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Misleading Redaction

The sentences: "Amway has been investigated in various countries and by institutions such as the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for alleged pyramid scheme practices. It has never been found guilty, though it has paid tens of millions of dollars to settle these suits."; are incomplete and misleading because this section does not include that the FTC already established that it is not a pyramid scheme through the In re Amway Corp. ruling in 1979. One needs to read the entire article to know about that, but the doubt is already seeded. To be fair, mentioning the FTC in the article's header should also include the corresponding outcome of that process. Otherwise do not mention it and let the reader go through the article to know about the FTC investigation and the results. Finally, the comments about the "FTC" and the "...paid tens of millions of dollars..." together, imply that the company paid to the FTC in 1979 which was not the case. 24.114.71.102 (talk) 02:50, 13 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

How to take this company to Africa

Good day my name is Attah Anthony Mbua I'm from Cameroon, I'm 22 year old so I'm thinking if you people can bring down this company to African level you will make a lot of commission and your brother will be promoted more short time i promise you that because Africa are ready to promote as long as they have their own commission on it 105.113.72.5 (talk) 22:12, 17 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

== How to take this company to Africa

105.113.72.5 (talk) 22:20, 17 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

My name is Rehan and I am from Faisalabad, a city in Pakistan and we need to gather a lot of people and convince them that we can do your job. The product is as high as possible and people will see what value it has 103.166.150.110 (talk) 16:31, 8 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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-Amway is not a Multi-level Marketing company. It's into Network Marketing/Distribution Industry. Please correct it. Multi-level Marketing and Network Marketing are two completely different. [[User:Contactavishek|Contactavishek]] ([[User talk:Contactavishek|talk]]) 11:11, 29 September 2018 (UTC)
-:Incorrect. Network marketing is simply a lesser used synonym of MLM, and Amway has most certainly been characterized as an MLM by multiple reliable independent sources. The fact is indisputable; thus, there is likely a zero percent chance of whitewashing the article as suggested. [[User:Rhode Island Red|Rhode Island Red]] ([[User talk:Rhode Island Red|talk]]) 14:39, 29 September 2018 (UTC)
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+The sentences: "Amway has been investigated in various countries and by institutions such as the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for alleged pyramid scheme practices. It has never been found guilty, though it has paid tens of millions of dollars to settle these suits."; are incomplete and misleading because this section does not include that the FTC already established that it is not a pyramid scheme through the [[In re Amway Corp.]] ruling in 1979. One needs to read the entire article to know about that, but the doubt is already seeded. To be fair, mentioning the FTC in the article's header should also include the corresponding outcome of that process. Otherwise do not mention it and let the reader go through the article to know about the FTC investigation and the results. Finally, the comments about the "FTC" and the "...paid tens of millions of dollars..." together, imply that the company paid to the FTC in 1979 which was not the case. [[Special:Contributions/24.114.71.102|24.114.71.102]] ([[User talk:24.114.71.102|talk]]) 02:50, 13 February 2024 (UTC)
-== Copyvio ==
+== How to take this company to Africa ==
-{{ping|Zackmann08}}: {{tq|Published on Nov 13, 2017}} so all text before such date should be OK, maybe it is not Wikipedia which has plagiarized, but the other way around. [[User:Tgeorgescu|Tgeorgescu]] ([[User talk:Tgeorgescu|talk]]) 11:04, 16 November 2018 (UTC)
+Good day my name is Attah Anthony Mbua I'm from Cameroon, I'm 22 year old so I'm thinking  if you people can bring down this company to African level you will make a lot of commission and your brother will be promoted more short time i promise you that because Africa are ready to promote as long as they have their own commission on it [[Special:Contributions/105.113.72.5|105.113.72.5]] ([[User talk:105.113.72.5|talk]]) 22:12, 17 August 2024 (UTC)
-It's plagiarism, I'll grant you that, but it is not plagiarism by Wikipedia, see e.g. {{diff2|783341379}}, which includes {{tq|Amway distributors, referred to as "independent business owners" (IBOs), may market products directly to potential customers and may also sponsor and mentor other people to become IBOs. IBOs may earn income both from the retail markup on any products they sell personally, plus a performance}}, which is now marked in red in the copyvio report. I rest my case. [[User:Tgeorgescu|Tgeorgescu]] ([[User talk:Tgeorgescu|talk]]) 11:09, 16 November 2018 (UTC)
+== == How to take this company to Africa ==
-https://www.slideshare.net/Mayanksng07/consumer-awareness-towards-amway includes big chunks of text copy/pasted from Wikipedia. Mayanksng07 is the plagiarist. [[User:Tgeorgescu|Tgeorgescu]] ([[User talk:Tgeorgescu|talk]]) 11:21, 16 November 2018 (UTC)
-In 2016, the quoted text was still there at {{diff2|716764124}}. [[User:Tgeorgescu|Tgeorgescu]] ([[User talk:Tgeorgescu|talk]]) 11:28, 16 November 2018 (UTC)
+ [[Special:Contributions/105.113.72.5|105.113.72.5]] ([[User talk:105.113.72.5|talk]]) 22:20, 17 August 2024 (UTC)
+My name is Rehan and I am from Faisalabad, a city in Pakistan and we need to gather a lot of people and convince them that we can do your job. The product is as high as possible and people will see what value it has [[Special:Contributions/103.166.150.110|103.166.150.110]] ([[User talk:103.166.150.110|talk]]) 16:31, 8 September 2024 (UTC)
-In 2015, also, at {{diff2|661329302}}. The PowerPoint is not that old, since it quotes stats from 2016. [[User:Tgeorgescu|Tgeorgescu]] ([[User talk:Tgeorgescu|talk]]) 11:32, 16 November 2018 (UTC)