User talk:Dnrivers

December 2021
Hello, I'm Isabelle Belato. Wikipedia is written by people who have a wide diversity of opinions, but we try hard to make sure articles have a neutral point of view. Your recent edit to Robert J. McCann seemed less than neutral to me, so I removed it for now. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Isabelle 🔔 16:07, 15 December 2021 (UTC)

I've left you a message
 * I've left you a message at my talk page. Also be warned that you are engaged in an edit war, which can lead to sanctions. I recommend you self-revert and discuss your changes in the talk page of Robert J. McCann. Isabelle 🔔 16:14, 15 December 2021 (UTC)

December 2021
Hello Dnrivers. The nature of your edits, such as the ones you made to and Robert J. McCann, gives the impression you have an undisclosed financial stake in promoting a topic, but you have not complied with Wikipedia's mandatory paid editing disclosure requirements. Paid advocacy is a category of conflict of interest (COI) editing that involves being compensated by a person, group, company or organization to use Wikipedia to promote their interests. Undisclosed paid advocacy is prohibited by our policies on neutral point of view and what Wikipedia is not, and is an especially serious type of COI; the Wikimedia Foundation regards it as a "black hat" practice akin to black-hat search-engine optimization.

Paid advocates are very strongly discouraged from direct article editing, and should instead propose changes on the talk page of the article in question if an article exists. If the article does not exist, paid advocates are extremely strongly discouraged from attempting to write an article at all. At best, any proposed article creation should be submitted through the articles for creation process, rather than directly.

Regardless, if you are receiving or expect to receive compensation for your edits, broadly construed, you are  required by the Wikimedia Terms of Use to disclose your employer, client and affiliation. You can post such a mandatory disclosure to your user page at User:Dnrivers. The template Paid can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form:. If I am mistaken – you are not being directly or indirectly compensated for your edits – please state that in response to this message. Otherwise, please provide the required disclosure. In either case, do not edit further until you answer this message.  Invalid OS talk  13:46, 17 December 2021 (UTC)

@InvalidOS I am not being paid to do this. This is a favor for my friend since 1998, Kea Capel, who is the partner of Robert McCann. Their only goal is to update the article accurately and without bias, but they do not know how to edit Wikipedia so I offered to do it for them. I am working with @Isabelle Belato to do this fairly, with no bias or conflict of interest. Dnrivers (talk) 16:11, 21 December 2021 (UTC)

 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. If you think there are good reasons why you should be unblocked, please read our guide to appealing blocks to understand more about unblock requests, and then add the text at the end of your user talk page. For that request to be considered, you must: GeneralNotability (talk) 21:09, 21 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Confirm that you have read and understand the Terms of Use and paid editing disclosure requirements.
 * State clearly how you are being compensated for your edits, and describe any affiliation or conflict of interest you might have with the subjects you have written about.
 * Describe how you intend to edit such topics in the future.

Blocked for sockpuppetry
 You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for abusing multiple accounts&#32;per the evidence presented at Sockpuppet investigations/Dnrivers. Note that multiple accounts are allowed, but not for illegitimate reasons, and any contributions made while evading blocks or bans may be reverted or deleted. If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page:. -- RoySmith (talk) 23:25, 12 January 2022 (UTC)

Unblock
{{unblock reviewed |1=RE: RoySmith (talk) I have had no goals but to update the article to be timely and current, and I want to do so with the guidance of Wikipedia moderators. The article subject has two new leadership positions since this article was written, that should be reflected. I am not here to use flowery language or promote the person, I just want to make the article up-to-date with his new positions and I fail to see why that's a problem considering I have been nothing but cooperative with moderators and have agreed to every change the mod community suggested. Dnrivers (talk) 14:57, 13 January 2022 (UTC) |decline = This does not address your violations of WP:SOCK or WP:UPE. Yamla (talk) 10:05, 14 January 2022 (UTC)

Unblock
Re: RoySmith (talk) I am not being paid to write this, I am a friend of Bob McCann. I did create an alternate account to implement my edits because the review process has not been fair or transparent with me. There have been recent updates to the article subject's professional career and that should be reflected here, it's irresponsible to not do so. Dnrivers (talk) 16:19, 18 January 2022 (UTC)}}