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The result of the move request was: no consensus to move the page at this time, per the discussion below; no consensus that this will not introduce undesirable ambiguity, despite the current redirect. Dekimasu よ! 06:47, 27 June 2018 (UTC)
Verizon Communications → Verizon – WP:COMMONNAME. feminist ( talk) 05:04, 8 June 2018 (UTC)--Relisting. Dekimasu よ! 16:32, 15 June 2018 (UTC)
"Bell Atlantic changed its name to Verizon Communications in June 2000 when the Federal Communications Commission approved a US$64.7 billion acquisition of telephone company GTE, nearly two years after the deal was proposed in July 1998."The article then goes on to state that
"Two months before the FCC gave final approval on the formation of Verizon Communications, Bell Atlantic formed Verizon Wireless in a joint venture with the British telecommunications company Vodafone in April 2000."This seems to indicate that there is a difference between the parent and the child company. There are two different articles for the Verizons Wireless and Communications simply because they are, in essence, two different entities. Now it is my understanding that the collective term "Verizon" is used to describe them both, and that its use describes everything Verizon-related. If "Verizon" is the collective name for all its constituent parts, and you re-name one of those parts — the parent organization — you simultaneously defeat the distinction that was in place while magnifying the confusion. There is a reason why, when referring to Mr Tyler Morgan's son, who is also named Tyler, that you would call the father "Mr Morgan Sr." to differentiate him from his son. You would not rename the father simply "Mr. Morgan" or "Mr. Tyler Morgan" without differentiating which one you're talking about. The same holds for renaming this as Verizon, because then, which part of Verizon are we referring to? If this article were to be merged with Verizon Wireless and that article were to be named Verizon, I would support this. Oknazevad states that these distinctions were necessary in the past because
"that wasn't always the case, which is why the disambiguation of a longer title was used for this article, but things have changed."If there has been a change the article does a poor job of explaining it, while the lead mentions no changes whatsoever, where one would expect this type of change to be mentioned. In the meantime, calling it Verizon Communications and specifying that this is the parent remains nomenclaturally correct, while renaming it Verizon has not been explained very well (in the article or in the requested move nomination space, which is essentially blank.) spintendo 10:51, 9 June 2018 (UTC)
"In September 2013, Verizon purchased the 45% stake in Verizon Wireless owned by Vodafone"which part of Verizon is this mention of "Verizon" referring to? I had thought that up to that moment all the Verizons were referred to by qualifications (Wireless, Communications, etc.) Was this the first instance of the company being referred to simply as Verizon? That would be an important event which in my mind would change my !vote if that were the case. spintendo 00:45, 10 June 2018 (UTC)
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@ Spintendo: Thanks for responding to my previous request. As you suggested, I have reworded my edit request.
Please move the image named File:Verizon Logo 2000 to 2015.svg to Acquisition of GTE (2000–2002). This will help to show the company's original logo when Verizon was created.
I work for Verizon and have a conflict of interest so I ask others to look and make these edits on my behalf. Thank you, VZBob ( talk) 18:21, 25 June 2018 (UTC)
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Hi page watchers, Hans Vestberg is now CEO of Verizon. While the infobox has been updated, the Corporate governance section needs updates. I recommend:
I work for Verizon and have a conflict of interest so I ask others to look and make these edits on my behalf. Thank you, VZBob ( talk) 21:22, 1 August 2018 (UTC)
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Vestberg, 52, is a relative newcomer to Verizon, starting his role in April 2017 after an ouster at Swedish multinational telecommunications company Ericsson AB. … McAdam will step down August 1 and will remain on as executive chairman of the board through 2018. He will remain as non-executive chairman after that.
This is already mentioned in the infobox. If there is an immediate need for this information, then that need is already handled by the infobox, which has been specifically designed to address the needs of readers in gaining quick access to main points of an article's information. Regards, spintendo 05:27, 2 August 2018 (UTC)
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Hi page watchers! An editor added a citations needed tag atop this article back in June. I went through the article to identify areas that are missing citations. Where I could find third-party sources, I have included them in this request. For detail where there was not good independent sourcing, I suggest deleting the content so the article adheres to Wikipedia's rules.
