User talk:Margarete Platzer

July 2019
Hello, I'm Edible Melon. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions to Polarimeter have been undone because they appeared to be promotional. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" are against Wikipedia policy and not permitted; Wikipedia articles should be written objectively, using independent sources, and from a neutral perspective. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. Edible Melon (talk) 10:04, 25 July 2019 (UTC)

Hello Edible Melon,

This is understandable. But the picture in the article is similar to what I posted, just older and not state-of-the art. What do you suggest? Regards, Margarete


 * Hello. Please sign your comments on talk pages with ~ (a signature will be substituted). What worries me much more is that you added a seemingly inappropriate link to the manufacturer's website in the description. Are you somehow related to the company? Edible Melon (talk) 14:35, 25 July 2019 (UTC)

Hello Edible Melon, what better reference link would you suggest for a picture of an instrument than the manufacturer website? This is the origin. Everything else would not be correct. Yes, I am somehow related to this company but I am also a scientist and polarimeter specialist. I know what kind of polarimeters are used in universities and in different industries. What worries me is that the picture, which is shown as an example for a polarimeter, is also commercial (there is also a link to this manufacturers website). But the picture we can see now is an old-fashioned one that is not really used anymore, this is why I wanted to update it. Margarete Platzer (talk) 08:11, 26 July 2019 (UTC)


 * Hello. Are you employed by them or being paid to edit? I am definitely not a scientist nor a polarimeter specialist. In fact, it appears like the old picture of a polarimeter was added by a purely promotional editor (all edits I looked into mention the same company, has uploaded a bunch of related pictures). I don't think it was necessary to add a link to the description. Edible Melon (talk) 10:01, 26 July 2019 (UTC)