User talk:Tom at Elsevier
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[edit]Hello, ElsevierCorporate, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.
I noticed that one of the first articles you edited appears to be dealing with a topic with which you may have a conflict of interest. In other words, you may find it difficult to write about that topic in a neutral and objective way, because you are, work for, or represent, the subject of that article. Your recent contributions may have already been undone for this very reason.
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Username concerns
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Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "ElsevierCorporate", may not meet Wikipedia's username policy because it represents the company as a whole. Usernames may represent people, so something like User:Tom at Elsevier would comply with the policy (and disclose your conflict of interest). If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. As an alternative, you may ask for a change of username by completing this form, or you may simply create a new account for editing. Thank you. —C.Fred (talk) 14:51, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
It is appreciated that you went to the talk page first. However, I would strongly recommend that you follow best practices and refrain from editing Elsevier-related articles directly. Some of your first article edits are already problematic:
- You argued that "2collab does not merit mention in this intro". Fine, but while mentioning it in the lead section might be overemphasizing it, there is no reason to delete each and every mention of it. The article about 2collab still exists, and Wikipedia articles about companies record historical facts too instead of just promoting current products.
- You removed the citation of the New York Times article titled "Mathematicians Organize Boycott of a Publisher", replacing it with a publication of your company. This has already been reverted by another editor, who pointed out the value of independent coverage.
I do think that you are in a good position to help Wikipedians improve this article. But that's better done by suggesting updates and improvements on the talk page, not by making these edits yourself.