History
Bell Atlantic Corporation was created as one of the original Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOCs) in 1984, during the breakup of the Bell System. [1] [2] Bell Atlantic's original roster of operating companies included:
Bell Atlantic originally operated in the states of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, and Virginia, as well as Washington, DC. [5]
In 1994, Bell Atlantic became the first RBOC to entirely drop the original names of its original operating companies.
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I work for Verizon and have a conflict of interest so I ask others to look and make these edits on my behalf. If these changes are accepted, can the citations tag be removed? Thank you, VZBob ( talk) 15:16, 28 August 2018 (UTC)
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Per my request above, Spintendo has added citations where needed, and deleted unsourced material. I found one more paragraph that needs citations: the second paragraph of the Venues subsection. It's also outdated, so I prepared new text to bring this up-to-date with proper citations. Please consider replacing the second paragraph of Venues with the following:
If this edit looks OK and is accepted by Wikipedia editors, every paragraph in the body of the article will carry citations. I would then ask editors to consider removing the citations needed tag atop the article calling for "additional citations for verification". I work for Verizon and have a conflict of interest so I ask others to look and make these edits on my behalf. Thank you, VZBob ( talk) 20:12, 30 August 2018 (UTC)
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Edit request implemented Please make your request for the template's removal first to the editor who placed it, if possible. spintendo 21:31, 30 August 2018 (UTC)
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Hi page watchers, Justlettersandnumbers posted an additional citations needed tag atop the article in June. Following my two previous requests that were answered by Spintendo, every paragraph following the introduction carries a citation (except, of course, a few small introductory sentences). If Justlettersandnumbers and other editors feel this issue has been resolved, can you please consider removing the tag from the article. If you feel there are other areas that still need additional citations, please let me know and I can help locate sourcing.
I am an employee of Verizon so I won't make any edits myself. Instead, I'm hoping volunteer editors can look at the article and determine if the tag is still necessary. Thanks so much, VZBob ( talk) 13:30, 4 September 2018 (UTC)
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Hi page watchers! An IP editor added this unsourced material in Bell_Atlantic_(1983–2000). The edit appears to be a reference to an issue involving Amdocs, which provided billing software to Bell Atlantic, in addition to other phone companies. The issue is discussed on Wikipedia at Amdocs#Controversy. Since this is not a Verizon Communications issue, I ask if editors can consider deleting it from this article.
I work for Verizon and have a conflict of interest so I ask others to look and make edits on my behalf. Thank you, VZBob ( talk) 17:57, 12 October 2018 (UTC)
Unsourced information removed Spintendo 22:28, 12 October 2018 (UTC)
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Corporate governance is outdated, as the board of directors and executive leadership have changed since August 2018. I work for Verizon and have a conflict of interest. Following in the footsteps of my former colleague, VZBob, I won't be making direct edits to articles where I have a conflict, so I will propose edits here. I published a draft in my user space, which deletes Lowell McAdam, Richard Carrión, Frances Keeth, Karl-Ludwig Kley, and Gregory Wasson; adds Vittorio Colao and Daniel H. Schulman; and updated the titles for Hans Vestberg, Shellye Archambeau, and Mark Bertolini. Lastly, the draft does not include the last two paragraphs from the current article, which discusses Hans Vestberg becoming CEO and Lowell McAdam staying on the board through 2018. Now that it's 2019, is that better off in History?
As I work for Verizon and have a conflict of interest, I ask others to look at my draft and make edits on my behalf. Thank you, VZEric ( talk) 13:40, 11 July 2019 (UTC)
Edit request partially implemented
Regards, Spintendo 13:17, 22 July 2019 (UTC)
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Verizon's logo in the infobox was replaced with a fake logo. Can editors please revert this edit?
