User talk:Gonzopancho

Eric S. Raymond
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Thanks for investigating whether Raymond contributed to BSD. I thought it was a possibility given what I could remember of Raymond's biography. Raymond sure does care a lot about his reputation, even if it means inflating his credentials. Unfortunately, working against one of Raymond's comrades, Russ Nelson, to clear this up on Wikipedia makes it even more difficult. --71.169.128.40 23:45, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

Managing a conflict of interest
Hello, Gonzopancho. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places, or things you have written about in the article PfSense, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a COI may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic, and it is important when editing Wikipedia articles that such connections be completely transparent. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. In particular, we ask that you please:


 * avoid editing or creating articles related to you and your family, friends, school, company, club, or organization, as well as any competing companies' projects or products;
 * instead, you are encouraged to propose changes on the Talk pages of affected article(s) (see the request edit template);
 * when discussing affected articles, disclose your COI (see WP:DISCLOSE);
 * avoid linking to the Wikipedia article or to the website of your organization in other articles (see WP:SPAM);
 * exercise great caution so that you do not violate Wikipedia's content policies.

In addition, you must disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation (see WP:PAID).

Please take a few moments to read and review Wikipedia's policies regarding conflicts of interest, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, sourcing and autobiographies. Thank you. -- samtar talk or stalk 11:36, 30 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Please reply here and dislcose any relationship you have with pfSense and companies or organizations that own copyright or manage it. Thanks. Jytdog (talk) 17:04, 13 July 2018 (UTC)


 * I'm Jim Thompson, I work at Netgate and am the only person here who can provide factual information about Netgate, ESF, pfSense or the OPNsense you seem to be very protective off. If you have any problem about my editing let me know.--Gonzopancho (talk) 17:40, 13 July 2018 (UTC)

Reference errors on 31 December
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 * On the FreeBSD page, [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=757521989 your edit] caused a URL error (help) . ([ Fix] | [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Help_desk&action=edit&section=new&preload=User:ReferenceBot/helpform&preloadtitle=Referencing%20errors%20on%20%5B%5BSpecial%3ADiff%2F757521989%7CFreeBSD%5D%5D Ask for help])

Edit war warning
Your recent editing history at pfSense shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war. To resolve the content dispute, please do not revert or change the edits of others when you are reverted. Instead of reverting, please use the talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors. The best practice at this stage is to discuss, not edit-war. See BRD for how this is done. If discussions reach an impasse, you can then post a request for help at a relevant noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, you may wish to request temporary page protection.

Being involved in an edit war can result in your being blocked from editing&mdash;especially if you violate the three-revert rule, which states that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Undoing another editor's work—whether in whole or in part, whether involving the same or different material each time—counts as a revert. Also keep in mind that while violating the three-revert rule often leads to a block, you can still be blocked for edit warring&mdash;even if you don't violate the three-revert rule&mdash;should your behavior indicate that you intend to continue reverting repeatedly. Jytdog (talk) 17:20, 13 July 2018 (UTC)

Notice of Conflict of interest noticeboard discussion
There is currently a discussion at Conflict of interest/Noticeboard regarding a possible conflict of interest incident with which you may be involved. Thank you. Jytdog (talk) 17:28, 13 July 2018 (UTC)

July 2018
You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for advertising or self-promoting in violation of the conflict of interest and notability guidelines, as you did at pfSense. 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:. - TNT 💖 21:41, 13 July 2018 (UTC)


 * Your "disclosure" did not meet the requirements of WP:PAYDISCLOSE - in 'letter' of the policy, nor in spirit. You were also, and primarily, blocked for advertising or self-promoting. Multiple editors have attempted to help you in good faith, but you were unresponsive to their concerns - TNT 💖 21:57, 13 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Hey Gonzopancho. Lots of people come to Wikipedia with a conflict of interest and don't understand that the community has a process for managing COI (just like there is a process in academic publishing). In Wikipedia, people with an unmanaged COI tend to edit promotionally and tend to behave badly, serving their external interest.   I spend a lot of my time here engaging with editors who have an apparent COI, trying to educate them about that process, and about how Wikipedia works. Some people engage and become good citizens here.
 * You were given notice of the COI guideline way back in December 2016 and ignored it, and refused to engage with me as well.
 * When editors consistently ignore community policies and guidelines and refuse to even engage in discussion about such issues, we remove their editing privileges. That is what happened here.
 * If you would like an as-brief-as-possible orientation to Wikipedia and how it works, and why it works that way, please see User:Jytdog/How. Jytdog (talk) 17:10, 15 July 2018 (UTC)