Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tetrasil

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The result was delete. JForget 02:10, 14 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Tetrasil[edit]

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Tetrasil is a non-notable commercial product. The article itself is difficult to evaluate because it is so poorly written. The product is described as "Tetra-Silver Tetra-Oxide", but the active ingredient is described as colloidal silver. From a chemist's perspective, I'm not sure these two things are even necessarily the same thing. The two sources listed do not refer to "Tetrasil" or to "Tetra-Silver Tetra-Oxide", but only to colloidal silver. The appeal to watch a Google video for additional information does not inspire further confidence. In short, there doesn't appear to be anything of value to this article beyond content that is already at the existing articles on medical uses of silver. ChemNerd (talk) 18:54, 7 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Commercial alternative remedy and is not notable.--Literaturegeek | T@1k? 01:25, 8 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment A google search for "tetrasil" provides about 13,700 results. It does appear to be a valid product that's available on the market, but also appears to be a scam and not an FDA-approved drug. Some of the links are to a similarly-named product known as terrasil. Either way, the article in its present state is a poorly-written piece of garbage, and most likely a promotional piece for the product's inventor. If it is kept, it needs serious revision. WTF? (talk) 04:12, 8 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Medicine-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 01:34, 8 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Weak delete Colloidal silver is not the same as Ag₄O₄^4– (CID 44150047 from PubChem). The article is promotional and cites no reliable sources. If it is retained, it would have to be rewritten completely (including a discussion on the off-worldish claims that it could cure AIDS and cancer) and moved to Tetrasilver tetraoxide. However, I could find no evidence that this substance is notable. One possibly relible source is http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.1517/13543776.15.2.125, but I don't have access to this article. --ἀνυπόδητος (talk) 07:54, 8 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I am able to access the article that you link. Thanks for finding it. There is a section titled "Multivalent silver compounds" in this review that does mention Ag4O4 and related oxides. However, it does not mention Tetrasil. From reading this section, I feel there might be an article to be written about tetrasilver tetraoxide as you suggest, or at least something that could be added about it to the article medical uses of silver, but I still don't see anything notable about Tetrasil itself. ChemNerd (talk) 12:56, 8 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Advertising. JFW | T@lk 22:53, 8 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - clearly advertising --Orange Mike | Talk 13:24, 9 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - dishonest advertising; claims cannot be traced to or run counter to sources; recommend applying the WP:Snowball clause. Novangelis (talk) 20:57, 9 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.