Talk:Strapping

COI acknowledgment

I want to be upfront that I do work for a strapping company, so if any of my edits are questionable please revert them, however I don't plan on POV pushing or advertising anything here. I'll see what I can contribute here in the near future. Wizard191 (talk) 00:30, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

Citations

I have removed company web pages. Sources should be published material such as books, tech journals, trade journals, etc. Please review Reliable Sources and Spam WK pages. Pkgx (talk) 22:05, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

I'm not completely sure I buy that the links I provided are not RS. Signode is a reputable strapping company. I've linked other commercial websites legitimately, such as McMaster-Carr (here) and nyrstar (here). Journals and books on the topic are on short supply, so there are not many published sources available. Wizard191 (talk) 22:20, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

It is not a question of being a reputable company. The problem is with linking to a web site that a company offers to sell their products.

Certainly there have been semi-technical articles in trade journals (not sales pieces) that could be referenced. What about published presentations to trade associations and conferences? I do not think a source requires referee status but it should be published with a date and an author. Pkgx (talk) 18:32, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

Not all references need authors or publication dates. Lots of sources are just websites with neither. While I agree that publications are better, WP:RS does not state that an author or date are required. Wizard191 (talk) 21:47, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

Image

The image of a table top strapping machine raises questions. It is great to have pictures of machinery: they add to the article. This one, however, seems to be very commercial with too much advertising. Does someone have another image we can use here? Rlsheehan (talk) 21:29, 24 July 2010 (UTC)

I can take pictures of some of the ones we have at work, without the advertising (most of our equipment doesn't even have our name on it). Note that there is a large variety of types and they most definitely don't all look like the one pictured. Wizard191 (talk) 22:40, 24 July 2010 (UTC)

I am looking forward to your pictures. Rlsheehan (talk) 15:42, 3 August 2010 (UTC)