Cmcase

May 2011

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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. JamesBWatson (talk) 09:34, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

Talkback

Hi JBW, Thanks for your email: you're correct, I work for the company Mr. Simon founded. When I started here and discovered that his Wikipedia page was a mess (and that some of the problems with the piece had been outstanding for several years), I tried to correct the issues cited as problems on the page. To the best of my abilities as an editor, I attempted to make these changes according to Wikipedia guidelines (and not in the interest of self promotion). I hope you'll find my edits to the piece satisfactory. I'm ok with 'out'-ing myself to the Wiki community on this matter, but can't seem to figure out how to make changes to the article's talk page as it appears to have been archived. Maybe I'm mistaken?

Cmcase (talk) 14:30, 11 May 2011 (UTC) CMC

If you mean Simon-Kucher & Partners, then it was deleted because it was thought to be promotional in character, and in such cases it is normal to automatically delete the talk page of the article too. JamesBWatson (talk) 14:48, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

I was actually referring to the talk page for the article on Hermann Simon (but maybe I need to log some more time on the help page!) It seems that the article has reverted to before I made any edits and removed a lot of the "peacock language". I'm not sure where the article came from originally and I certainly see the need to make a number of changes to it. With regards to the article on Simon-Kucher & Partners, the firm is very well-known within pricing circles (its employees have authored around 10 books in the past 10 years on the subject-the majority of which are available for purchase on Amazon, and has been cited in numerous business publications from the Wall St Journal to The Economist to the Financial Times). Would it be helpful to include such references with the article? Cmcase (talk) 15:08, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

You should be able to edit the talk page to Hermann Simon. Just click on this link and start typing. As for the other points you raise, unfortunately I have to go off line now and don't have time to give them proper consideration, but at a quick glance it looks as though you may well have a point, so I have reverted to your version of the article for now at least. One final small point before I log off: it is best not to put a "talkback" tag in a section heading, as it messes up the formatting. JamesBWatson (talk) 15:18, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

Would it make sense for me to contact a Wikipedia writer about an article on Simon-Kucher & Partners? The company is noteworthy in its field (pricing consulting) and its employees have authored books around the world on the subject. I'm happy to provide a bibliography list if this will help our cause. The article was written by an outside writer who was unpaid. Cmcase (talk) 15:51, 20 May 2011 (UTC)