User talk:Rp research12

July 2023
Please do not add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did to Contract lifecycle management. Wikipedia is not a collection of links, nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Inappropriate links include, but are not limited to, links to personal websites, links to websites with which you are affiliated (whether as a link in article text, or a citation in an article), and links that attract visitors to a website or promote a product. See the external links guideline and spam guideline for further explanations. Because Wikipedia uses the nofollow attribute value, its external links are disregarded by most search engines. If you feel the link should be added to the page, please discuss it on the associated talk page rather than re-adding it.  MrOllie (talk) 17:42, 26 July 2023 (UTC)


 * I am not sure this link is inappropriate. It provides a citation for a data point that contextualizes this market. Rp research12 (talk) 18:18, 26 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Using vendor marketing as sourcing is plainly inappropriate, as is using multiple accounts. MrOllie (talk) 18:24, 26 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Is it better to link to the research firm's posting rather than the marketing material? I was confused when you flagged the first one as well, so I used an additional source. Rp research12 (talk) 18:26, 26 July 2023 (UTC)
 * For reference, there is a virtually identical line right above my original edit for the "Configure, price, and quote" article. That line sites the firm's own original post for their market estimate. I'm attempting to update the article with a more recent market estimate. Is siting the original author a better alternative? Rp research12 (talk) 18:30, 26 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Using the research firm's marketing isn't any better, no. MrOllie (talk) 18:43, 26 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Is there any appropriate way to reference this research, or should it be excluded from wikipedia articles? Rp research12 (talk) 18:44, 26 July 2023 (UTC)
 * This seems like solid, credible information for a Wikipedia article. I understand your concern with the material being marketing related. I'm just looking for best ways to build out these otherwise rather bare bones articles. Rp research12 (talk) 18:50, 26 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Self published materials and marketing are not considered to be 'solid, credible information' on Wikipedia. If this has been reported on by a secondary source (for example a peer-reviewed journal article or a major national newspaper) we could perhaps use that. MrOllie (talk) 18:51, 26 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Understood. Thanks Rp research12 (talk) 18:52, 26 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Based on that feedback, you may want to review the Configure, price and quote article for the alternate firm estimate as it directly links to marketing material. Rp research12 (talk) 19:00, 26 July 2023 (UTC)

Please stop. If you continue to add promotional or advertising material to Wikipedia, you may be blocked from editing. MrOllie (talk) 19:17, 28 July 2023 (UTC)


 * I spent time reviewing this page and also found an article that is removed from this firm and a benefitting vendor. I guess I'm still struggling to see how wikipedia's guidelines disallow this sort of posting. The posts I've made have been objective: briefly contextualizing the firm and providing its market estimate. I don't see how this is inherently promotional or a form of marketing. Rp research12 (talk) 19:40, 28 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Don't use press releases as sources as you did here. Just don't try to list this company or their market research at all, really. No one reliable seems to report on it, so neither should Wikipedia. Are you associated with this firm in some fashion? MrOllie (talk) 19:57, 28 July 2023 (UTC)
 * I do not have an association. From my research, they seem to be a leader in these spaces. Most 'reliable' sources have little to no information on these industries. They seem the best option to build out these articles. Rp research12 (talk) 20:19, 28 July 2023 (UTC)
 * If reliable sources don't comment, we should leave it out, not compromise Wikipedia's standards. MrOllie (talk) 20:21, 28 July 2023 (UTC)