Talk:SOX 404 top–down risk assessment

This page was apparently copied from or to http://www.jgames.co.uk/title/Top-down_risk_assessment. --SueHay 01:58, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Actually, that site is a mirror. --SueHay 21:51, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Tone

Wikipedia isn't the place for detailed instructions. Please try to summarize the process. Thanks! --SueHay 21:51, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Hello Sue: Thank you for your help! The referencing is much cleaner now. I've modified the text to take out the "you / your" tone. Do you think it would make more sense to create a separate article titled "Conducting a Top-Down Risk Assessment" that is more technical in nature? The very guide you gave me cites a musical example, contrasting a technical article from a general one. What do you think? Farcaster 00:20, 5 June 2007 (UTC)Farcaster

Glad to help, Farcaster! There are three references that still need to be inserted in the text, but I wasn't sure where best to put them, so if you could put them where they belong, that would help with verifying the information. I don't think you should make a separate article yet. I think this is your first contribution to Wikipedia -- and it's much appreciated -- but it's best to polish this a bit before spreading out. Take a look at some featured articles to get some idea what this article might become if carefully edited. Here are a few things to think about:

• I wikilinked "United States" in the opening paragraph because this article addresses something American. Wikipedia is international, so it's important to provide the reader with country context when it matters.
• The article's title will probably have to change soon, because it's too vague. You're writing about "SOX404 compliance risk assessment". "Top-down" is a generic term for "complete", and "risk assessment" has various English-language usages. The PCAOB and SEC use this general label within a very specific context, so it has a derived specific meaning. In Wikipedia, we need to give specific articles specific titles. I haven't moved the article to a more specific title because you're actively working on it, and I don't want to throw you off. We can move it to a more precise title when you've had time to polish it. You're quite right that it's a technical article, but you can work on it under this title for now.
• Please make sure that you haven't copied anything verbatim from a copyrighted source. I'm not accusing you of doing this, I'm simply asking you to make sure that the text you've added is not under copyright protection.

I'm here to help you make this a great Wikipedia article, Farcaster! I'll pop in with edits and suggestions if needed. Thanks for all you're doing! --SueHay 01:46, 5 June 2007 (UTC)