Talk:United States Chamber of Commerce

Latest comment: 1 year ago by Ilyana.Sombrelune in topic Reverting Blatant Vandalism

Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment edit

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Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment edit

  This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 28 August 2018 and 6 December 2018. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Oldmanmott.

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Proposed merge of Global Innovation Policy Center into United States Chamber of Commerce edit

GIPC does not appear to be notable except as part of the Chamber of Commerce. It could be dealt with in a small section or paragraph here. Apocheir (talk) 22:17, 19 April 2022 (UTC)Reply

Agreed. GIPC has only 4 footnotes, all of which link to its own website. PetesPizza (talk) 13:36, 20 July 2022 (UTC)Reply
    Y Merger complete. Klbrain (talk) 11:27, 14 January 2023 (UTC)Reply

Reverting Blatant Vandalism edit

Per the request, taking my reasoning here before re-editing.

  1. Opinion pieces are not citations per Wikipedia:Reliable sources
  2. Conflating board member stats as a representation of total membership statistics is misleading
  3. The claim about representing over 3 million businesses is cited twice - by an opinion piece. Again, see Wikipedia:Reliable sources
  4. 'Strong conservative positions' (which is based on the opinion article as a citation) is wrong; this page already talks about its positions: "Politically, the US Chamber of Commerce is considered to be on the political right, but is known to take positions that many Republicans, particularly populists, do not support. The US Chamber is often associated with the establishment wing of the Republican Party."

Reverting the page to its previous, stable form before its vandalism. Thank you. Coconutshrimp (talk) 11:09, 17 February 2023 (UTC)Reply

The guidelines are clear: Yes we can use "opinion pieces"---WP:REPUTABLE states: "This means that we publish only the analysis, views, and opinions of reliable authors....When taking information from opinion content, the identity of the author may help determine reliability. The opinions of specialists and recognized experts are more likely to be reliable and to reflect a significant viewpoint." In this case a major news magazine has selected and verified the reliable authors. Rjensen (talk) 13:52, 17 February 2023 (UTC)Reply
On its LINKEDIN Page the Chamber states: "The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is the world’s largest business organization representing the interests of more than three million businesses of every size, sector, and region." see https://www.linkedin.com/company/u-s--chamber-of-commerce/ Rjensen (talk) 20:09, 17 February 2023 (UTC)Reply
You can't quote the US Chamber of Commerce as a reliable source for an article on the US Chamber of Commerce.
The group is well known for representing large global businesses.
https://www.economist.com/business/2016/07/09/the-two-faces-of-usa-inc
Many academic sources agree with this. Ilyana.Sombrelune (talk) 19:56, 18 February 2023 (UTC)Reply
The sentence "It claims to represent over 3 million businessess although this claim is regularly contested" is far more accurate than "it represents 3 million businesses"
The former claim is an advertising, not a serious claim. Ilyana.Sombrelune (talk) 19:58, 18 February 2023 (UTC)Reply
I meant the later ** Ilyana.Sombrelune (talk) 19:59, 18 February 2023 (UTC)Reply