== Dear Dick == 

 Dear Dick, 

 I am sure you had the best intentions, but I believe you removed a post of mine tonight under false pretenses. 

 You appear to be monitoring the page on computer mice (peripherals) and messaged me stating:  Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" are against Wikipedia policy and not permitted.  
 I didn't post advertising, I posted an unbiased report on a mouse-type that was not covered in the article - a new type of mouse that emits infraed waves and creates heat.  It has been sited through multiple sources that the warmth generated and infrared waves can create relief from RSI, arthritis and a symptom many older people suffer from called chronic cold hands, which is linked to vascular problems.  I'm a bit disappointed that you felt the authority was yours to simply remove this - it was not a political or advertisement "soapbox" and is information I believe people should be informed of in an unbiased manner, of which I attempted to do by creating the post. 

 I noticed you are doing research on computer graphics.  That's also an area close to my heart.  My name is Erick and I worked at Disney in Los Angeles managing the technology department for a while and we worked with Disney's research arm which funded many research organizations, including Jessica Hodgin's graphics team at CMU, Jessica is an amazing researcher, great stuff - I'm also a member of the ACM, a member of the Unified Jury for Siggraph, and also regularly present at Siggraph, you can see some of my published work here:  http://portal.acm.org/author_page.cfm?id=81442598103 At any rate, I really think the work you're doing is cool and also think it's great that you are moderating a wonderful site such as wikipedia, but still don't think removing my post was fair or of just cause. 

 Can you please tell me, one more time, why you felt the need to remove the content I posted about a new type of computer mouse - a heated infrared mouse that is NOT already mentioned on the computer mouse page  when the page is filled with mentions of products and company names, and this new computer mouse has beneficial property that has the potential to help people who are suffering from ailments and deserve to know about it?  If it was an advertisement or a political statement, fine, but I simply posted a few sentences mentioning the mouse and the company that pioneered & owns the patent on it.  What is the harm or need in you jumping in and moderating that?   

 Is this site really some sort of a scam that doesn't care about real benefits to people where only the big companies like Logitech and Apple are allowed to be mentioned in the text?  I thought this site was all about freedom of information that is beneficial to people.  The mouse has been featured on the news and on many tech blogs if you would prefer I link to those?  I just don't understand. 

 Thanks, 
 Erick