Sylvia Rosin
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editHello, Sylvia Rosin, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.
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before the question. Again, welcome! GermanJoe (talk) 20:58, 20 November 2017 (UTC)
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Hi GermanJoe,
Thanks for your message. How can I edit the update I made to the WalkMe page that adheres to Wikipedia's guidelines and standards? I am happy to change some of what I wrote.
Sylvia Rosin (talk) 10:05, 21 November 2017 (UTC)
- Wikipedia is not an advertising platform. Of the content you added, I can see about two sentences that might be suitable, the rest was promotional claptrap of the worst kind, and GermanJoe was absolutely correct to remove it. I would also add that if you are an employee of WalkMe, as would appear to be the case from your edits, then you are violating Wikipedia's Term of Use by your failure to disclose this, and unless you take steps to abide be the requirements here you will be blocked from editing altogether. Yunshui 雲水 16:27, 21 November 2017 (UTC)
- Hello Sylvia Rosin, agree with Yunshui. I'll add a few details, but most of this guidance is better explained in Wikipedia's core content guidelines: assuming you have a conflict of interest you should stick to edit requests on the article's talkpage Talk:WalkMe to suggest short neutral corrections based on reliable independent sources. I don't mean to sound rude, but trying to improve upon your reverted edit would not be productive - that content is simply not useable or salvageable in this form. As an encyclopedic project, Wikipedia is not interested in the company's self-description, indiscriminate product lists, business annoucements about the umpteenth funding, or news about the latest branche-internal PR award. This is all information, that a company circulates to promote itself and belongs on the company website or in trade magazines, but not on Wikipedia. A Wikipedia article should only provide an uninvolved and succinct encyclopedic overview of the most relevant facts. You should carefully read through guidance like WP:COI, WP:NPOV and WP:RS before making any further edits or edit requests. Hope that helps a bit. Best regards. GermanJoe (talk) 20:08, 21 November 2017 (UTC)
Hi GermanJoe,
I took your advice and requested an edit on the WalkMe Talk Page, and disclosed that I have a potential conflict of interest (although I'm not an official employee of the company). My main goal with the edits is to update the page with more recent information. The current page contains outdated information. I sincerely appreciate your feedback and I respect the integrity of Wikipedia as an encyclopedic source of information. I think my requested edits align with Wikipedia pages for other companies. You will see it is significantly pared down and not promotional.
Best, Sylvia Sylvia Rosin (talk) 10:10, 30 November 2017 (UTC)
Deletion discussion about Digital Adoption Platform
editHello, Sylvia Rosin,
I wanted to let you know that there's a discussion about whether Digital Adoption Platform should be deleted. Your comments are welcome at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Digital Adoption Platform .
If you're new to the process, articles for deletion is a group discussion (not a vote!) that usually lasts seven days. If you need it, there is a guide on how to contribute. Last but not least, you are highly encouraged to continue improving the article; just be sure not to remove the tag about the deletion nomination from the top.
Thanks,