User talk:Jason Fulp

September 2012
Hello, I'm MrX. I noticed that you recently removed some content from Missouri Gas Energy without explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an edit summary. The removed content has been restored. 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. – MrX 16:26, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia. It might not have been your intention, but your recent edit removed maintenance templates from Missouri Gas Energy. When removing maintenance templates, please be sure to either resolve the problem that the template refers to, or give a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry, as your removal of this template has been reverted. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia, and if you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. --Drm310 (talk) 16:31, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

Hello, Jason Fulp. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article Missouri Gas Energy, you may need to consider our guidance on conflicts of interest.

All editors are required to comply with Wikipedia's neutral point of view content policy. People who are very close to a subject often have a distorted view of it, which may cause them to inadvertently edit in ways that make the article either too flattering or too disparaging. People with a close connection to a subject are not absolutely prohibited from editing about that subject, but they need to be especially careful about ensuring their edits are verified by reliable sources and writing with as little bias as possible.

If you are very close to a subject, here are some ways you can reduce the risk of problems:


 * Avoid or exercise great caution when editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with.
 * Be cautious about deletion discussions. Everyone is welcome to provide information about independent sources in deletion discussions, but avoid advocating for deletion of articles about your competitors.
 * Avoid linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Spam).
 * Exercise great caution so that you do not accidentally breach Wikipedia's content policies.

Please familiarize yourself with relevant content policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies.

For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you. --Drm310 (talk) 16:31, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at Missouri Gas Energy. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted or removed. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. ''Please do not remove article content without providing a valid reason in the edit summary, in the space provided below the edit window. It is also a good idea to discuss major changes on the article's talk page, so that your editing is not misinterpreted as vandalism.'' – MrX 16:33, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to blank out or remove portions of page content, templates or other materials from Wikipedia, as you did at Missouri Gas Energy, you may be blocked from editing. You have been repeatedly warned and given that you are affiliated with the company, I strongly recommend that you refrain from making any more edits to this article. --Drm310 (talk) 17:01, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

Response to comments
Hello Jason. I have read your comments on my talk page regarding your contributions to Missouri Gas Energy. I have decided to split my response into two parts. The part that addresses the content you have added or removed is posted on the article's talk page. What I have posted below pertains only to your editing behaviour.

The reasons you have been given the various notices and warnings are because of:
 * 1) Your connection to the subject - You are employed by the company and therefore have a conflict of interest (COI). The proper thing to do would have been to disclose this fact beforehand, instead of having editors flush out this fact.
 * 2) Your reverting of edits without an edit summary - Doing this offered no insight into your motives for removing content, and is a typical sign of edit warring. COI editors are often targeted for this kind of behaviour.  In my experience, they are often acting in bad faith, trying to using the article as a promotional vehicle and assert ownership of the content.
 * 3) Your ignoring of notices - Despite repeated notices left on your talk page, the only time you stopped to engage in discussion was after the last and most stern warning that was left by me.

These factors combined establish you with a bad reputation. My experience with COI editors has been largely negative, but I am willing to chalk this one up to a new editor not fully understanding the rules. For now, I will assume good faith... let's stay cool and confine further discussion to the article talk page. Any further comments that impact that discussion and its outcomes should be made there.

One other minor point of etiquette. When you add content to talk pages and Wikipedia pages that have open discussion, you should sign your posts by typing four tildes ( &#126;&#126;&#126;&#126; ) at the end of your comment. You could also click on the signature button or  located above the edit window. This will automatically insert a signature with your username or IP address and the time you posted the comment. This information is useful because other editors will be able to tell who said what, and when they said it. --Drm310 (talk) 06:08, 9 September 2012 (UTC)