User talk:Mattmacinnis

Edits to Inkling
Hello Matt! I noticed that you made a few edits to the article on Inkling. The most recent edits involve the number of employees. While I have no doubt that the number is correct and more recent than the one that was there, my understanding is that one of the core principles of Wikipedia is to avoid original research. See WP:NOR for details. As I understand it, this means that all information should be referenced. Further, all information should be referenced to a secondary source. (See WP:Secondary. I see some very non-controversial information referenced to primary sources in other articles, but even that's frowned on. So I will revert the edits on number of employees. If you have more recent information that is confirmed by a secondary source, please feel free to note this on the article's Talk page, or to put the information on my Talk page (link below). I would be happy to review the information against my knowledge of the rules here and make the appropriate edits.

I recommend against any information to this article yourself, and here's why - Wikipedia also has as a core principle that articles should be written from a neutral point of view. (See Neutral point of view and Conflict of interest). So if you are the CEO of Inkling, it would be much better for you to note the information on the Talk page for the article, so that neutral editors can make any appropriate edits. (If you are not the CEO of Inkling, then your user name may be a problem - let me know if that's the case.) Even if your edits are absolutely accurate and neutral, editing with an undeclared conflict of interest will hurt the credibility of the article.

Of course, I hope that you will continue to add to other articles on Wikipedia! Please let me know if you have any questions. - James James Cage (talk) 13:47, 8 February 2014 (UTC)


 * I'm still pretty new here. You may also want to try the Teahouse, a forum on Wikipedia for new editors to ask questions about editing Wikipedia, and get support from peers and experienced editors. But as I said, I'm happy to help (and I have some knowledge of this article from having edited it in the past). Best - James James Cage (talk) 13:54, 8 February 2014 (UTC)