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What do you think of those edits? C1776MTalk 16:08, 15 March 2014 (UTC)Reply
I am a self-employed freelance writer who was paid directly by GetYourGuide to revise and edit this pageTlvernon (talk) 19:33, 23 November 2018 (UTC)Reply
This page was reverted to an earlier version, I restored it to the latest version.Tlvernon (talk) 19:40, 4 December 2018 (UTC)Reply
Paid contribution, I deleted content from the intro paragraph and 2018 section that might be considered too promotional.Tlvernon (talk) 19:15, 23 January 2019 (UTC)Reply
Paid contribution, see talk page. Removed maintenance tag after editing material that might be considered too promotional.Tlvernon (talk) 22:00, 25 January 2019 (UTC)Reply
This edit request by an editor with a conflict of interest was declined. Per WP:TOOMANYREFS. |
Hi. My name is Clare and I work for GetYourGuide. In compliance with WP:COI, I'd like to share some suggested changes here for an impartial editor to consider. These address three issues:
Let me know if there is any other way I can be of assistance or anything I can do to make the proposed edits easier to review. Claresayasronning (talk) 17:15, 21 August 2023 (UTC)Reply
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I work for GetYourGuide and I proposed some changes to correct that GetYourGuide is an online marketplace, not a travel agency, and to trim lists of "business alliances... employees...offices..." etc. per the WP:NOTPRICE policy that prohibits directory information. A few other things as well. These changes are intended as an incremental improvement that still leaves a lot of room for future improvement/expansion, but puts the page on a path towards rehabilitation.
@Graywalls: said he supports the edits (also noting the page needs more work). He asked that I make a copy/paste-ready version of the article with the edits incorporated, which I've done here. This draft still has a lot of problems with uncited content, a Forbes Contributor, etc. but my hope is merely to make progress before working on additional improvements/expansion. Claresayasronning (talk) 19:07, 4 December 2023 (UTC)Reply
There's some contents over at https://www.cnbc.com/2023/06/01/travel-firm-getyourguide-raises-194-million-at-2-billion-valuation.html Graywalls (talk) 01:44, 5 December 2023 (UTC)Reply
The current page is in much better shape now. However, a lot of the cited sources don't say what they are cited for, don't mention GetYourGuide at all[1], aren't fully utilized, are to improper sources[2], or are brief blurbs[3]. There's also some uncited content, name-dropping of investors, out-dated crystal ball content about "plans" to move the company's HQ, and so on.
I'd like to share a proposed draft as a replacement. It is similar to the current page in terms of the overall emphasis and flow of events, but adds more detail, relies on better citations, and improves the quality/accuracy throughout every paragraph. Pinging @Gnom: and @Graywalls:, who responded when I proposed edits last December. Let me know if you would prefer I provide an annotated version showing the changes or do one section at-a-time.
Please see my COI disclosure on my user page or elsewhere on this Talk page. I work for GetYourGuide. Thanks for the consideration! Claresayasronning (talk) 15:13, 10 April 2024 (UTC)Reply
This edit request by an editor with a conflict of interest has now been answered. |
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The idea for GetYourGuide was conceived | + | The idea for GetYourGuide was conceived of in 2008 by co-founders Johannes Reck and Tao Tao, who were college roommates attending the [[Swiss Federal Institute of Technology]]. |
An impartial editor has reviewed the proposed edit(s) and asked the editor with a conflict of interest to go ahead and make the suggested changes. |
Hi. My name is Clare and I work for GetYourGuide. In compliance with WP:COI, I'd like to request the following changes/updates:
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founder: Johannes Reck, Tao Tao, Tobias Rein, Martin Sieber, Pascal | + | founder: Johannes Reck, Tao Tao, Tobias Rein, Martin Sieber, Pascal Mathis |
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It offers more than | + | It offers more than 100,000 products worldwide from more than 20,000 supply partners |
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Claresayasronning (talk) 11:13, 3 June 2024 (UTC)Reply
The user below has a request that an edit be made to GetYourGuide. That user has an actual or apparent conflict of interest. The requested edits backlog is high. Please be very patient. There are currently 161 requests waiting for review. Please read the instructions for the parameters used by this template for accepting and declining them, and review the request below and make the edit if it is well sourced, neutral, and follows other Wikipedia guidelines and policies. |
My name is Clare and I work for GetYourGuide. The current History section has a paragraph near the beginning that (a) is uncited (b) is partially redundant with the prior sentence (c) is the only information on the page regarding 5+ years of history as the company was starting out (d) has a lot of strange/awkward language/wording. I'd like to propose replacing that paragraph with a cited and expanded 2.5 paragraph draft that adds information about funding rounds as follows:
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The company was founded in 2009 in Zurich, Switzerland by four students.[1] Initially, the company was funded by friends and family members.[2] The founders moved from Zurich to Berlin in 2013, in order to raise venture capital, but ended up getting a lot of their funding from American investors.[2] GetYourGuide raised $170 million in funding over four funding rounds from 2009 to 2017.[3][4][5] Another $484 million was raised in a 2019 Series E round, valuing the company at $1 billion.[6] This was one of the largest-ever funding rounds for a European startup.[6] Then, in June 2023, GetYourGuide raised $194 million in venture capital, valuing the business at about $2 billion.[7]
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Claresayasronning (talk) 15:09, 18 June 2024 (UTC)Reply
The user below has a request that an edit be made to GetYourGuide. That user has an actual or apparent conflict of interest. The requested edits backlog is high. Please be very patient. There are currently 161 requests waiting for review. Please read the instructions for the parameters used by this template for accepting and declining them, and review the request below and make the edit if it is well sourced, neutral, and follows other Wikipedia guidelines and policies. |
My name is Clare and I work for GetYourGuide. My last edit request expanded on the company's early history after review/feedback from @Gnom:. I'd like to expand on the more recent history as well, with a summary of independent citations discussing the ups and downs of the company from 2017 - current. Below is the proposed content:
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| + | By 2017, GetYourGuide was not yet profitable, but was rapidly growing. It sold 5 million tickets that year, compared to 5 million since it was founded in 2008. This grew to 25 million total tickets sold by 2019. During parts of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] GetYourGuide shut down activity booking. After travel restrictions were lifted, activity on the site rebounded GetYourGuide started selling activities in the United States in 2021. |
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Claresayasronning (talk) 17:07, 9 July 2024 (UTC)Reply