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August 2012

Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username (Cleantechcompany) may not meet Wikipedia's username policy because it promotes a company. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. As an alternative, you may ask for a change of username, or you may simply create a new account for editing. Thank you. Electric Catfish 00:38, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

I think that this is a newbie who was just being very forthright about their affiliation, and not being promotional. Please don't bite. Sincerely, North8000 (talk) 00:18, 11 August 2012 (UTC)

Hi Guys, My name is Stan Eyler and I am the person that invented Head Cleaning Cards used to clean Credit Card Readers, POS Terminals, Thermal Printers and Currency Validators. I literally started the industry in 1983, having already patented a Head Cleaning Diskette for Floppy Disk Drives. I have been in the Cleaning Products Industry since 1981. If you visit my website www.cleantechcorp.com and click on technology, you will see my various US Patents and the timeline history of my inventions. I mention this so that you know I am credible. You will also see the first pages of some of my patents.

My history is this - invented Head Cleaning Cards in 1983 when I was the CEO of Head Computer Products, defunct in 1989. Invented Dollar Bill Reader Cleaning Cards (Currency Validator Cleaning Cards) in 1985 and Fax Cleaning Sheets / Copier Cleaning Sheets/ Shredder Cleaning Sheets. Thermal Printer Cleaning Cards in 1989. Started Clean Team in 1990. Invented the Cleaning Pen in 1992 (before the Tide Pen). In 1995, hired a die cutter by the name of Enefco and in 1997, Enefco liked our idea so much, they competed against us. Ouch! The person that wrote the article that is currently posted works at Enefco (KIC Team) and has no idea about the history or how cleaning cards were developed or even when. Good try but he is way off the mark, in some instances by 8 years.

I came down with cancer in 1993 and took a long leave of absence from Clean Team to concentrate on health issues. In 1997, we (Clean Team was a family business though sole ownership remained with my father) sold Clean Team to Enefco. I have been recovering and feel well enough now to get back in the industry, so I started Clean Tech Cleaning Cards. I am already filing for new patents and wanted to let everybody know the real history since the person that wrote the cleaning cards for wiki was not even in the industry for the first 20 years. He is a newbee.

If you wish to contact me, kindly let me know. Most people in the industry know me or have heard of me so they can vouch for my background. Everything I speak / write, is 100% accurate and while the "other company" may not like the fact that I am back in business, I tell it like it is. I first became interested in the industry in 1975 at Hofstra and would have stayed had it not been for a computer professor telling me there isn't any software available. Still bitten by the bug, I bought an Apple II Plus - no hard drive in 1980, and then patented a cleaning disk for it which at the same time being the first person to create colored (red, blue, etc.) floppy disks (can't get a patent on color or size). Cleaning cards were a natural transition from floppy disk drive cleaning diskettes (they both clean magnetic transducer heads).

That's my story. If you wish to help wiki and keep cleaning cards completely accurate, then I am the source. If you feel that I am promoting myself, well, OK, maybe a little because I believe in naming names. If someone does something, then state that. If they make a mistake, there is no point in disparaging them. I have developed / invented approximately 1000 products and dare say flopped in thousands more...but then again, and what encouraged me to not be afraid to fail was I had heard that a great baseball hitter only hits 3 out of 10 for a .3000 average. OK, I can miss hit that many times too or maybe more.

Thanks for your time and sorry about my being so scriptically verbose. Stan Eyler

Hi Stan,

Thank you so much for all of that great info and background. I don't think that there is any question about your credibility then or now. Wikipedia takes some getting used to in several areas. Roughly speaking, everything must be sourcable to third party sources. For example, if Albert Einstein came along, he would not be allowed to write about his life nor the theory of relativity from personal knowledge. He would have to write from sources (such as a biography about him or one of his books) and if someone asked for sourcing on anything he wrote he would have to cite it to one of those sources and show that the source supports what he wrote. So, while the info that you just gave us is useful in many respects, whatever we put in Wikipedia would need to have a source. I'd be happy to help with anything that you have sources for. Sincerely, North8000 (talk) 15:25, 15 August 2012 (UTC)

Your comments at cleaning card article

Wikipedia can be complicated for new folks. You should find a published source that supports what you said. And then write something to me here or at the article (I'll keep an eye on those 2 places) and let me help you put it in. Sincerely, North8000 (talk) 00:21, 11 August 2012 (UTC)