I work for Verizon and have a conflict of interest. Following in the footsteps of my former colleague, VZBob, I ask others to make this edit on my behalf. Thank you, VZEric ( talk) 18:37, 30 October 2019 (UTC)
Regards, Spintendo 05:51, 31 October 2019 (UTC)
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The infobox contains an outdated number of employees. I work for Verizon and have a conflict of interest. Following in the footsteps of my former colleague, VZBob, I won't be making direct edits to articles where I have a conflict, so I will propose edits here. Is it possible to update the figure based on Verizon's own fact sheet with figures as of September 2019? If so, please update Number of employees in the infobox to 135,400 (September 2019) [1]
As I work for Verizon and have a conflict of interest, I ask others to look at my request and make editors on my behalf. Thank you, VZEric ( talk) 22:51, 15 January 2020 (UTC)
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Edit request implemented Spintendo 23:07, 15 January 2020 (UTC)
I am proposing an addition to History; I've drafted a brief explanation of Verizon's 5G efforts to show Verizon's year-end 2019 figures. As 5G is a major topic in the industry, I felt it germane to this article. I modeled my draft so it is of similar size to the existing content about the launch of 4G LTE. I included what people say are the pros and cons of the spectrum Verizon uses to keep this neutral. My proposed addition is shown below:
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As I work for Verizon and have a conflict of interest, I ask others to look at my draft material and make edits on my behalf. Thank you, VZEric ( talk) 20:25, 24 January 2020 (UTC)
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Verizon's Form 10-K with 2019 financial information was released in February with the latest financials. I work for Verizon and have a conflict of interest. Following in the footsteps of my former colleague, VZBob, I won't be making direct edits to articles where I have a conflict, so I will propose edits here. The financials in the infobox and the Finances section are updated. I suggest these updates (the page numbers cited represent the PDF page numbers).
In the infobox:
With these new figures available, the Finances section is now outdated, as the introductory paragraph discusses 2017 financials. I have provided an updated paragraph and citations here for consideration:
Lastly, the table in "Finances" would need to be updated with the figures I have shared here.
As I work for Verizon and have a conflict of interest, I ask others to look at my request and make edits on my behalf. Thank you, VZEric ( talk) 21:56, 3 March 2020 (UTC)
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Edit request partially implemented
the Finances section is now outdated. A check of the information shows that it refers to 2017, and that the data for 2017 has not changed, and is still relevant for 2017. Therefore, the information is not outdated. To substitute the information, another reason why the information is inaccurate and should be removed needs to be provided. As an alternative, the 2019 information could be added on top of the 2017 information. [a]
Regards, Spintendo 21:51, 4 March 2020 (UTC)
Notes
statistics should be placed in tables to enhance readability, and articles with statistics should include explanatory text providing context. Where statistics are so lengthy as to impede the readability of the article, the statistics can be split into a separate article and summarized in the main article.The proposed Financial section's text (as well as the already existing Financial section's text) only verbalize the information in the infobox, — they do not contribute meaningful content explaining how and in what way those financial figures came to be expressed in that manner (i.e., how they were achieved, and with what resources, plans, etc. — in other words, everything explained in the source provided with the current request (the 10-K booklet).
The stated history does not sound right.
In 1984, the Baby Bells sprang into being. C&P beget Bell Atlantic [DC, MD, VA, DE, Bell of PA, NJ]
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NYTel+NETel = NYNEX
NyNEX+BA merged in 1997, renamed VZ in 2000.
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Seeking comments from other editors - the Verizon_Communications#Marketing_campaigns section seems a bit excessive with regard to the level of detail. Do each of these campaigns truly rise to the level of notability to be included in an encyclopedic article? In scanning through other articles for similar companies, I do see "Marketing" sections, but not with this level of detail. I think it would make more sense to reduce this to a few paragraphs that perhaps mentions some of the more major campaigns. Thoughts? Comments? - Dyork ( talk) 21:18, 18 March 2021 (UTC)
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In "Finances", this article says, "As of 2020, Verizon is ranked 20th on the Fortune 500 rankings of the largest corporations in the United States by total revenue." This year, Verizon continues to rank 20th. Will editors consider updating that sentence to:
I work for Verizon and have a conflict of interest. I won't be making direct edits to articles where I have a conflict, so I will propose edits here and ask others to make edits on my behalf. Thank you, VZEric ( talk) 17:26, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
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The board of directors in Corporate governance is outdated, as there have been changes to the board since 2019. I have prepared a draft of that subsection for editors to consider implementing, which adds Roxanne Austin and Laxman Narasimhan, and removes Vittorio Colao and Kathryn Tesija.
