User talk:Slumdogdiggity

USANA Edits

When making an edit like you were suggesting over at the USANA aritlce it's best to cite a source or otherwise it will be deleted. I'd recommend taking the time to explain it in such a way that a person who is unfamiliar with with the idea is capable of understanding what you're trying to convey. You don't need to condense it into two sentences. If it takes more to explain then so be it.Jean314 (talk) 03:19, 14 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

References

It is extremely important that you include references to any change you make to a Wikipedia article. If there are no references it is assumed to be Original Research (OR) and very easily biased. I think that an addition to the USANA article about required purchases would be good to provide a clearer picture of how the structure works, but it absolutely has to be referenced. In this case I believe company documentation would most likely be permitted or if you could find a newspaper article that would be even better. The National Business Review mentioned required purchases in one of their articles I do believe. Write the content and then reference each statement to the article or document from which it was taken. Considering you're new to this I think it might be best for you to first post your comment in the Discussion section of the USANA article so that it can be debated and adjusted until it is appropriate for the main page. We don't want misleading content accidentally being read as fact. Jean314 (talk) 22:02, 23 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm happy with the later edit with the references added, although if a third party source can be found it would be even better. LessHeard vanU (talk) 22:10, 23 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- The only reference I'm aware of comes from The National Business Review

"According to several recruiting presentations NBR attended in New Zealand, each new Usana distributor must buy a minimum of about $445 worth of the company’s business tools and health products, then continue to buy $290 worth of its health products every month thereafter in order to qualify for commissions." (http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/most-people-wont-get-their-money-back).

I'm not sure how or if you would want to incorporate this into the article, but it is a third party source discussing required purchases. Jean314 (talk) 17:04, 24 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]