User talk:Jgreager4

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Boston Dynamics
Please do not add highly promotional content referenced to the company's own website. Do not use social media sites like LinkedIn as references. Please read the Neutral Pont of view, which is a core content policy. Cullen328 (talk) 22:44, 5 August 2022 (UTC)
 * You added a sentence "The vision for LS3 is to combine the capabilities of a pack mule with the intelligence of a trained animal." A pack mule is an intelligent trained animal. "Vision" in this context is promotional labguage. You need to do better with your writing. Cullen328 (talk) 22:57, 5 August 2022 (UTC)
 * okay I'll change it, also were you the one who rolled back my edits? I'm doing a school project and I don't see why you rolled back all the stuff I added? I don't think it seemed "promotional" just because I got a majority of it off of their website. I can easily rewrite it but I don't see how it's fair to keep information taken from the companies Linkedin, but not articles found within their website that were written with accurate information? I understand fixing writing mistakes but I'm put at a loss now. Jgreager4 (talk) 23:05, 5 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Remove all references to LinkedIn and other social media websites. They are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia except in very limited circumstances. An acceptable Wikipedia article about a company summarizes what reliable sources that are entirely independent of the company say about the company. Articles about companies are not supposed to be promotional brochures. They are supposed to be neutral. Yes, I removed all that marketing language you wrote. is overt marketing language. You are writing about the LS3 using a ten year old source as if it is current. The LS3 was canceled in 2015. You need to step up your game. Cullen328 (talk) 23:38, 5 August 2022 (UTC)
 * okay I understand what you mean, but cant I use the listed specs of the robots that are given right on the front page? Some of the stuff you deemed "Marketing Language" was just taken right from the features list. I get getting rid of the accomplishments of the bots and using info from other sources, but I feel that no other source can explain a bots function better than the very people who made them. Also you need to do better with your rollbacks. My Handle info was completely separate from the Boston Dynamics website or socials. Jgreager4 (talk) 00:12, 6 August 2022 (UTC)
 * No, you cannot take the "features list" from the company website. The very idea of a "features list" is a promotional concept. You need to summarize what independent robotics journals and business publications say about this company and their products. If people want to read what the company says about itself and its products, they can go to the company website. That is not the purpose of this encyclopedia. Cullen328 (talk) 00:28, 6 August 2022 (UTC)
 * As for your edit about the Handle robot, it included That is very far from encyclopedic language. It is marketing language. Cullen328 (talk) 00:39, 6 August 2022 (UTC)