The current board of directors is comprised as follows as of July 2021: [1]
I work for Verizon and have a conflict of interest. I won't be making direct edits to articles where I have a conflict, so I will propose edits here and ask others to make edits on my behalf. Thank you, VZEric ( talk) 13:42, 15 July 2021 (UTC)
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The executives in Corporate governance is outdated, as Guru Gowrappan is no longer part of Verizon following Apollo's acquisition of Verizon Media. [1] Will editors consider removing Gowrappan from the list, and change "As of 2019" to "As of 2021"?
I work for Verizon and have a conflict of interest, so I ask others to make edits on my behalf. Thank you, VZEric ( talk) 21:37, 19 October 2021 (UTC)
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Key people in the infobox is outdated. Manon Brouillette succeeded Ronan Dunne as executive vice president and chief executive officer of Verizon Consumer beginning on January 1, 2022. [1] Would editors please consider updating this?
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I work for Verizon and have a conflict of interest, so I ask others to make edits on my behalf. Thank you, VZEric ( talk) 18:23, 11 February 2022 (UTC)
So there's a 17 year period of this company that just gets shafted by a single sentence? Where is the history of Bell Atlantic between 1983 and 2000, arguably one of the most dynamic periods of telecommunications and technology? 107.11.6.4 ( talk) 14:06, 29 August 2022 (UTC)
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The net neutrality section of this article includes the line, "Verizon has admitted to throttling content of its competitors including Netflix and YouTube", citing news articles from 2017. Since then, Verizon has developed an open Internet policy, which editors can see here on Verizon's website. Based on this source, I am wondering if editors will consider adding a line about this policy? I have provided the following wording as a suggestion.
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I understand primary sources are not preferred on Wikipedia, but WP:PRIMARY does say they can be used with care "to make straightforward, descriptive statements of facts."
I work for Verizon and have a conflict of interest, so I ask others to make edits on my behalf. Thank you, VZEric ( talk) 19:14, 29 September 2022 (UTC)
Not done To my mind, this is just the sort of thing that we should not rely on company sources for. Companies write many things into their policies, but we rarely report on them in Wikipedia. When we have a reliable, independent, source that says Verizon has actually stopped throttling competitors, or makes some other comment on the matter, then we can say something. Spinning Spark 15:50, 10 October 2022 (UTC)
This is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
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The result of the move request was: no consensus to move the page at this time, per the discussion below; no consensus that this will not introduce undesirable ambiguity, despite the current redirect. Dekimasu よ! 06:47, 27 June 2018 (UTC)
Verizon Communications → Verizon – WP:COMMONNAME. feminist ( talk) 05:04, 8 June 2018 (UTC)--Relisting. Dekimasu よ! 16:32, 15 June 2018 (UTC)
"Bell Atlantic changed its name to Verizon Communications in June 2000 when the Federal Communications Commission approved a US$64.7 billion acquisition of telephone company GTE, nearly two years after the deal was proposed in July 1998."The article then goes on to state that
"Two months before the FCC gave final approval on the formation of Verizon Communications, Bell Atlantic formed Verizon Wireless in a joint venture with the British telecommunications company Vodafone in April 2000."This seems to indicate that there is a difference between the parent and the child company. There are two different articles for the Verizons Wireless and Communications simply because they are, in essence, two different entities. Now it is my understanding that the collective term "Verizon" is used to describe them both, and that its use describes everything Verizon-related. If "Verizon" is the collective name for all its constituent parts, and you re-name one of those parts — the parent organization — you simultaneously defeat the distinction that was in place while magnifying the confusion. There is a reason why, when referring to Mr Tyler Morgan's son, who is also named Tyler, that you would call the father "Mr Morgan Sr." to differentiate him from his son. You would not rename the father simply "Mr. Morgan" or "Mr. Tyler Morgan" without differentiating which one you're talking about. The same holds for renaming this as Verizon, because then, which part of Verizon are we referring to? If this article were to be merged with Verizon Wireless and that article were to be named Verizon, I would support this. Oknazevad states that these distinctions were necessary in the past because
"that wasn't always the case, which is why the disambiguation of a longer title was used for this article, but things have changed."If there has been a change the article does a poor job of explaining it, while the lead mentions no changes whatsoever, where one would expect this type of change to be mentioned. In the meantime, calling it Verizon Communications and specifying that this is the parent remains nomenclaturally correct, while renaming it Verizon has not been explained very well (in the article or in the requested move nomination space, which is essentially blank.) spintendo 10:51, 9 June 2018 (UTC)
"In September 2013, Verizon purchased the 45% stake in Verizon Wireless owned by Vodafone"which part of Verizon is this mention of "Verizon" referring to? I had thought that up to that moment all the Verizons were referred to by qualifications (Wireless, Communications, etc.) Was this the first instance of the company being referred to simply as Verizon? That would be an important event which in my mind would change my !vote if that were the case. spintendo 00:45, 10 June 2018 (UTC)
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@ Spintendo: Thanks for responding to my previous request. As you suggested, I have reworded my edit request.
