Wikipedia:Editor review/Corporate Minion

Corporate Minion (talk · contribs · count) I am a frequent COI contributor looking to become a better writer, editor and community member Corporate 18:38, 3 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Questions

What are your primary contributions to Wikipedia? Are there any about which you are particularly pleased? Why?

My user page has a list of articles where I have contributed heavily as a volunteer and those as a COI. I contribute heavily to public relations and marketing topics, but intend to expand to business topics and large corporations as well, where I feel I can balance consumerist sentiment by being a more business-savvy editor. For example astroturfing had a markedly mainstream consumerist viewpoint focused on politicians, but I felt it would be better if it demonstrated the nuance and complexity of astroturfing and related regulations and ethics. The article on Credit Suisse needed a business savvy editor to capture the complexity of banking regulations, rather than simply portray them as a "bad bank" breaking the law, when it came to complex derivatives sold in Japan. I think Honeywell Aerospace is one of my better COI works, largely because Honeywell themselves are very easy-going and do not push for promotionalism. Same for the Public Interest Registry.

Have you been in editing disputes or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future? If you have never been in an editing dispute, explain how you would respond to one.

Silicon Image is a good example where I reached compromise with another editor, who wanted to have some kind of software bug reflected in the article where the only source was source-code and forums. The Talk page seemed to suggest this content was included to enact revenge against a COI that spammed the article with promotionalism. We came to a compromise. Where I get most frustrated is where I try to help someone with a COI, who is argumentative or edit-warring. I have tried to only help someone who appears to be open, humble and willing.

How do you want to improve?

The tone and style of my writing. I believe it is a correct criticism that I still write "like a PR person." Some of this is unavoidable, in particular where I have a COI and I am merely consulting, but I will work hard to improve nonetheless.

Civility: I think I often come off un-civil in modest and unintentional ways

Process: Where I have a COI, it is incredibly difficult to get things done following WP:BRIGHTLINE in a reasonably timely fashion. Should I escalate more? Ask nicer? Make shorter requests? Maybe I should escalate to COIN/OTRS more often.

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