Talk:JSON Meta Application Protocol

who's allowed to contribute?

OK, so I had a quick discussion with a FastMail tech in a ticket, and they say they are not going to contribute to the Wikipedia page for this because that would violate the Wikipedia terms. I disagreed, since this is a page for an open source project, and its success does not really financially benefit FastMail. If no one on the open source team can contribute to this, who will provide the tech specifics?

I read the FAQ for organizations, and I did not see a reason they could not contribute.

Anyway, this discussion has probably been had elsewhere, but I figured I would document it here. I edited this page earlier. I'm just an email user, and FastMail is an email service that I've used for several years. I think they started a nice project here, because I've had many headaches with IMAP in the past.

But this Wikpedia page could use more tech stuff, and people who are not involved with the project are more likely to get that wrong.

Just thought I would mention this.

Dan --100.4.151.25 (talk) 00:56, 8 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

It's generally fine for those closely associated to edit, as long as they abide by the guidelines in Wikipedia:Conflict of interest and Wikipedia:Plain and simple conflict of interest guide. There are a couple of "traps" that need to be avoided - one is pushing a PR line, (or being perceived to be doing so), and the other is relying upon "arguments from authority" because of inside knowledge - facts still need to be backed up with Reliable Sources. I imagine it can be intensely annoying to see others misunderstanding things - but a very bad idea to get grumpy about it. If in doubt, it's always safe to post here on the Talk page, and point other editors in the right direction. - Snori (talk) 01:25, 8 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for that reply. It might be helpful if the Conflict of interest page specifically mentioned this sort of project, because those guidelines are more concerned with profit-driven and agenda-driven topics where even minor changes in wording can add bias. I do agree with what you say here. Dan --100.4.149.195 (talk) 12:49, 24 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]