Talk:Bell Pottinger/Archives/2017

Redraft for review
Hi – this article suffers from quite a number of issues largely relating to balance and accuracy. Many of the references to the various divisions within the company are out of date and the Criticisms section is inappropriately long, containing some lengthy quotes. The Criticism section together with the Notable clients section make the whole article very unwieldy and altogether too long for a company of Bell Pottinger's size. I've prepared a shorter redraft that I hope is more proportionate, accurate and up-to-date – see here. Let me know what you think. Please note my COI – as per my user page, I work for Bell Pottinger. Thanks. Jthomlinson1 (talk) 13:09, 25 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Hi there. It is not recommended for editors with a COI to propose major rewrites of the articles that they are connected to. What is also alarming is that you wish to shorten the Criticism section (which may allow for unwanted content to the company to be removed). Due to the nature of the proposed changes, you will have to submit a more detailed proposal (write down the exact changes that you wish to make, for example, change the X number of employees to Y, providing relevant sources and a reason for each of the changes). The proposal in its current form cannot be accepted. Oh, and this (retrieved from the article) seems interesting: "The Daily Telegraph reported that Wikipedia user accounts linked to Bell Pottinger had been suspended for making biased alterations to Wikipedia entries". Regards, VB00 (talk) 17:18, 1 January 2017 (UTC)

logo
I noticed that the logo being used in this article is outdated. note the logos being used here: http://bellpottinger.com/ and https://twitter.com/BellPottinger?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor MeropeRiddle (talk) 20:47, 30 March 2017 (UTC)

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MBO
I googled this term and it seems to most commonly refer to "management by objectives," which does not seem fitting here. I expect it is some other business jargon, but for a general audience (myself, at any rate) this is unclear. I've requested clarification on the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:184:4980:102C:C8A1:4833:9CBB:95B8 (talk) 09:21, 8 September 2017 (UTC)
 * According to the MBO disambiguation page it's 'Management buyout' - I've added an internal link in the article for clarity. JezGrove (talk) 09:33, 8 September 2017 (UTC)