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Hi IanRivian. I think your comment today on the Rivian Talk page was helpful, and it illustrated a good (and to this editor's eyes) proper appreciation for Wikipedia policy and practices with respect to company-involved editors.
Moreover, except for the one thing that I have taken issue with, I believe every action and attitude I've seen on your part has constructively engaged with Wikipedia and our WP:COI practices.
That is all true. And, that being said, I was thinking yesterday (before your helpful comment today) of dropping in on your Talk page and inviting you to consider a thought experiment with me.
(yeah, I occasionally teach an econ course at local uni and I sometimes talk that way. ;) )
I'll do that in the next section. N2e ( talk) 02:13, 14 September 2021 (UTC)
First, I'll just summarize a few facts as they are, and I suspect we can agree on:
Now, for the thought experiment:
Okay, that does it for my thought experiment. Maybe it is all crazy; perhaps it is P=0.99 it never happens. Maybe I represented something wrong. You decide.
But here's the question for you: "Why open yourself up to this possibility?" "Why expose yourself in this way?"
There may be many alternatives you can control to mitigate this. Here's one I thought of; leaving it here for you to contemplate.
What if instead of writing fully-complete article-ready prose for Wikipedia, as you have done on the Rivian Talk page diff, what if you did something like this:
Etc. ... etc.
References
Food for thought.
Three other miscellaneous notes. Promise, I'm trying to be constructive.
Cheers. N2e ( talk) 10:17, 14 September 2021 (UTC)
I'm E.Wright1852, one of the other editors here, and I hope you decide to stay and help contribute to this amazing repository of knowledge.
Some pages of helpful information to get you started: | Some
common sense Dos and Don'ts:
|
If you need further help, you can: | or you can: | or even: |
Alternatively, leave me a message at
my talk page or type {{helpme}}
here on your talk page and someone will try to help.
There are many ways you can
contribute to Wikipedia. Here are a few ideas:
|
|
To get some practice editing you can
use a sandbox. You can
create your own personal sandbox for use any time. It's perfect for working on bigger projects. Then for easy access in the future, you can put {{My sandbox}}
on
your userpage.
Please remember to:
~~~~
at the end of your post. This will automatically insert your
signature, a link to your talk page, and a
timestamp.Sincerely,
E.Wright1852 (
talk)
22:12, 4 March 2021 (UTC)
(Leave me a message)
Hi IanRivian. I think your comment today on the Rivian Talk page was helpful, and it illustrated a good (and to this editor's eyes) proper appreciation for Wikipedia policy and practices with respect to company-involved editors.
Moreover, except for the one thing that I have taken issue with, I believe every action and attitude I've seen on your part has constructively engaged with Wikipedia and our WP:COI practices.
That is all true. And, that being said, I was thinking yesterday (before your helpful comment today) of dropping in on your Talk page and inviting you to consider a thought experiment with me.
(yeah, I occasionally teach an econ course at local uni and I sometimes talk that way. ;) )
I'll do that in the next section. N2e ( talk) 02:13, 14 September 2021 (UTC)
First, I'll just summarize a few facts as they are, and I suspect we can agree on:
Now, for the thought experiment:
Okay, that does it for my thought experiment. Maybe it is all crazy; perhaps it is P=0.99 it never happens. Maybe I represented something wrong. You decide.
But here's the question for you: "Why open yourself up to this possibility?" "Why expose yourself in this way?"
There may be many alternatives you can control to mitigate this. Here's one I thought of; leaving it here for you to contemplate.
What if instead of writing fully-complete article-ready prose for Wikipedia, as you have done on the Rivian Talk page diff, what if you did something like this:
Etc. ... etc.
References
Food for thought.
Three other miscellaneous notes. Promise, I'm trying to be constructive.
Cheers. N2e ( talk) 10:17, 14 September 2021 (UTC)