X-Gunman

Welcome!

Hello, X-Gunman, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I notice that one of the first articles you edited appears to be dealing with a topic with which you may have a conflict of interest. In other words, you may find it difficult to write about that topic in a neutral and objective way, because you are, work for, or represent, the subject of that article. Your recent contributions may have already been undone for this very reason.

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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place {{help me}} before the question. Again, welcome! DThomsen8 (talk) 21:44, 21 August 2013 (UTC)

Boilerplate welcome

All that welcome above is boilerplate wording for someone like you. I read your User page, and I understand you want to work within the rules. As a Senior Editor, so do I, but I also want NPOV articles which inform the public and the potential or active customers of your services. I do not have time to do anything om the Boingo Wireless article tonight, but I want you to feel free to contact me here, or on my talk page.--DThomsen8 (talk) 21:58, 21 August 2013 (UTC)

Thank You

I'm happy to work within the Talk page to propose content and provide validation sources. I will entrust the Wikipedia community and editors like yourself to determine what is worthy of promotion to the company page itself. The reality is that "active customers" as most people think of them (retail Wi-Fi users) represent less than half of our revenues (2Q13 10-Q filing), and the current page doesn't represent the breadth of our service offerings -- most of which are wholesale services to telecommunications companies and other service providers. I am a trained journalist so am fairly adept at NPOV writing, but will ultimately defer to the community's perspectives regarding neutrality and promotion. If there is a process you would propose that is different from using Talk for this purpose, I'm amenable to whatever works for you. Thanks again for your note. --X-Gunman (talk) 22:13, 21 August 2013 (UTC)

Caught in an Open Proxy block

I need to flag inaccurate information for participating editors, and can't add comments to the company talk page because my IP address has been flagged for an open proxy. Assistance? X-Gunman (talk) 23:59, 11 February 2014 (UTC)

It's usually felt that, absent a specific need for privacy (such as for those editing from behind the Great Firewall of China) there is no need to use an open proxy. You may, however, request IP block exemption if you believe you need to edit from an open proxy. See that page for instructions. Huon (talk) 00:49, 12 February 2014 (UTC)