Mwp42881

Greenberg Traurig

You asked for my views on the above article and why in particular I had added the advert tag. I am happy to advise and to try and work towards a more balanced article.

However, there are two issues that I believe need straightening out:

1. You appear from your edits to be solely associated with one topic - Greenberg Traurig and people associated with the firm. In Wikipedia this is generally a strong signal that the editor has a potential conflict of interest. Please would you review the conflict of interest guidelines before editing further or responding to this message.
2. Had it not been for the controversy section, I would have rated the article as non-notable and would have marked it for speedy deletion. Few companies or law practices are notable according to the Wikipedia guidelines and a number of articles about legal and financial companies, partnership and firms have recently been deleted because they fail the notability test.

With those points in mind, it is worth re-reading the article as if you were a sceptical foreign national living in a country remote from the USA and ask "how relevant is this to an encyclopaedia - or are they just trying to make themselves look good? ". Using that test I would remove or very greatly shorten the following sections:

• Diversity - probably all should go
• Pro Bono - all or almost all should go
• Most of the Rankings section
• Chambers and Partners - should go
• Best Lawyers - should go
• Offices - should go (already summarised in lead)

I should stress this is my personal view, not a Wikipedia view but I have been an editor here for more than 6 years I hope that helps. I also hope that you may branch out into the more than 3 million other topics on the English Wikipedia and become a serious editor Regards  Velella  ^{Velella Talk}   15:34, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, Mwp42881. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about in the page Wealth-X, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a COI may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the COI guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:

• avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, company, organization or competitors;
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In addition, you must disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution which forms all or part of work for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation (see WP:PAID).

Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Special:Permalink/818786612 Cabayi (talk) 06:43, 26 June 2019 (UTC)