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[edit] Conflict of interest concerns

FYI, this article is one of many edited by paid editors associated with Intrapromote, a professional search engine optimization. For more information see:

Editors working on behalf of Fisher-Price (among many other corporate clients}}:

and numerous IPs, only a few of whom we've listed.
--A. B. (talk) 14:57, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Based on what evidence? If you've got issues about specific points of fact, then fix them in the article instead of trying to make others do your work for you. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 15:09, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
"What evidence?" Hmmm.... about the links in my two edit summaries and the 3 links above that I posted?
Baseball Bugs, there are over 90 articles to be reviewed that I've identified so far; see User talk:68.58.116.72 So far I've spent 10+ hours on this and still going through edit histories edit by edit. I'm just not very fast and I have a life off-Wikipedia. I keep identifying more articles and more IPs as well.
If the COI tag offends you, then just leave the tag off that article and I'll cross this one off my list.
Cheers,

--A. B. (talk) 18:35, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
I originally removed the COI from this article, due to the lack of a corresponding Talk page discussion. The discussion is now here and the COI tag seems appropriate while the issue is investigated and a course of action is selected. Updates can be gained from the aforementioned COI noticeboard. I think A. B. made a great catch. Eli lilly 01:41, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

I'm not "offended" by the tag, I just want to see something that specifically indicates that this article is a COI, without having to read a megillah to learn what the specific issue is. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 01:45, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

And I reverted it again. You can't just make a broad claim and expect the public to go along with it. What is the specific issue with this specific article? That's all I ask for someone to identify. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 01:48, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
From what I have read on the COI page and in A. B.'s discussion, it is a policy violation to edit a wikipedia article when you have a financial involvement in the content that you are editing. It seems like the appropriate thing to do will be to look at the history of the edits that those questionable users made to this article and ensure that those edits are appropriate. I'd imagine that this can be done with or without the COI tag in place, in the case of this specific article the content does seem objective. Perhaps the whole point of the COI tag has already been met, we were alerted and reviewed the article and didn't find anything in this case. Eli lilly 11:42, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

Let me put it this way: I'm sure you're immersed in this project and are very familiar with it. I am not, and don't necessarily want to be. Please try to state, in 2 or 3 sentences, the answers to these questions:

  • Who, specifically, is the source of the alleged conflict of interest in this specific article; and when did they post it?
  • How do you know they work for the toy company in question?

Give me straightforward answers to those questions, and I'll leave the article to you. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 01:57, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:ViewMasterLogo.jpg

Image:ViewMasterLogo.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

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BetacommandBot 18:41, 24 October 2007 (UTC)