en User talk:A-Amos

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Hello,

I have been given the task of updating the [Open Source Job Scheduler] page by the owners of the product, the SOS GmbH in Germany.

At the moment, the page reads like the oft cited “features list” with no external citations and does not appear very “encyclopedic”. We would like to improve these aspects as well as regularly updating the article in parallel with further development of the product and / or changes in its significance in the software world.

I do not have much experience of writing on Wikipedia but understand that in general, where an author has a commercial interest in a product described in an article - which I have - you prefer that a proxy author is appointed. We would be pleased to work in this way with you but would also like to suggest that you “Give me a try”: although it might appear that we have a conflict of interests, I believe that both Wikipedia and ourselves would be best served with a properly referenced and “encyclopedic” article. This would mean less work for yourselves and would mean that we could continue to make our changes to the version release numbers every few months without getting a bad conscience. We would however be more than interested in getting feedback, for example, from someone with more experience in writing in this field.

If you were interested in letting me revise the article, would it also be ok for you if I created a user such as “Sosaa” and thereby kept my private and professional profiles separate?

Regards,

Alan Amos

Hi Alan. There are several issues to cover here, so apologies for the length of this response; I'll try to be as concise as I can.

Whilst there's technically no prohibition regarding editing an article on which you have a conflict of interest, we've generally found that such editors are usually too close to the subject to be objective. That said, there's nothing to stop you working on the article, although I would suggest that if you do, you post a note on the article's talkpage identifying that you are affiliated with the topic. You should definitely read the conflict of interest guidelines, if you haven't already. The preferred approach would be to add your proposed changes and additions to the article's talkpage, rather than directly editing the article; this avoids any accusations of promotional editing which might be directed your way.

What the article requires more than anything is better sourcing; at present, it could easily be deleted for failing the notability requirements. If you can locate third-party sources in reliable publications (SOS GmbH documents and press releases wouldn't count, but reviews in trade magazines, coverage in specialist books and journals, or news stories about the product would be ideal) then adding them would be a great improvement. If you need help with referencing, there's a guide here.

If you intend to set up a second account, please read the policy on multiple accounts very carefully first. To avoid being blocked for abusing multiple accounts, you would need to ensure that both accounts edited in separate areas of Wikipedia, and provide a clear link (such as a message and wikilink on each account's respective userpage) showing that they were being operated by the same person. I would personally advise against it, but again, there's no technical prohibition on this as long as you're careful and transparent about your editing.

Feel free to contact me on my talkpage if you need help. Yunshui 雲‍水 11:29, 30 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

A belated welcome!

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Again, welcome! KennethSides (talk) 13:43, 5 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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