User talk:Martin-Consultant
January 2022
Your account has been blocked indefinitely for advertising or promotion and violating the Wikimedia Foundation's Terms of Use. This is because you have been making promotional edits to topics in which you have a financial stake, yet you have failed to adhere to the mandatory paid editing disclosure requirements. Paid advocacy is a form of conflict of interest (COI) editing which involves being compensated by a person, group, company or organization to use Wikipedia to promote their interests. Undisclosed paid advocacy is strictly prohibited. Using this site for advertising or promotion is contrary to the purpose of Wikipedia.
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Martin-Consultant (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))
Request reason:
I have read and understand the Terms of Use and paid editing disclosure requirements. I have edited Wiki pages related to The Mars Society, Inc. However, I am not a paid employee or consultant of that organization; I am an uncompensated volunteer. As to the Kari Lake page, I am a business management consultant who has been offered compensation for those services; however, I have not submitted an invoice nor been paid as of this date. I would like to edit the Kari Lake page when it is removed from the "semi-protected" status in order to provide more balanced content about the person. Martin-Consultant (talk) 14:12, 4 January 2022 (UTC)
Decline reason:
That you have not actually been paid yet is irrelevant, you are editing with the expectation of being paid, so you are a paid editor and must make the required declaration. Wikipedia does not provide a balance if independent reliable sources do not, see WP:FALSEBALANCE- but if the article does not accurately summarize the independent sources, we want to know about it. As you have a conflict of interest, you should not directly edit the article about Kari Lake, and will not be unblocked to do so. To be unblocked you will need to describe how your future edits will be consistent with the policies I mention here, and also tell about any topics unrelated to your COI that you want to edit about. I am declining your request. 331dot (talk) 15:57, 4 January 2022 (UTC)
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Martin-Consultant (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))
Request reason:
Please release me to edit pages related to The Mars Society, Inc., where I am unpaid volunteer. Martin-Consultant (talk) 17:34, 4 January 2022 (UTC)
Decline reason:
No, you quite certainly may not do that. --jpgordon𝄢𝄆𝄐𝄇 21:03, 4 January 2022 (UTC)
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Someone else will review your request, but even if you are not paid, you still have a conflict of interest with the Society. 331dot (talk) 20:37, 4 January 2022 (UTC)