User talk:CHartlage

Hello. I will answer your question below, but I want to start out with this:

Welcome!

Hello, CHartlage, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I noticed that one of the first articles you edited was Owens Corning, which 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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Owens Corning

Our style guide recommends writing the lead section in summary style, to cover major points of the whole article (which some users won't even read.) The relevant style guide is here: Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lead section. The bankruptcy certainly is a major topic that fits in with the summarized history contained in the lead.

Also, please pay careful attention to the conflict-of-interet policy. (The link above is to a best-practices guideline.) We are here to build an encyclopedia from a neutral point of view, not to make our employers look good. JustinTime55 (talk) 13:02, 20 August 2015 (UTC)