User talk:Pallwiki

January 2013
Welcome to Wikipedia. I saw that you edited or created User:Pallwiki, and I noticed that the username you have chosen, "Pallwiki", seems to imply that you are editing on behalf of something other than yourself. Please note that you may not edit on behalf of a company, group, institution, product, or website, and Wikipedia does not allow usernames that are promotional or have the appearance of shared use. If you are willing to use a personal account, please take a moment to create a new account or request a username change that represents only yourself as an individual. You should also read our conflict of interest guideline and remember that promotional editing is not acceptable regardless of the username you choose. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. Thank you. ~ TheGeneralUser  (talk)  17:11, 27 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Prior to creating this account I had contacted Wikipedia regarding the creation of an account. I was not under the impression that there was an issue with contributing to Wikipedia as an organization.  The primary focus of the email exchange seems to be focused on conflict of interest.  It would be impossible for Pall Corporation to manage the contributions if every employee were to have their own account.  Whether we like it or not any contribution by a Pall Corporation employee could potentially reflect on Pall Corporation.  Pall Corporation has strict communications policies regarding communicating on behalf of Pall Corporation.  Pall Corporation can contribute valuable information to the Wikipedia community because of our expertise. PallWiki (talk) 18:06, 27 January 2013 (UTC)


 * It seems we have a large gap in understanding here. This is not a social networking or promotional site, it is an encyclopedia and is expected to maintain neutrality, not to reflect what an organization wants to say about itself. . No organization should be using Wikipedia to get their message out, nor should they be trying to control edits related to them by having a role account as it seems this one is intended to be. Beeblebrox (talk) 21:32, 27 January 2013 (UTC)


 * I agree there is a large gap in understanding here. I do not perceive wikipedia as a social networking site and fully intend to maintain neutrality.  Consider that this company has made a conscious effort to understand the intent by contacting Wikipedia to understand the guidelines before creating an account. I will admit that I did put some information about Pall on the User:PallWiki page originally, but once you've noted the conflict of interest, I've removed such material though the intent was to inform not promote.  Companies like Pall have SME knowledge on subjects pertaining to filtration, purification and separation of fluids.  Where the company can share this information publicly it can be a valuable addition to Wikipedia.  For example, I just recently added edits for Point-of-Use Filters for the Water filter page.  This organization is instituting policies and procedures to ensure that any edits on behalf of Pall Corporation is consistent with the spirit and intent of Wikipedia as an encyclopedia.  To approach it as you have proposed, where every Pall employee has their own account, would make it impossible for us to ensure the Wikipedia policies are followed.  As I mentioned above, any communications on behalf of Pall is a reflection of Pall Corporation as an organization.  In fact, we are creating this account so that our edits can be BETTER monitored.  As stated in the profile, the intent is to contribute to the community in a positive way.  In fact, Pall is making a conscious effort to not edit it's own page unless it sees inaccuracies in facts.  We don't expect this to be often, but when the Pall Corporation page was first put up someone simply copied promotional material that was not only against the spirit of Wikipedia, but very inaccurate in nature.  I think it is unfair to assume that organizations are ill-intended in a blanket fashion and to enforce policies that make it more difficult to an organization to be a valuable member of a valuable community.PallWiki (talk) 14:27, 28 January 2013 (UTC)