Talk:VMLY&R

Record Album

They also released an environmental record album in Canada in 1973 called "Earth Air & Water"2607:FEA8:1360:7B3:10B3:EB3F:22AC:A7DF (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 22:11, 20 September 2018 (UTC)

Conflict of interest editors

Leading editors of this article are either known to or are very likely to work for VMLY&R, or work for a firm that competes with VMLY&R.

1. User:204.10.132.7 - 5,227 characters (24.9%) - Repeatedly warned about conflict of interest editing; IP address resolves to Group M Worldwide, LLC (a subsidiary/sister company of VMLY&R); since 2008, editor has worked on articles about VMLY&R, Wunderman Thompson (subsidiary/sister), WPP plc (parent), Tony Granger (WPP executive), shoehorned a mention of Listening Platform (a Wunderman service), and addressed other subjects that are likely clients of the agency.
2. User:Wikijd816 - 2,730 characters (13%) - While this user has disclosed that they are being paid by VMLY&R to edit Wikipedia, they have never engaged on the Talk page of this article before making unilateral changes to the article, which include "promotional" language insertions like "VMLY&R was named one of the Top 20 healthcare marketing agencies by Medical, Marketing and Media (MM&M) magazine", "During 2019, its first full year as a united entity, VMLY&R grew its health revenue to $100 million. That represents an 11% jump over the $90 million generated by the predecessor organizations in 2018", "offer truly integrated online and offline services", and "boasted an impressive client list". — User:Wikijd816 update: Removed this copy and replaced with the following: "In October 2018, the Sudler network combined with VMLY&R, creating VMLY&R Health. In early 2020, Medical, Marketing and Media (MM&M) magazine ranked VMLY&R as No. 18 for North American revenue of healthcare marketing agencies." Happy to revise further, if needed. Sorry, just reading now that I should have suggested the edit on the talk page first. Will do that in the future for changes. Thank you.
3. User:Seriousuli - 823 characters (3.9%) - Warned about conflict of interest editing; between 2012 and 2013 exclusively edited about VMLY&R (perhaps as a competitor, seeking to insert criticism), then in April 2018 edited nothing but articles related to Havas (a competitor).
4. User:AndyBVolcom - 696 characters (3.3%) - Account blocked for abusing multiple accounts.

The article therefore may be biased by a conflict of interest, and we request help from other unaffiliated editors to improve the article to meet Wikipedia's standards of neutral point of view. - AppleBsTime (talk) 15:47, 13 October 2020 (UTC)

What in the effing heck is my name doing on this list - all I did was format the refs. Please remove my name from this bad faith post. MarnetteD|Talk 15:50, 13 October 2020 (UTC)

Sorry, I thought that the comment "Project-minded editor in good standing" underscored that you are the opposite of the COI concern here. I can remove the non-COI names, if you think that's better. I would equally ask that you retract your claim that my post was in bad faith. - AppleBsTime (talk) 16:00, 13 October 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for clearing that up A. I would suggest removing the names of those editors you have listed as "In good standing" to avoid any body else being as confused as I was - oh wait I see you've done that while I was typing this. Thank You. MarnetteD|Talk 16:04, 13 October 2020 (UTC)