Please move the image named File:Verizon Logo 2000 to 2015.svg to Acquisition of GTE (2000–2002). This will help to show the company's original logo when Verizon was created.
I work for Verizon and have a conflict of interest so I ask others to look and make these edits on my behalf. Thank you, VZBob ( talk) 18:21, 25 June 2018 (UTC)
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Hi page watchers, Hans Vestberg is now CEO of Verizon. While the infobox has been updated, the Corporate governance section needs updates. I recommend:
I work for Verizon and have a conflict of interest so I ask others to look and make these edits on my behalf. Thank you, VZBob ( talk) 21:22, 1 August 2018 (UTC)
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Vestberg, 52, is a relative newcomer to Verizon, starting his role in April 2017 after an ouster at Swedish multinational telecommunications company Ericsson AB. … McAdam will step down August 1 and will remain on as executive chairman of the board through 2018. He will remain as non-executive chairman after that.
This is already mentioned in the infobox. If there is an immediate need for this information, then that need is already handled by the infobox, which has been specifically designed to address the needs of readers in gaining quick access to main points of an article's information. Regards, spintendo 05:27, 2 August 2018 (UTC)
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Hi page watchers! An editor added a citations needed tag atop this article back in June. I went through the article to identify areas that are missing citations. Where I could find third-party sources, I have included them in this request. For detail where there was not good independent sourcing, I suggest deleting the content so the article adheres to Wikipedia's rules.
History
Bell Atlantic Corporation was created as one of the original Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOCs) in 1984, during the breakup of the Bell System. [1] [2] Bell Atlantic's original roster of operating companies included:
Bell Atlantic originally operated in the states of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, and Virginia, as well as Washington, DC. [5]
In 1994, Bell Atlantic became the first RBOC to entirely drop the original names of its original operating companies.
Marketing campaigns
Corporate governance
Sponsorships and venues
I work for Verizon and have a conflict of interest so I ask others to look and make these edits on my behalf. If these changes are accepted, can the citations tag be removed? Thank you, VZBob ( talk) 15:16, 28 August 2018 (UTC)
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spintendo 08:50, 30 August 2018 (UTC)
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Per my request above, Spintendo has added citations where needed, and deleted unsourced material. I found one more paragraph that needs citations: the second paragraph of the Venues subsection. It's also outdated, so I prepared new text to bring this up-to-date with proper citations. Please consider replacing the second paragraph of Venues with the following:
If this edit looks OK and is accepted by Wikipedia editors, every paragraph in the body of the article will carry citations. I would then ask editors to consider removing the citations needed tag atop the article calling for "additional citations for verification". I work for Verizon and have a conflict of interest so I ask others to look and make these edits on my behalf. Thank you, VZBob ( talk) 20:12, 30 August 2018 (UTC)
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Edit request implemented Please make your request for the template's removal first to the editor who placed it, if possible. spintendo 21:31, 30 August 2018 (UTC)
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Hi page watchers, Justlettersandnumbers posted an additional citations needed tag atop the article in June. Following my two previous requests that were answered by Spintendo, every paragraph following the introduction carries a citation (except, of course, a few small introductory sentences). If Justlettersandnumbers and other editors feel this issue has been resolved, can you please consider removing the tag from the article. If you feel there are other areas that still need additional citations, please let me know and I can help locate sourcing.
