Talk:Experian/Archives/2019

Removed Corporate Responsibility section

The Corporate Responsibility section looks like an advertisement or PR release. I see no reason that is notable and should be included. I removed it. Sanpitch (talk) 17:07, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

Written by Experian?

This article looks like it was written by Experian to minimize the stupid hacks, and to emphasize all the acquisitions they've made. It seems to me like the whole acquisitions section could be deleted. Sanpitch (talk) 18:55, 27 June 2019 (UTC)

The acquisitions part is an important aspect. Experian had a deliberate policy at that time (around 2010) to increase their product portfolio by buying in established products. Andy Dingley (talk) 12:27, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

To my knowledge Wikipedia is not supposed to be a history of every acquisition; the ratio between the size of the acquisition section to eh rest of the article is way to large. Your comment reinforces my claim above, that the acquisition section and much of the rest of the article reads like an Experian press release. I removed the acquisition section, and also the issues messages, since the article is at least less like an Experian press release now. Sanpitch (talk) 17:07, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

Was a bit confused at where to look in the Talk page without the section title being specified in the revert of my edit. Anyway, your reasoning is clear. Some of the article seems to be lifted directly from the older version of their website, i.e.

During the next ten years, Experian broadened its product range to new industry sectors, beyond financial services, and entered new markets such as Latin America, Asia Pacific and Eastern Europe. The business expanded through both organic development and acquisitions.

in the History section, which can be seen here. I had to run the IAbot to check which of the older versions of the page archived was referenced.

Reputable sources should be sourced to independently verify information from primary source such as the above. The article does need a serious review and rewrite. robertsky (talk) 17:24, 24 August 2019 (UTC)