User talk:Laura Wingerd

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Your edits to Perforce
Hi Laura. I notice you've been making some extensive edits to our Perforce article. Your contributions to the encyclopedia are welcome, but please take note of our policy regarding conflict of interest. I know you mean well, but it is extremely difficult for somebody to fully embrace our neutral point of view policy when editing articles about a company they are closely associated with. For that reason, edits such as yours are strongly discouraged.

I also work for a company which has a Wikipedia article about it; I studiously avoid editing that article, precisely to avoid any possible conflict of interest issues. I hope you continue to contribute to Wikipedia, but I also hope you find other articles to edit. Thanks. -- RoySmith (talk) 04:01, 14 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Hi Roy. Yes, I am sensitive to COI issue. There is a fine line between promotion and subject matter expertise, and I am cleaving to the latter. I count on you and others in the community to noodge me if I stray across the line. (And thanks for your mop-up edits, btw.)


 * As for editing other articles... Well, there aren't that many things about which I know more than (or even as much as) anyone else. I am a one-trick pony, I'm afraid. I just hope that what little I can contribute is actually useful to people seeking to learn about it. --- Laura Wingerd (talk) 22:07, 3 January 2008 (UTC)