I am an employee of Verizon so I won't make any edits myself. Instead, I'm hoping volunteer editors can look at the article and determine if the tag is still necessary. Thanks so much, VZBob ( talk) 13:30, 4 September 2018 (UTC)
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Hi page watchers! An IP editor added this unsourced material in Bell_Atlantic_(1983–2000). The edit appears to be a reference to an issue involving Amdocs, which provided billing software to Bell Atlantic, in addition to other phone companies. The issue is discussed on Wikipedia at Amdocs#Controversy. Since this is not a Verizon Communications issue, I ask if editors can consider deleting it from this article.
I work for Verizon and have a conflict of interest so I ask others to look and make edits on my behalf. Thank you, VZBob ( talk) 17:57, 12 October 2018 (UTC)
Unsourced information removed Spintendo 22:28, 12 October 2018 (UTC)
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Corporate governance is outdated, as the board of directors and executive leadership have changed since August 2018. I work for Verizon and have a conflict of interest. Following in the footsteps of my former colleague, VZBob, I won't be making direct edits to articles where I have a conflict, so I will propose edits here. I published a draft in my user space, which deletes Lowell McAdam, Richard Carrión, Frances Keeth, Karl-Ludwig Kley, and Gregory Wasson; adds Vittorio Colao and Daniel H. Schulman; and updated the titles for Hans Vestberg, Shellye Archambeau, and Mark Bertolini. Lastly, the draft does not include the last two paragraphs from the current article, which discusses Hans Vestberg becoming CEO and Lowell McAdam staying on the board through 2018. Now that it's 2019, is that better off in History?
As I work for Verizon and have a conflict of interest, I ask others to look at my draft and make edits on my behalf. Thank you, VZEric ( talk) 13:40, 11 July 2019 (UTC)
Edit request partially implemented
Regards, Spintendo 13:17, 22 July 2019 (UTC)
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Verizon's logo in the infobox was replaced with a fake logo. Can editors please revert this edit?
I work for Verizon and have a conflict of interest. Following in the footsteps of my former colleague, VZBob, I ask others to make this edit on my behalf. Thank you, VZEric ( talk) 18:37, 30 October 2019 (UTC)
Regards, Spintendo 05:51, 31 October 2019 (UTC)
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The infobox contains an outdated number of employees. I work for Verizon and have a conflict of interest. Following in the footsteps of my former colleague, VZBob, I won't be making direct edits to articles where I have a conflict, so I will propose edits here. Is it possible to update the figure based on Verizon's own fact sheet with figures as of September 2019? If so, please update Number of employees in the infobox to 135,400 (September 2019) [1]
As I work for Verizon and have a conflict of interest, I ask others to look at my request and make editors on my behalf. Thank you, VZEric ( talk) 22:51, 15 January 2020 (UTC)
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Edit request implemented Spintendo 23:07, 15 January 2020 (UTC)
I am proposing an addition to History; I've drafted a brief explanation of Verizon's 5G efforts to show Verizon's year-end 2019 figures. As 5G is a major topic in the industry, I felt it germane to this article. I modeled my draft so it is of similar size to the existing content about the launch of 4G LTE. I included what people say are the pros and cons of the spectrum Verizon uses to keep this neutral. My proposed addition is shown below:
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As I work for Verizon and have a conflict of interest, I ask others to look at my draft material and make edits on my behalf. Thank you, VZEric ( talk) 20:25, 24 January 2020 (UTC)
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Verizon's Form 10-K with 2019 financial information was released in February with the latest financials. I work for Verizon and have a conflict of interest. Following in the footsteps of my former colleague, VZBob, I won't be making direct edits to articles where I have a conflict, so I will propose edits here. The financials in the infobox and the Finances section are updated. I suggest these updates (the page numbers cited represent the PDF page numbers).
In the infobox:
With these new figures available, the Finances section is now outdated, as the introductory paragraph discusses 2017 financials. I have provided an updated paragraph and citations here for consideration:
Lastly, the table in "Finances" would need to be updated with the figures I have shared here.
