Talk:Torrens University Australia

Update content on Torrens University Australia summary content - i'm a rep from the uni

Hello, My name is janine and I work for Torrens University Australia. I'd like to update the content in the summary page and enquire about getting editing access to this. Please feel free to email at janine.marin@tua.edu.au. The copy we'd like updated is below and references/citations are included in the HTML

'''Torrens University Australia''' is the first comprehensive [[university]] established in Australia in more than 20 years. It is located in [[Adelaide]], [[South Australia]] <ref>http://www.tua.edu.au/about-us/news/australia’s-40th-comprehensive-university-open-for-business/</ref>. As Australia’s 40th comprehensive University, Torrens University Australia aims to deliver an innovative environment for learning, scholarship, and research that is culturally diverse, career-oriented, and with a distinctive global perspective. Offering a range of undergraduate, post graduate and research by higher degree programs - for study on-campus, online or a mix of both depending on the program selected -Torrens is a part of Laureate International Universities, a leading international network of over 72 innovative higher education institutions - teaching more than 780,000 students in 30 countries and online<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tua.edu.au/about-us/news/australia’s-40th-comprehensive-university-open-for-business/|publisher=Torrens University}}</ref>. It is Australia's third [[private university]].<ref name="Adel19Oct11"/><ref name="Adel14Dec12">{{cite news|url=http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/torrens-university-australia-to-attract-spanish-south-american-students/story-e6frea6u-1226536401466|title=Torrens University Australia to attract Spanish, South American students|publisher=Adelaide Advertiser|date=14 December 2012}}</ref>

Can you please contact me - thank you. J9 83 (talk) 00:56, 28 July 2014 (UTC)

Hi Janine, as the editor who reverted the original addition of the text to the article (made by an anonymous IP), the reason I gave then was on copyright grounds, since the text was directly lifted from Torrens University's website.

However there are other basic Wikipedia (WP) principles at stake here. While there is no need to "ask for editing access" (after all anyone can, and indeed is freely encouraged to, become an editor) there is a WP policy of no paid advocacy according to which you would be considered to have a conflict of interest in editing this article. WP is also not to be used for promotion, and the copy you provided above contains what, according to the WP's manual of style, might be considered "peacock terms", the use of which is also strongly discouraged. Cheers, Bahudhara (talk) 03:43, 28 July 2014 (UTC)

Hi Bahudhara

Hi Bahudhara, Can you please clarify if you are the owner of this page? Also, do all changes go though you to approve before shooing online?

J9 83 (talk) 03:59, 28 July 2014 (UTC)

Hi J9 83, no-one owns articles on Wikipedia - I just happened to be the first editor to respond. as the article is on my watchlist. Cheers, Bahudhara (talk) 04:21, 28 July 2014 (UTC)

COI concerns

This article seems to be in a fairly poor state and has been since at least 2014. As can be observed above and in the page history, there is a very obvious COI here and promotional language is spread throughout the article, which reads more like advertising material than anything else. This will necessitate a far more substantial re-write than I am able to commit to at the moment.
5225_C (talk • contributions) 12:39, 5 October 2021 (UTC)