User talk:Smartkahuna

Conflict of interest
I have removed the speedy deletion template on your article and made slight improvements.

You should declare on your user page that you have a conflict of interest with Xylem, and that you formerly edite from the account. Please see also the notice below. ~Amatulić (talk) 00:42, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for the information. I misunderstood the original user ID system and had thought it better to establish that I had access to the research and materials from the subject matter. However you have redirected Goulds Water Technology to Goulds Pumps and they are not the same company - they have two different parent corporations. Goulds Pumps produces Industrial pumps for it's parent corporation ITT and Goulds Water Technology is a brand of residential, and agricultural pumps made for it's parent corporation Xylem Inc. There is much confusion about these two similar named brands and we hoped that having a good and well referenced wiki about the new company would help researchers in the future. Can you assist me with resolving this redirect issue and allowing for further content to be added to the new Goulds Water Technology page? We have some excellent historical images and related research on solving water issues and energy efficiency improvements with improved water pump technology. Smartkahuna (talk) 14:21, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

Conflict of interest
Hello, Smartkahuna. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may need to consider our guidance on conflicts of interest.

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For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you. ~Amatulić (talk) 00:42, 20 November 2012 (UTC)