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@ Sharp-shinned.hawk: Thank you for writing this article. Overall I think you did a great job. I know a little bit about this topic from Tim Wu's book The Master Switch, and I added a paragraph about Hush-A-Phone to the Leo Beranek article awhile ago, so I was thrilled to see a full article about the company.
Have you considered nominating this article to appear in the "Did you know" section of Wikipedia's home page? This is a space for articles that have recently been created or expanded. More information is available at WP:DYK. I'd be happy to nominate the article for you if you'd like, but you'd have to decide within the next five days, as there's a time limit on when new articles can be nominated.
One issue that I see with the article is that there's some original research involving the use of classified ads. Generally we don't use primary sources to draw conclusions that aren't in those sources. We try to summarize what reliable secondary sources say about a topic. So, we generally wouldn't draw conclusions about a company's health or activity level by looking at its advertisements - we'd rely on a historian or a newspaper reporter to do that and then summarize their conclusions. However, overall I think it's a great contribution to the encyclopedia. Please let me know if I can be of any assistance. GabrielF ( talk) 02:15, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
On one hand, this paragraph just seems to present bald facts, on the other, one might question why it's included unless the reader is meant to form conclusions. So: is it original research? Are some of the facts more relevant to leave in than others?
Sharp-shinned.hawk ( talk) 16:08, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
An interesting article, but the big question not even mentioned. Was it just snake oil? Baska436 ( talk) 03:50, 15 January 2015 (UTC)
I agree that more information about the actual Hush-a-Phone design and function should be provided. A significant amount of this article seems to be focused on the frequent relocations of the company office rather than the product. Packlad ( talk) 10:38, 15 January 2015 (UTC)
I agree. I would have liked to know how the device worked. Also, the significance of the case as legal precedent is alluded to but never explained. Peezy1001 ( talk) 11:20, 15 January 2015 (UTC)
Agree. Did it work, and if so, how? One can make guesses from the picture alone but more info would be helpful. Also, I too don't see the relevance of how often the company moved or the distance from one office to the next. 129.219.155.89 ( talk) 18:12, 15 January 2015 (UTC)
The January 28, 1922 issue of American Stationer and Office Supplier (vol. 90, no. 4) has an ad on p. 2 for a "whispering mouthpiece" from Colytt Laboratories in Chicago (at the bottom right of the page). Roches ( talk) 22:41, 5 May 2015 (UTC)