Alexmazzucca

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Impax Laboratories

I noticed you made some major edits to Impax Laboratories. Expansion is good, but is there a reason you didn't retain the information that was already on the page? Removing referenced sections about recalls and litigation without seeking consensus is not okay. I will be placing those sections back in the article, to avoid the appearance of censorship. —Hermionedidallthework (talk) 14:51, 20 October 2015 (UTC)

Hi, I am acting on the company's behalf. They would like to remove these sections. Is this possible?Alexmazzucca (talk) 15:20, 20 October 2015 (UTC)

Sorry, just to expound on reasoning ... the company feels these entries are "out of date".Alexmazzucca (talk) 15:22, 20 October 2015 (UTC)

Wikipedia has their Conflict of Interest policy described in detail at WP:COI. I will need to read up on this myself to see how to move forward, but it's definitely an issue. I know you most likely didn't mean any harm, but there have been problems with those kinds of edits in the past, hence the rules. —Hermionedidallthework (talk) 15:42, 20 October 2015 (UTC)

Okay, well I've retained the original page's information and can revert if needed. Please let me know so that we can resolve this ASAP.Alexmazzucca (talk) 15:50, 20 October 2015 (UTC)

So, I think the best thing you can do if you would like to contribute to the article is to declare an interest on the article's talk page and on your user page. Then make sure that any edits you make are uncontroversial and adhere to a neutral point of view. Things like removing the sections that discuss negative aspects of the company without seeking consensus or giving explanation are definitely against policy. You will need to be adequately transparent in your editing. At the end of the day, the company will have to be OK with your work abiding by those rules, or your edits will likely be reverted. Thanks for being understanding. —Hermionedidallthework (talk) 15:58, 20 October 2015 (UTC)

I found this section in an essay, which might be helpful in explaining the spirit of the policy to your contacts at the company: WP:COMPORG. —Hermionedidallthework (talk) 16:02, 20 October 2015 (UTC)

Okay, I have declared a connection to the company on the article's talk page.Alexmazzucca (talk) 16:16, 20 October 2015 (UTC) Is it possible to remove the notification from the page's header?Alexmazzucca (talk) 16:18, 20 October 2015 (UTC)

At whatever point the issues are addressed, the template can be removed. If you remove it, please make sure to say how you felt the issues were addressed on the talk page. —Hermionedidallthework (talk) 16:37, 20 October 2015 (UTC)

I don't think there are any issues here. I am fully disclosing the fact that I am associated with the company. I am keeping the referenced sections about Recalls and Litigation intact. Can you please tell me how I can remove the "close connection" note? Is there anything else you would recommend changing? Thanks in advance for your guidance. Alexmazzucca (talk) 16:42, 20 October 2015 (UTC) Hi can you please assist me in correcting these issues? I'd appreciate it. Please let me know what I can do so that you are satisfied with the most recent edits and I can remove the notification on top of the page. Thank you.Alexmazzucca (talk) 18:29, 20 October 2015 (UTC) Please note that I've removed the COI tag. Thank you for highlighting the errors with the recent edits. I'll keep this in COI when editing, making sure things are cited and unbiased.Alexmazzucca (talk) 18:44, 20 October 2015 (UTC)

Paid editing in Wikipedia

Hi Alex. I work on conflict of interest issues here in Wikipedia, along with my regular editing, which is mostly about health and medicine.

Thanks for disclosing here that you are editing on the company's behalf. That is not a sufficient disclosure under the WP:PAID policy. Would you please clarify if you work for Impax, or are a freelancer, or are working for a PR agency or the like? In case of the latter, would you please name the agency? Once you do, I can walk you through the rest of conflict of interest management in Wikipedia. Best regards Jytdog (talk) 15:50, 7 May 2018 (UTC)

Hello, I am a freelancer working with Impax Labs, LLC to update their page — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alexmazzucca (talk • contribs) 16:04, 7 May 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for replying! Quick note on the logistics of discussing things on Talk pages, which are essential for everything that happens here. In Talk page discussions, we "thread" comments by indenting (see WP:THREAD) - when you reply to someone, you put a colon in front of your comment, which the Wikipedia software will render into an indent when you save your edit; if the other person has indented once, then you indent twice by putting two colons in front of your comment, which the WP software converts into two indents, and when that gets ridiculous you reset back to the margin (or "outdent") by putting this {{od}} in front of your comment. This also allows you to make it clear if you are also responding to something that someone else responded to if there are more than two people in the discussion; in that case you would indent the same amount as the person just above you in the thread. I hope that all makes sense. And at the end of the comment, please "sign" by typing exactly four (not 3 or 5) tildas "~~~~" which the WP software converts into a date stamp and links to your talk and user pages when you save your edit. That is how we know who said what to whom and when.

