Acu-gen edit
Hello, I created this article today and I would like others to check it over for NPOV. From my research, I feel pretty confident that the company does not meet their claims. Since I have gotten close to the subject, I want other editors to check that the article remains balanced. Thanks, Johntex\talk 23:06, 29 September 2005 (UTC)
- The three bulleted points in the "Baby Gender Mentor test" section shouldn't be just cut-and-pasted from Acu-gen's materials; rewrite their claims in other, more encyclopedic words that doesn't sound like advertising. No need for bullets. Similarly, the quotes and testimonials make it read like a news article, not an encyclopedia article. Summarize the positions; I'd use quotes only if the exact phrasing the speaker used is important or unique. Don't use contractions, like I've been using here.. heh. More details about how the test works, not from the company's advertising materials, might be good if available. CDC (talk) 05:34, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
OK, here we go!
- "Acu-gen Biolab, Inc is a small biotech company" - "small" in this context is POV... be specific!
- Grammer needs a bit of work
- " The company gives no evidence of proof for its claims" - Very POV
- "Baby Gender Mentor test" - Full of PR-speak - should not have a list and should be explained in neutral language. Needs to be much longer
- "Criticism of the test and Acu-gen" - paragraphs too short
- " some parents may" - may-->might
- Explain "vanishing twin"
- "Until Acu-Gen releases its data, there's no way to know the test's reliability, said Sandra Carson, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Baylor College of Medicine who specializes in sex selection. "Until that's out, I think it shouldn't be on the market," she said. Washington Post
- Paragraph is written like a news article - should be paraphrased in a NPOV. Inline link should be ref/noted or similar
- Other sources have testimonials from women who have received successful predictions from the test. "I would recommend the Baby Gender Mentor test to my friends and family," says one customer of The Pregnancy Store.
- No need for the quote, and the link should be ref/noted or similar
Take care! Ryan Norton T | @ | C 09:59, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
- Thank you both for your great advice! I will try to implement these changes. BTW, how do I do "ref/noted" links - is there a how-to page on making those type of notes? Thanks again, Johntex\talk 14:00, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
- Check out Wikipedia:Footnote3. CDC (talk) 17:35, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
A good company article should talk about things like corporate structure, funding sources, marketing, market share, manufacturing, corporate policies, corporate vision and corporate strategy as well as include the Infobox_Company template. This article doesn't talk about any of those things and I have a feeling that's not really the direction you want to take the article. So rather than call the article Acu-gen move it to something like Baby Gender Mentor (the product's trademark) and just talk about the product. Also be careful in your writing, Acu-Gen always writes its name with a capital "G" and for that reason so should you. Leaving a redirect from Acu-gen to this new page is fine though. Cedars 09:27, 1 October 2005 (UTC)