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Thanks for letting me know about this.

As the McDonald's article develops, editors may need to find information on an aspect that needs to be expanded upon. Sources need to be already published so readers can double check the info (as per WP:V, verifiability is the criterion) - If someone needs help locating primary or secondary source information, I'll let them know that you have offered to help him/her find the stuff

As a note, the main thing I did for the McDonald's article was locate a photo of the McDonald's corporate HQ on Flickr, arrange it to be relicensed for Wikipedia usage, and have it posted in the McDonald's articles across various Wikipedias. WhisperToMe (talk) 23:23, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

Hello, Egerstea. I placed links to McDonald's official Facebook and Twitter pages in the External links section of the McDonald's Wikipedia article, based on the links provided at the official McDonald's website, which I believe is acceptable under the Wikipedia:External links policy.

However, it is important that you understand the policies governing possible conflicts of interest, as Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, and care must be taken not to allow material to be added that solely has the function of promoting an article's subject, or acting in a purely biased or self-serving manner. In addition to WP:COI and WP:NPOV, there is also the guidelines pertaining to reliability of sources, and whether sources are primary or secondary sources. For material that may carry some conflict of interest, such as sales statistics, newly opening restaurants, nutritional information, etc. it is better to use secondary sources--that is, sources that are independent of McDonalds, such as newspaper or magazine articles, FDA reports, etc. If you can point us to such sources for this type of material, feel free to do so, and if they contain encyclopedic material that would appear to be a general interest to the reader, we may cite them for adding material to articles. If you have any other questions, feel free to ask them. Nightscream (talk) 06:07, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

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Hi. I wanted to let you know that I posted a comment about the messages you've left on three editors' talk pages on the Administrators' noticeboard. You can find the comment here. Please feel free to respond if you wish to.

You've not been accused of doing anything wrong, I just thought your approach to corporate communications in regards to Wikipedia was an interesting one, and different from anything I've seen in the past. Best, Beyond My Ken (talk) 21:33, 7 March 2011 (UTC)