Please be aware that threading and signing are fundamental etiquette here, as basic as "please" and "thank you", and continually failing to thread and sign communicates rudeness, and eventually people may start to ignore you (see here).

I know this is insanely archaic and unwieldy, but this is the software environment we have to work on. Sorry about that. Will reply on the substance in a second... Jytdog (talk) 02:19, 8 May 2018 (UTC)

OK, to the substance. Thanks for clarifying that. So you have a COI for Ameeal (as it is now called) and related topics, as we define that in Wikipedia.

To finish the disclosure piece, would you please add the disclosure to your user page (which is User:Alexmazzucca - a redlink, because you haven't written anything there yet). Just something simple like: "I am a freelancer working under contract for Amneal Pharmaceuticals and have a conflict of interest with regard to that company and related topics" would be fine. If you want to add anything else there that is relevant to what you want to do in WP feel free to add it, but please don't add anything promotional about the company or yourself (see WP:USERPAGE for guidance if you like).

I added a tag at Talk:Amneal Pharmaceuticals, so the disclosure is done there. Once you disclose on your user page, the disclosure piece of this will be done.

There are two pieces to COI management in WP. The first is disclosure. The second is a form of peer review. This piece may seem a bit strange to you at first, but if you think about it, it will make sense. In Wikipedia, editors can immediately publish their work, with no intervening publisher or standard peer review -- you can just create an article, click save, and voilà there is a new article, and you can go into any article, make changes, click save, and done. No intermediary - no publisher, no "editors" as that term is used in the real world. So the bias that conflicted editors tend to have, can go right into the article. Conflicted editors are also really driven to try to make the article fit with their external interest. If they edit directly, this often leads to big battles with other editors.

What we ask editors to do who have a COI or who are paid, and want to work on articles where their COI is relevant, is:

a) if you want to create an article relevant to a COI you have, create the article as a draft through the WP:AFC process, disclose your COI on the Talk page with the Template:Connected contributor (paid) tag, and then submit the draft article for review (the AfC process sets up a nice big button for you to click when it is ready) so it can be reviewed before it publishes; and

b) And if you want to change content in any existing article on a topic where you have a COI, we ask you to

(i) disclose at the Talk page of the article with the Template:Connected contributor (paid) tag, putting it at the bottom of the beige box at the top of the page; and

(ii) propose content on the Talk page for others to review and implement before it goes live, instead of doing it directly yourself. Just open a new section, put the proposed content there, and just below the header (at the top of the editing window) please the {{request edit}} tag to flag it for other editors to review. In general it should be relatively short so that it is not too much review at once. Sometimes editors propose complete rewrites, providing a link to their sandbox for example. This is OK to do but please be aware that it is lot more for volunteers to process and will probably take longer.

By following those "peer review" processes, editors with a COI can contribute where they have a COI, and the integrity of WP can be protected. We get some great contributions that way, when conflicted editors take the time to understand what kinds of proposals are OK under the content policies. (There are good faith paid editors here, who have signed and follow the Wikipedia:Statement on Wikipedia from participating communications firms, and there are "black hat" paid editors here who lie about what they do and really harm Wikipedia).

But understanding the mission, and the policies and guidelines through which we realize the mission, is very important! There are a whole slew of policies and guidelines that govern content and behavior here in Wikipedia. Please see User:Jytdog/How for an overview of what Wikipedia is and is not (we are not a directory or a place to promote anything), and for an overview of the content and behavior policies and guidelines. Learning and following these is very important, and takes time. Please be aware that you have created a Wikipedia account, and this makes you a Wikipedian - you are obligated to pursue Wikipedia's mission first and foremost when you work here, and you are obligated to edit according to the policies and guidelines. Editing Wikipedia is a privilege that is freely offered to all, but the community restricts or completely takes that privilege away from people who will not edit and behave as Wikipedians.

I hope that makes sense to you.

I want to add here that per the WP:COI guideline, if you want to directly update simple, uncontroversial facts (for example, correcting the facts about where the company has offices) you can do that directly in the article, without making an edit request on the Talk page. Just be sure to always cite a reliable source for the information you change, and make sure it is simple, factual, uncontroversial content. If you are not sure if something is uncontroversial, please ask at the Talk page.

Will you please agree to learn and follow the content and behavioral policies and guidelines, and to follow the peer review processes going forward when you want to work on the Amneal article or any article where your COI is relevant? Do let me know, and if anything above doesn't make sense I would be happy to discuss. Best regards Jytdog (talk) 02:24, 8 May 2018 (UTC)

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