User talk:Epsos

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I see that you are already aware of WP:COI and that you get the idea already, I just post the template so it can be said that you have seen it, and so you can follow the recommended links. --Enric Naval (talk) 16:20, 7 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment on writing an article[edit]

(comes from Talk:Health_informatics#Conflict_of_Interest)

Your about page says that it's organized by "27 beneficiaries representing twelve EU-member states, including ministries of health, national competence centres and numerous companies", it was presented at the eHealth Conference 2008 [1] and your press section has a few good sources, specially [2] which cites a source that is external to the company, concretely the "European Commission director general in charge of information society and media" (some of the other sources appear to quote mostly representatives of the company or be taken from press releases, and I'm not knowledgeable enough in that field to evaluate is being published in those publications is an indication of notability).

You should start thinking in writing an article at European Patient Smart Open Services. Being, of course, extremely careful of using only WP:SECONDARY sources for the references (that's it, sourcing everything from the sources in your press section and making sure that the only link to your website consists in one link to your main page under the "External links" section, saying only "Official webpage"). And avoiding any marketing-speak like the plague, using only extremely neutral language. Making incidence in who is founding the project, and on who the organizers are. That being said, even if you write it very well the article might still be nominated for articles for deletion by someone, but I think that it has a good chance of survival given its pedigrí and sources.

Just some advice, sorry for the length of my comments. I filled your talk page a bit :) --Enric Naval (talk) 16:20, 7 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks a lot for your advice. I actually do intend to write an article about epSOS using press sources, and your pointers are extremely helpful. Thank you! In the long run, I also hope to be able help out on other EU-related pages with my background, especially regarding other Research / Policy Support Projects and the general structure of EU project financing. I feel it's extremely important to clarify how these processes work, since they have enormous influence on EU policy as a whole.

I am well aware that there's always the risk of deletion when there's a potential Conflict of Interest, but I hope that my approach (i.e. to make my involvement with the project clear and transparent) as well as the fact that it's a public project promoting the use of open standards mitigates that risk. I will be extra careful not to use marketing lingo once I take it upon myself to write the article. With regard to notability, I'm actually aware of a few extra mentions of epSOS beyond those currently in the press area, so I should be to provide lots empirical proof of the project's notability outside the project website itself. Thanks again for your suggestions and your support! Epsos (talk) 16:35, 7 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]