User talk:RFPieper

This regards edits I made to Wikipedia's American Optometric Association (AOA)page during the week of Feb. 10. The edits were intended to more accurately reflect that AOA is a major U.S. health profession organization, alongside the American Medicare Association, American Dental Association, American Public Health Association, etc. The edited text was intended to more fully outline the scope and function of the AOA and emphasize that, for more than 100 years, the association has been regarded by lawmakers, government agencies, academia, industry and the general public as the voice of optometry. Definitions used in the text were based on documents such as the association's constitution and bylaws. Any other facts or statistics used in the text came from reputable sources that can be footnoted if necessary. A reference to the recently established American Optometric Society(AOS)was deleted as it in accurately implied that the society represents optometry on an equal footing with the much larger and better established AOA. It also appeared to overstate the AOS'membership(see figures provided at http://www.optometricsociety.org/component/content/article/13/2-the-american-optometric-society.html).

With respect to concerns over "sockpupetting," I can assure you that I do not now hold, nor have ever held, more than one Wikipedia user name. I have only edited Wikipedia once prior to last week. I am unfamiliar with the screen name that Chrisieboy mentioned in his e-mail this morning. I can tell you that I am an AOA employee, located in St. Louis, MO and hold only one active e-mail account (the one I used to register for my Wikipedia ID). Please let me know if there is any other information I can provide that might help you to confirm that I am not sockpuppeting on anyone else's behalf.

Thanks.


 * Fair enough. Chrisieboy (talk) 14:16, 20 February 2012 (UTC)