User:MaryGaulke/sandbox/Foursquare requests

Hi! Foursquare has hired me to request some updates to this page. The requests are primarily oriented around shifting this article's focus from the Foursquare app alone to the entirety of Foursquare Labs, Inc. I'm also suggesting that a lot of unsourced/non-notable material be removed.

I've mocked up all the edits in my sandbox here, and a mockup with all changes highlighted/struck through is here.

Here's a recap of the changes I'm suggesting:

Lead

 * FYI, I updated the logo to a more recent version.
 * 1) Overhauling the infobox from the infobox dotcom-company template (which redirects to the infobox website template) to the infobox company template. This involved removing some parameters and adding a few others. Sources for the new information are in my mockups.
 * 2) Updating the lead to reflect the revised body of the article. Notably, I removed a reference to the Foursquare app making recommendations based on users' purchases, which is inaccurate. I also moved some detail into the History section and deleted a paragraph that I think contained excessive detail.
 * 3) Adding synopsis of the company's recent history and newer enterprise products to reflect updated article body.

History

 * 1) Placing the History section immediately after the lead, as is standard for most similar articles.
 * 2) Fleshing out the early history of the company and removing unsourced and/or extraneous information.
 * 3) Correcting detail around the Foursquare City Guide 8.0 and adding ref.
 * 4) Moving the "2012 redesign" subsection of the History section to the Features (now Consumer products) section, since it focuses primarily on the City Guide app's features.
 * 5) Renaming the "2017" subsection to "2015 to present" and adding details on newer enterprise products and other recent developments.

Consumer products

 * 1) New section encompassing the "Features" and "Swarm" section as subsections, with the "Features" subsection renamed to "Foursquare City Guide."
 * 2) Deleting some excessive and/or unsourced detail (including the "Cross-site linking" subsection) and adding some refs.
 * 3) In the Foursquare City Guide subsection, combining several short sections into a bulleted list in a new "Features" subsection.
 * 4) Integrating some items from the "Other features" section into the "Foursquare City Guide" subsection, since the original article has "Features" and "Other features" sections, and if you ask me, that's a bit peculiar.
 * 5) Shortening the "Availability" section and making it part of the "Foursquare City Guide" subsection.
 * 6) Removing excessive detail from the "Superusers" section and adding some refs and context.
 * 7) Adding refs and detail to the "Former features" section and deleting some inaccurate information.
 * 8) Integrating the "Partnerships" section into the "Former features" subsection and deleting most of it – I considered it excessively detailed.
 * 9) Integrating "Specials" subsection of "Other features" into the "Former features" subsection, updating details, and removing extraneous, unsourced information.
 * 10) Adding "Marsbot" subsection.

Enterprise products

 * 1) All-new section with subsections for newer enterprise products, organized in chronological order of release.

Other features

 * 1) Moving two subsections from this, "Super Users" and "Specials", into the "Foursquare City Guide" subsection, as described above.
 * 2) Deleting the other four subsections entirely. The new "Places API" subsection covers the same ground as "Foursquare API" with more accurate details and better sources. "Foursquare for business" was barely sourced, and the new "Enterprise products" section covers the same ground better. "Brands" and "Cross-site linking" are, in my opinion, simply excessive detail, and don't have much in the way of sources.

Funding

 * 1) Adding a little more detail and a few refs.

Awards

 * 1) Renaming to "Recognition" – more accurate and hopefully a bit more neutral.
 * 2) Deleting a few less notable items and adding some more recent items.

Privacy

 * 1) Minor capitalization and punctuation fixes.
 * 2) Adding a brief note on the privacy policy's evolution since 2012 (the last noted update currently in the article).

Due to my COI, I won't be editing the article directly. As always, I greatly appreciate any help or feedback. Thank you!