JohnB0207

Vaseline

I have read through your disclosure of conflict of interest. I am willing to help, but not without independent secondary or third-party sources. Could you provide more? The current references to online dictionaries hardly constitute references at all, according to Wikipedia's policies and conventions. Also, do note that Vaseline does not own any content, as per WP:OWN. The Average Wikipedian (talk) 13:20, 14 July 2015 (UTC)

Response

Hello, apologies for the delay in response,

I can provide more sources, I have already collected a number of independent sources based on the Talk pages of both Vaseline and Petroleum Jelly, and the three [citation needed] calls on the Petroleum Jelly page.

I've also discovered various FDA sources, and dermatology journals. I have a couple of online third party sources which are readily available, but I've also discovered some very informative sources which are offline only. I understand that Wikipedia accepts offline sources as citations, but I recognise that unless editors can access them, they may not be that helpful. So I will try to find a way to make this work.

These sources are very useful:

http://www.lotioncrafter.com/pdf/Petrolatum_A_Useful_Classic.pdf

http://www.fda.gov/downloads/Drugs/DevelopmentApprovalProcess/DevelopmentResources/Over-the-CounterOTCDrugs/StatusofOTCRulemakings/ucm091669.pdf

I believe these should be helpful in filling out the usage section, and the creation of a safety section and more? There are a few instances where I think www.vaseline.us would be the most relevant source, to suggest, but understand the difficulty of doing so. Based on my understanding of the process, I assume the best way to do this is to create comments in the Talk page, which include the source, and the necessary context for yourself and any other Wikipedia editor to consider?

Regarding ownership. I and Vaseline fully understand.

Thank you. JohnB0207 (talk) 11:13, 12 October 2015 (UTC)

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