Talk:Cloudinary

Proposing article improvements and updates

I'm a connected contributor with suggestions about how to improve and expand the article. I want to start by proposing a slight change to the intro paragraph. Most intro paragraphs for articles about companies begin with a sentence that summarizes what the company does. In this case, the long list of office locations dominates the first sentence and the article would be better for readers if the list of locations was at the end.

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'''Cloudinary''' is a [[Software as a service|SaaS]] technology company headquartered in [[Santa Clara, California]], with offices in [[Israel]], [[England]], [[Poland]], and [[Singapore]]. The company provides cloud-based image and video management services. It enables users to upload, store, manage, manipulate, and deliver images and video for websites and apps.

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'''Cloudinary''' is a [[Software as a service|SaaS]] company providing cloud media management services for websites and apps. The company is headquartered in [[San Jose, California]] with offices in [[Israel]], [[England]], [[Poland]], and [[Singapore]].

Thank you and any feedback is appreciated. SBCornelius (talk) 19:54, 19 December 2024 (UTC)

 Not Done. The suggested re-write is promotional. The current formulation of "The company provides" is more neutral than the marketing speak of "that enables users to". Axad12 (talk) 20:32, 19 December 2024 (UTC)

Hi @Axad12! Thank you for the feedback. The phrase you called out, “that enables users to,” exists in the current article, and I was trying to improve the intro while changing it as little as possible. Admittedly, the reordering of things does highlight that phrase more, so I’ve edited my suggested edit to remove that phrase. Please let me know what you think.

The main problem with the intro is that defining the company as “a SaaS technology company” is so generic by today’s standards that it doesn’t provide readers with any helpful information. Thanks again, and please let me know what you think of the new language when you can. SBCornelius (talk) 18:51, 2 January 2025 (UTC)

 Not Done. As far as I can see, the wording you are trying to implement is ripped straight from a LinkedIn page (although it may ultimately originate from another source). So, it is a WP:COPYVIO. Also, Wikipedia is not an extension of anyone's social media, so the request is entirely inappropriate. Axad12 (talk) 08:04, 3 January 2025 (UT

Hi Axad12! Thanks for the additional feedback. Before drafting my last suggested edit, I looked into the language used in articles about other SaaS platforms. For example, the articles on Hubspot and Shopify list the specific types of services to give the reader a more complete picture of how the platform is used. I tried to follow that model, but I got too specific with my list of features.

In the hopes that we can get to something a little more descriptive than “SaaS technology company,” I’ve edited the TextDiff box above to include something that is more descriptive than promotional. Thanks again for your time, and please let me know what you think.SBCornelius (talk) 17:33, 17 January 2025 (UTC)

Unfortunately I'm no longer dealing with COI edit requests. However I'd just like to point out, for the benefit of any other volunteers who may see this request, that throughout the discussion above the suggested text has been repeatedly adjusted by the requesting editor in such a way that the chain of comments above no longer makes any sense. Axad12 (talk) 18:17, 17 January 2025 (UTC)