As I work for Verizon and have a conflict of interest, I ask others to look at my request and make edits on my behalf. Thank you, VZEric ( talk) 21:56, 3 March 2020 (UTC)
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Edit request partially implemented
the Finances section is now outdated. A check of the information shows that it refers to 2017, and that the data for 2017 has not changed, and is still relevant for 2017. Therefore, the information is not outdated. To substitute the information, another reason why the information is inaccurate and should be removed needs to be provided. As an alternative, the 2019 information could be added on top of the 2017 information. [a]
Regards, Spintendo 21:51, 4 March 2020 (UTC)
Notes
statistics should be placed in tables to enhance readability, and articles with statistics should include explanatory text providing context. Where statistics are so lengthy as to impede the readability of the article, the statistics can be split into a separate article and summarized in the main article.The proposed Financial section's text (as well as the already existing Financial section's text) only verbalize the information in the infobox, — they do not contribute meaningful content explaining how and in what way those financial figures came to be expressed in that manner (i.e., how they were achieved, and with what resources, plans, etc. — in other words, everything explained in the source provided with the current request (the 10-K booklet).
The stated history does not sound right.
In 1984, the Baby Bells sprang into being. C&P beget Bell Atlantic [DC, MD, VA, DE, Bell of PA, NJ]
&
NYTel+NETel = NYNEX
NyNEX+BA merged in 1997, renamed VZ in 2000.
108.51.163.10 (
talk) 19:49, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
Seeking comments from other editors - the Verizon_Communications#Marketing_campaigns section seems a bit excessive with regard to the level of detail. Do each of these campaigns truly rise to the level of notability to be included in an encyclopedic article? In scanning through other articles for similar companies, I do see "Marketing" sections, but not with this level of detail. I think it would make more sense to reduce this to a few paragraphs that perhaps mentions some of the more major campaigns. Thoughts? Comments? - Dyork ( talk) 21:18, 18 March 2021 (UTC)
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In "Finances", this article says, "As of 2020, Verizon is ranked 20th on the Fortune 500 rankings of the largest corporations in the United States by total revenue." This year, Verizon continues to rank 20th. Will editors consider updating that sentence to:
I work for Verizon and have a conflict of interest. I won't be making direct edits to articles where I have a conflict, so I will propose edits here and ask others to make edits on my behalf. Thank you, VZEric ( talk) 17:26, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
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The board of directors in Corporate governance is outdated, as there have been changes to the board since 2019. I have prepared a draft of that subsection for editors to consider implementing, which adds Roxanne Austin and Laxman Narasimhan, and removes Vittorio Colao and Kathryn Tesija.
The current board of directors is comprised as follows as of July 2021: [1]
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The executives in Corporate governance is outdated, as Guru Gowrappan is no longer part of Verizon following Apollo's acquisition of Verizon Media. [1] Will editors consider removing Gowrappan from the list, and change "As of 2019" to "As of 2021"?
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Key people in the infobox is outdated. Manon Brouillette succeeded Ronan Dunne as executive vice president and chief executive officer of Verizon Consumer beginning on January 1, 2022. [1] Would editors please consider updating this?
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So there's a 17 year period of this company that just gets shafted by a single sentence? Where is the history of Bell Atlantic between 1983 and 2000, arguably one of the most dynamic periods of telecommunications and technology? 107.11.6.4 ( talk) 14:06, 29 August 2022 (UTC)
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The net neutrality section of this article includes the line, "Verizon has admitted to throttling content of its competitors including Netflix and YouTube", citing news articles from 2017. Since then, Verizon has developed an open Internet policy, which editors can see here on Verizon's website. Based on this source, I am wondering if editors will consider adding a line about this policy? I have provided the following wording as a suggestion.
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I understand primary sources are not preferred on Wikipedia, but WP:PRIMARY does say they can be used with care "to make straightforward, descriptive statements of facts."
I work for Verizon and have a conflict of interest, so I ask others to make edits on my behalf. Thank you, VZEric ( talk) 19:14, 29 September 2022 (UTC)
Not done To my mind, this is just the sort of thing that we should not rely on company sources for. Companies write many things into their policies, but we rarely report on them in Wikipedia. When we have a reliable, independent, source that says Verizon has actually stopped throttling competitors, or makes some other comment on the matter, then we can say something. Spinning Spark 15:50, 10 October 2022 (UTC)