User talk:McTours

February 2020
There have been two problems with this account: the account has been used for advertising or promotion, which is contrary to the purpose of Wikipedia, and your username indicates that the account represents a business or other organisation or group or a web site, which is also against policy, as an account must be for just one person. Because of those problems, the account has been blocked indefinitely from editing. Additionally, if you receive, or expect to receive, compensation for your contributions to Wikipedia, you must disclose who is paying you to edit.

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I'm struggling to understand how extensive details about other businesses are documented within Wikipedia yet I cannot provide information about my own company. As the business owner I am the best person to provide details about my company. It seems at odds that I would be permitted to provide potentially inaccurate details about other firms or likewise another could add details about my company that were inaccurate; how could I have this correct without being accused of having a conflict of interest? I thought the purpose of Wikipedia was to providing accurate details and those involved in the operation of a company are surely the best placed to provide such data.


 * It's very simple. Wikipedia does not accept advertising, and it places restrictions on editing by people who have a conflict of interest or are acting in a capacity where they are paid to edit, either directly or because they have a business interest in a topic. See WP:PAID and WP:COI, and see WP:CORP for the notability standards for businesses. See WP:V and WP:RS for sourcing requirements. Wikipedia relies on published sources in major publications and academic scholarship, in order to preserve a detached point of view and to ensure that subjects are sufficiently notable to have already attracted attention from independent media. It does not accept self-sourced or primary sourcing, which is subject to interpretation or self-interested points of view.  Acroterion   (talk)   15:57, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for that explanation. In light of your policy can I make a request, could someone write an article about motorcycle tour companies in general? There are many operating in this industry and some have a more unique proposition to others. The locations they tour and the way these businesses operate will differ greatly, the level of security afforded in protecting clients funds prior to the tour and risk assessments during the tour will also vary. It was one of my customers who suggested we should have a page on Wikipedia because he had found great variation in the quality of service he had experienced with the tour providers he had used over the years. He was surprised at the lengths we went to in providing insolvency protection, risk assessments etc. All of this was omitted in my initial post because I was trying not to make the post commercial. I think if you examine the propositions offered you will note the differences. I believe having detailed information from verified sources would greatly assist those seeking a motorcycle tour operator.


 * There is already an article on motorcycle touring. However, I am skeptical that the content could appropriately contain comparisons of the kind that you propose - that's more of a consumer advisory topic that is outside the scope of this project.  Acroterion   (talk)   13:03, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

Indeed there is and that article contains numerous links to publications and other sites related to the touring market. However, it is vague in how it presents different interpretations of motorcycle touring and it offer very little detail about business operating in the market and the services that might be available. I cannot make suggestions about which company you might chose to list without being accused of bias but it should not be hard to identify at least 20 tour operators each offering uniquely different propositions so that those considering say a structured and guided motorcycle tour get a different starting point from those who want to bundle their bike onto a ship and go off to discover new territories. I believe this could be presented in an informative non commercial manner. Bear in mind that there are people who just don't know where to begin their search, especially those now to motorcycling. As with any industry motorcycle touring uses jargon and terminology that the end user may be unfamiliar with. In much the same way as you give definition to other industry jargon within Wikipedia the site has precious little about the motorcycle tour industry.