User talk:Megpri

Hello, According to the Talk page guidelines it is recommended that you "do not bite newcomers" I am trying to fix the issue and to comply with Wikipedia's Terms of Service but am not being given the opportunity to do so.

I've disclosed my affiliation as required by the Paid Contributions Disclosure and have offered to submit a request for changes instead of editing the page.

Megpri (talk) 15:13, 9 September 2019 (UTC)

Hi, I apologize, I wasn't trying to negatively manipulation the Wikipedia page for Arbonne International. I misunderstood the requirement to request edits rather than to post directly to the page if working with a client. The client was concerned about information on the page not being up-to-date or factual. I wanted to provide additional sources and citations and improve the information. I'd like to work with you to get accurate information on the page. Please remove anything you feel is biased or offensive in any way. I would like to undo the changes I made and submit a request for changes to be made by a moderator.

To address one by one ...

'''This article may have been created or edited in return for undisclosed payments, a violation of Wikipedia's terms of use. (September 2019)''' The agency I work with, Bounteous, is only for publishing and digital management purposes and that the author is Marti Longworth, a copywriter at Arbonne International. If there's a better way to update the information, we're interested in this option.

'''This article contains content that is written like an advertisement. (September 2019)''' happy to delete any offending copy

'''The examples and perspective in this article may not include all significant viewpoints. (September 2019)''' We're trying to ensure that people reading about Arbonne correctly understand their mission and goals. However that is best addressed is fine.

I'm sorry for any inconvenience. Could we please revert the changes and submit a request for someone to update copy?

User:Megpri

Thank you for your time.

Megpri (talk) 13:09, 6 September 2019 (UTC)

September 2019
Hello Megpri. The nature of your edits gives the impression you have an undisclosed financial stake in promoting a topic, such as the edit you made to Arbonne International, 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 egregious type of COI; the Wikimedia Foundation regards it as a "black hat" practice akin to black-hat SEO.

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, and if it does not, 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:Megpri. 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. Curb Safe Charmer (talk) 14:47, 5 September 2019 (UTC)

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for undisclosed paid editing in violation of Wikipedia's Terms of Use, and for using Wikipedia for covert advertising and promotional purposes. 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:. Yunshui 雲 水 07:39, 6 September 2019 (UTC)