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Thermochron article[edit]
Dear Excirial,
You stated that the term appears to be coined by a company for a specific product. My point exactly! Their product "ibutton" is a thermochron, and they are clever enough to trademark the term thermochron. However, I believe the term is general enough to apply to any device which measures temperature and stores the information over time. Hence, the article, in encyclopedic fashion, describes the device "type". I agree that Maxim, having trademarked the term, is clever in protecting their interests. However the term will be generally available to the population at large, and I even thought it was strange that there was no such definition in the encyclopedia.
Take for example the term "computer" which describes a device which "computes." At some point, some company may have tried to trademark or copyright that term, and in today's legalistic environment, they may just be allowed to do it. I think the term "thermochron" is general enough to be relevant in any discussion over the measurement of temperature, same as the term "parachute" would be to describe skydiving, as it's derived from other words. Should we wait until the trademark expires to explain to the populous what "thermochron" means?
Thanks for your patience and review.
Best Regards, DWMoonan (DWMoonan (talk) 06:30, 14 January 2013 (UTC))
- Hello there DWMoonan,
- There is no need to wait until the trademark expires before one can create an article about a certain term. What is necessarily, however, is demonstrating that the term is used by the general populace as opposed to be a buzzword made by a single company. Take for example the Google (verb) article, which details the use of the word "Google" as a synonym for "Searching information on the internet". Google itself may be a company and still hold the trademark, but the word became so commonly used that it changed into a homonym.
- So if you intend to write the article about the word as opposed to writing about the product, you would have to find reliable sources that are independent of Maxim that display that the term is used for more then just "their" range of products. Excirial (Contact me,Contribs) 20:08, 14 January 2013 (UTC)
Thank You, Excirial,
What an excellent process we have here! Sincerely thanks for the feedback. I understand your point. I have removed the references to a specific company, and included several references which are independent. I have found some other references in publication[1] [2] [3] , but have not had time yet to add them. Please continue to assist, as I hope to make this an interesting contribution. I will continue to revise, and hope it eventually passes muster. I will also work on the structure of the references to make them more suitable. This is my first article, and a practice one, so I hope to learn more about the subtleties.
Sincerely, DWMoonan (talk) 04:10, 17 January 2013 (UTC)
Your submission at Articles for creation[edit]
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