Talk:Versaterm

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@Oshwah: @Teratix:

Hello Oshwah & Teratix, Thank you for the constructive/informative feedback here on the edits I was attempting to make.

Yesterday, was the first time I stumbled upon this Wikipedia Article written about my company- Versaterm. The page appears to have been originally created in 2005. Despite the use of first-person pronouns used in the first version, nobody within our company was aware of this page’s existence and/or who might have created this Wikipedia Article. We were surprised to find many inaccuracies and negatively unbalanced content that could impact Versaterm’s business.

I started to look into the Deletion process and am still not sure how to add the request template. Not being familiar with how Wikipedia works, I created this user account and made some edits in good faith to reflect accurate and neutral information in the interim. Those edits were quickly reverted back.

My apologies, I was unaware of the COI guidelines and am now reaching out to find the correct/appropriate approach to resolving this issue for my Company.

Although, the edits you (Teratix) made on Aug. 7, 2020 elude to 'more expansion to come', the current rewrite completely changed the content and tone and will be interpreted with negative connotations.

Is it possible for the Article on Versaterm to be removed from Wikipedia? As we (Versaterm) do not feel there is a neutral version in the page history to revert to, as the original version (and some subsequent revisions) do appear to come off as advertisements.

Please advise how we can proceed.

Thank you PublicSafetyMonitor (talk) 00:47, 15 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hello @PublicSafetyMonitor:, and thank you for opening this talk page discussion. I'll respond to your points one at a time.

My rewrite did not introduce negatively biased content or inaccuracies. The information in Wikipedia articles is meant to correspond to what is reported in reliable sources. So, if sources cover criticism of Versaterm's products, this will be reflected in the content of the article. This is not an indication of negative bias; indeed, if this was not reflected in the article, that would indicate a pro-Versaterm bias. If you disagree with this assessment, you may like to ask for other editors' opinions at the dedicated noticeboard. Please note, however, that I am still in the process of expanding the article further, and so its structure and information may change.
I see you attempted to tag the article for speedy deletion as an attack page (speedy deletion criterion G10). That criterion is intended for deleting blatantly libellous pages and is extremely unlikely to be granted in this situation by an administrator, as all critical content is well-sourced, neutrally described, and appropriately weighted. Your other option if you wished to seek deletion would be to create an articles for deletion discussion. However, this too will probably not succeed. Wikipedia does not keep or delete articles based merely on a company's wishes; instead, you must show that the article meets one of the accepted reasons for deletion.
To respond to your points in this edit summary:

The claim that Versaterm and Niche (note the "and", not "or") have cornered the North American market is appropriately sourced and attributed to The Globe and Mail.
The last line of the lead may reflect negatively on Versaterm, but it is well-cited and follows what a variety of reliable sources have reported.
The cited source for this statement very clearly describes "Austin's CAD software, which is made by a company called Versaterm".
The fact that the references tend to reflect negatively on Versaterm is not a result of cherrypicking, but simply because that is what reliable sources have to say on the matter.

Finally, note that role accounts, that represent a group instead of a single person, are generally prohibited, so please stick to using this account as solely an individual. – Teratix ₵ 10:11, 15 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]