removing all copyrighted material to comply. Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mhouli (talk • contribs) 14:53, 30 April 2011 (UTC)

Cool :> Thanks for understanding and going about it correctly: a lot of editors remove the tag on their own, which never works out well. If you can find articles in newspapers or magazines concerning the company, that's your best bet. I can't guarantee another editor won't come along and tag it with a {{advert}} tag, but it doesn't need to be speedily deleted. Also, it's best not to add a bunch of external links to articles about fighters: see WP:LINKSPAM. Good luck :> Doc talk 15:04, 30 April 2011 (UTC)

Alright thank you, also having trouble actually linking the references to the links, any thoughts? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mhouli (talk • contribs) 15:19, 30 April 2011 (UTC)

I added the {{reflist}} thing to the References section - you don't need to put the links in the actual References section, just in the main body. Also, see WP:Cite web to clean up how they look. Doc talk 15:26, 30 April 2011 (UTC)

Bot Tag

As I thought, an editor came by and put the advert tag on it. A good bot is an amazing thing. The tag needs to remain until all the issues are solved. The references also need to be cleaned up: did you read WP:Cite web yet? Look at other articles to see how their references look, and then you'll get a better idea of how to create them. Doc talk 16:58, 30 April 2011 (UTC)

I will, thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mhouli (talk • contribs) 23:20, 30 April 2011 (UTC)

WP:NOTADVERTISING

Attention, MusclePharm employees,advocates and affiliates. Wikipedia is not a vehicle for propaganda, advertising and showcasing. All information about companies and products must be verifiable with independent, third-party sources. Wikipedia neither endorses organizations nor runs affiliate programs. Wikipedia will not remove content because of the internal bylaws of some organizations that forbid information about the organization to be displayed online. This article is not a medium or public relation piece for you to remove or add material that advances your company. If there is material you wish to challenge, remove or add, please discuss your edits here. When you wonder what should or should not be in an article, ask yourself what a reader would expect to find under the same heading in an encyclopedia. If you're here to update key information about your company or update the material that is currently in the article, please provide a reliable source for your edits and updates. Material that does not provide a reliable source will be removed. Do not simply delete material that is not "current". Update the content with sourced material. If you're here simply to delete material that has an in-line citation with a reliable source, please propose your deletion here for discussion. Edits that blank content will be reverted. Thanks and happy editing. --Yankees76 ^Talk 14:26, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

Legal section

The legal section on this page needs work. I fixed grammar, verbosity, and incorrect word choice when referring to patent infringement and securities litigation lawsuits. Most of the lawsuits on the page appear to have been dismissed, including those lawsuits in which MusclePharm is the Plaintiff. I did not remove any of the references on the last edit. Rather, I corrected language and used the proper, applicable legal terminology. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.54.86.249 (talk) 21:05, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

This has been addressed. This page has a high level of IP address conflict of interest edits which seem to follow the same pattern (remove "Legal issues" section, and add advertising/corporate-speak). I've tweaked your edits slightly, and while I believe they improve the ease of reading of the section, I would caution against full scale deletions such as your first round of edits and copyedits that turns the article into a 1-page ad about the company. Wikipedia is not a PR outlet for MusclePharm, and they've been warned and blocked already. As is noted below, do not simply delete material that is not "current" - instead update the content to be current with sourced material. Edits that blank content will be reverted. Thank-you! --Quartet 00:00, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

208.54.86.249, I'm curious, why would you remove the content with the edit summary Source is not RS and is a company press release, but leave all of the sources in the "Bodybuilding.com awards" and "Athletes" section intact, which are (wait for it).... company press releases? As Quartet has noted you (MusclePharm) has been warned about turning this into a MP ad. Please give the section at the bottom of this talk page a quick review if you feel the urge to purge the the article of sourced material again. Yankees76 ^Talk 13:46, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

who bought whom?

MusclePharm Corporation was incorporated on August 4, 2006. On February 18, 2010, the company acquired Muscle Pharm, LLC, and as a result, MusclePharm became a wholly owned subsidiary.

Er what? MusclePharm Corporation existed for three and a half years before buying out another company that had the same name?? If the space before the 'P' is significant, is this saying that the acquiring company became a subsidiary? —Tamfang (talk) 22:36, 11 May 2017 (UTC)

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