User talk:38.68.19.143

July 2021

Hello, I'm Rdp060707. I noticed that you made a change to an article, I Said a Prayer, but you didn't provide a source. I’ve removed it for now, but if you’d like to include a citation to a reliable source and re-add it, please do so! If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. ----Rdp060707|talk 06:22, 19 July 2021 (UTC)

October 2021

Hi there. You seem to be on a bit of a crusade to change "founded" to "formed" in a bunch of articles about companies. Is there a particular reason for this? — Manticore 11:53, 1 October 2021 (UTC)

Concur with Manticore. It looks like you don't quite understand the difference between the connotations of "founded" and "formed" (as distinguished from their denotations). "Founded" connotes the initial starting of a business enterprise (the business promoter has an idea and rounds up some investors); "formed" connotes its formal organization or incorporation (the promoter(s) sit down with the lawyers and sign lots of papers). You have a habit of changing "founded" in contexts in which it is already being correctly used to "formed," which is clearly incorrect. Good writers always consider both denotation and connotation when selecting words. (Yes, that is a colossal pain in the neck and takes over a decade of regular practice to learn how to do correctly.) In most WP articles, when a corporation was formed is nearly always irrelevant. The overwhelming majority of readers care only about when a business was first founded, not when its legal entity was formed. The latter date of formation is notable for WP purposes only if the founders were sloppy with the legal formalities and that ripened into litigation at some later point. --Coolcaesar (talk) 03:49, 6 October 2021 (UTC)

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