Talk:Magellan Data and Mapping Strategies

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Removed deletion tag

I removed the proposed deletion as Magellan Polls are gaining more media coverage (in a positive light from conservative media like the Wall St. Journal; in a negative light from journalists questioning the firm's partiality and methodology). Magellan and its polls have become controversial as are seemingly manipulated to favor certain Republican candidates (see New Hampshire under Controversies).Shemp Howard, Jr. (talk) 14:43, 20 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Revisions by Magellan Employee

An employee of Magellan (using the name TomJefferson1970) apparently has edited the page to shape it to the company's liking. The revisions contain the apparently erroneous contention that it correctly predicted the U.S Senate race in California.

Tom Jefferson has written "The person that created this page, Shemp Howard, Jr on Nov 18th, 2010 has malicous intent to harm the reputaiton of Magellan Strategies. Our edits provide information to the article that are not mentioned and remove content that is false." I have no malicious intent -- I'm merely reporting what I am finding in sources.Shemp Howard, Jr. (talk) 01:12, 24 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

External links removed 8/30/13

I have just removed the following link farm. If any of them can be used as references, they should be formatted appropriately and reinserted:

Commentary, "Gingrich and Romney Tied in NH"
Concord Monitor, "Magellan poll: good news for Ayotte"
Daily Kos, "Nevada poll: Romney rising, Cain dropping, Perry on life support"
Human Events, "Little Sunshine for Obama in Florida"
Las Vegas Sun, "Poll shows Perry leading Romney among likely GOP voters in Nevada"
Los Angeles Times, "Poll suggests Newt Gingrich threatens Mitt Romney in New Hampshire"
New Hampshire Journal, "POLL: Obama rebounding in NH, but Obamacare on the ropes"
Orlando Sentinel, "Magellan Poll: Obama in trouble but no Republicans lighting up Florida"
Politico.com, Magellan Data and Mapping Strategies' February 2, 2011 Memorandum: New Hampshire 2012 General Election Survey Topline Results
Slate, "Poll: Ron Paul Bests Bachmann in New Hampshire"
Wall Street Journal, "Poll: Gingrich, Romney in Dead Heat in N.H."
New York Times, In a Tactical Shift, Romney Trains Sights on Gingrich"

ukexpat (talk) 17:55, 30 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Complaint from owner of Magellan Strategies

The following was posted to the Help desk today, and copied here by Maproom (talk) 18:08, 30 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I need to know what my editing options are

To whom it may concern,

My name is David Flaherty and I own and run Magellan Strategies, formerly Magellan Data and Mapping Strategies. My company offers quantitative and qualitative survey research services to Republican candidates, organizations and private businesses. We also conduct predictive analytic projects. I am contacting you to understand what my options are for editing, changing or removing the Magellan Data and Mapping Strategies wiki page.

This "article" about my company was created by someone affiliated with the Mitt Romney campaign in 2011, not anyone associated with my firm. The person that created the page wanted to intentionally harm our reputation because of a New Hampshire survey that my released in November of 2011 that showed Newt Gingrich closely trailing Mitt Romney. My issue with the "article" is that it is titled "Magellan Data and Mapping Strategies", and is supposed to be about my company when all it talks about is the New Hampshire poll, and other polls that we have conducted.

If this page is going to stay active, and I am unable to edit, remove or change it I wanted to know if the name of the article could be changed to "Magellan Data and Mapping Strategies 2011 New Hampshire Republican Primary Poll" or some thing like that.

We have conducted more than 3,000 surveys and have many, many satisfied clients for other things that we do. And if there is going to be a page or article about my firm, I am going to want to give the entire story of what we have done, who we are, and what we have accomplished for the past 8 years. It's incredibly frustrating that wikipedia is used by someone to abuse my company, name and reputation based on one survey.

Please let me know what my options are.

Thanks

David Flaherty— Preceding unsigned comment added by Tomjefferson1970 (talk • contribs) 17:31, 30 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Additional concern raised by Flaherty

Flaherty has also stated that the Laura Martin blog post which is currently the first footnote conflates another company called "Magellan Research", which did the poll in the Las Vegas mayoral race about which she writes, with his own company. --Orange Mike | Talk 23:39, 4 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]