Talk:Tern (company)

Edit request

COI disclosure
I am currently employed by Tern Bicycles, and my goal is to make the Tern article more objective in order to fit Wikipedia's standards.

Why I'm doing this
Because our current page is very subjective and reads like a press release. Both myself and the company understand that this is inappropriate.

REMOVAL REQUESTS

• "Tern is a privately held company that designs, manufactures, markets, and sells versatile bikes for everyday use."

1. Remove the word "versatile".
2. Reason: "Versatile" is a subjective word.

• "In 2013, the company secured from private investors US$4.3 million in funding, which the company will use to accelerate global expansion and to ramp up its product development."

1. Remove "which the company will use to accelerate global expansion and to ramp up its product development".
2. Reason: The events described already happened. What remains is the fact that the funding was received. Alternatively, the verb tense could be changed from "will use" to "has used", or something similar.

• Awards section:

1. Remove the entire section.
2. Reason: The awards were given to the products, not to the company. Information about awards granted to bikes/accessories is likely irrelevant to those looking for more information about the company itself.

• Advocacy and Events section:

1. Remove the entire section.
2. Reason: The entire section reads like a press release.

• Press section:

1. Remove the entire section.
2. Reason: The entire section reads like a press release.

CHANGE REQUESTS

• "The company's primary products include folding bicycles and cycling accessories,"

1. Add ebikes (electric bicycles) to the list: "The company's primary products include folding bicycles, electric bicycles, and cycling accessories,"
2. Reason: Tern has several ebikes now.
3. Source: Our worldwide webpage with all ebike models.

• "Though founded only in 2011, the company's bikes have already received a number of international design awards, including iF and Red Dot awards."

1. Change to "The company was founded in 2011, and its products have received a number of international design awards, including iF and Red Dot awards."
2. Reason: The original sentence is subjective and implies the company has performed better than others during its first years.

MORE COMPLEX REQUESTS

• In the History section:

1. Remove the Launch and Shows subsections
2. Replace the two subsections with a simple paragraph, such as: "Tern held an international press conference on June 18, 2011 to announce their launch in Taipei, Taiwan. The company then debuted its products to the general public at the Eurobike tradeshow in August 2011 in Friedrichshafen, Germany."
3. Reason: The original subsections were extremely subjective and focused on positive media reaction.

• In the Products section:

1. Remove all subsections (Bikes, Accessories, Technologies)
2. Replace the three subsections with a descriptive paragraph of the current product line, such as "Tern currently has eight bike lines: GSD, Vektron, Verge, Link, Eclipse, Node, Joe, and Roji. Each bike line offers different models with different specs. Tern also has an accessory lineup, which includes its sister brand BioLogic."
3. Source: Tern's 8 bike lineups
4. Source: Tern's accessories
5. Source: BioLogic, which is also a part of Mobility Holdings, Ltd.

EXTRA REQUEST

• Controversy section:

1. The information repeats what is already mentioned briefly under History. If possible, remove at least one occurrence.
2. Reason: The content reads like a press release, though one written by Dahon instead of Tern.
3. Reason: While it's certainly acceptable to mention this controversy, there's no need to mention it twice in the same article.

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NOTE

These are merely suggestions, as I do not intend to edit the article myself. I am, of course, open to other suggestions, and to clarify anything to the best of my abilities. Thanks! — TaipeiCyclist (talk) 04:14, 15 June 2018 (UTC)

Reply 15-JUN-2018

 Revisions completed.

1. A substantive revision of the article has been completed. The requests made above along with several other changes have been implemented.
2. Parts of the text which were additionally found to be insufficiently paraphrased from the source material were removed.
3. The criticism section was renamed and compacted for conciseness.
4. The Advertisement maintenance template was removed.

Regards,  spintendo  06:47, 15 June 2018 (UTC)