Talk:Federal Laboratories
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Defamatory content; limited perspective
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- What I think should be changed THE PAGE IS DEFAMATORY TO OUR FAMILY COMPANY NAMED FEDERAL LABORATORIES WITH WEBSITE FEDERALABS.COM; THE COMPANY IN YOUR ARTICLE IS UNRELATED TO OUR FAMILY COMPANY, FOUNDED IN 1989 BY JEFFREY TAUB IN BUFFALO, NEW YORK; YOUR ARTICLE AVOIDS MENTION OF OUR FAMILY COMPANY AND FAILS TO DIFFERENTIATE IT FROM THE COMPANY YOU LIST, WHICH DEALS IN VIOLENT EXPLOSIVE DEVICES AND FIREARMS AND CRUEL HUMAN CASUALTIES; OUR FAMILY COMPANY HISTORICALLY FORMULATES AND MANUFACTURES GOODS TO IMPROVE HEALTH AND COMFORT OF HUMANS AND PETS; YOUR ARTICLE IS CONFUSING AND NEEDS CLARIFICATION; FEEL FREE TO INVESTIGATE OUR FAMILY COMPANY’S WEBSITE’S HISTORY USING THE WAYBACK MACHINE FOR ADDITIONAL HISTORICAL INFORMATION; WE ARE NOW LOCATED IN OHIO AND MOVED HERE FROM BUFFALO, NEW YORK - NEVER HAVE WE OPERATED IN THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA AND NEVER HAVE WE HAD ANY AFFILIATION WITH THE COMPANY DISCUSSED IN YOUR ARTICLE (format using {{textdiff}}):
- Why it should be changed: Already evident from information previously posted, above:
- References supporting the possible change (format using the "cite" button): I have done my best above and in comments to give citations and sources; editors should do their own independent research and cite their own sources. I’m not experienced or fluent in use of Wikipedia symbols and tags.:
Federalabs (talk) 05:21, 14 November 2025 (UTC)
- Additionally, it would be a conflict of interest if I were to edit the page and “plug” for our family company, since as a company employee I do this on paid time. A paid editor shouldn’t do this work. Somebody objective should. If you have questions you can email the modern-day Federal Laboratories (federalabs) through our website https:www.federalabs.com Federalabs (talk) 05:27, 14 November 2025 (UTC)
- A separate post could be linked to corrections if you wish to do a bio on our founder, Jeffrey Taub of Buffalo, NY whose obituary is archived here: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/buffalonews/name/jeffrey-taub-obituary?id=33417831
- There are a few errors found in the obituary, such as he founded Federal Laboratories in 1989, and developed “End! Odors” (aka “Abolish”) spray in 1989, as supported by a newspaper article posted by his daughter Anna Taub (scroll down past obituary under Comments):
- https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/buffalonews/name/jeffrey-taub-obituary?id=33417831
- The family member who wrote the obituary made errors of recollection at the time of his death, thus the conflict in dates between the obituary and dated newspaper article. Human memory is fallible. The archived obituary is over 10 years old and cannot be edited or corrected. Federalabs (talk) 05:38, 14 November 2025 (UTC)
- There is no claim in the article that this is the same company, but I agree that there is room for confusion. I have added a note to the top of the article to clarify that this article is about a historic company, and am going to reword the lead to make it clear that company no longer exists. Unforutunately unless your company is notable enough to have its own article, we can't reference it. Mfield (Oi!) 05:55, 14 November 2025 (UTC)
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