User talk:Natureofthought

Managing a conflict of interest
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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.

Mandatory paid editing disclosure
Hello Natureofthought. The nature of your edits gives the impression you have an undisclosed financial stake in promoting a topic, and that 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.

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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:Natureofthought. 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, please do not edit further until you answer this message. Jytdog (talk) 05:39, 16 September 2018 (UTC)
 * moved here from message left at my talk page in this diff Jytdog (talk) 13:12, 17 September 2018 (UTC)
 * HI,


 * I just responded to ravensfire's similar message to me. I will send you the same response i sent to them:


 * I saw your message and agree that my editing has been perhaps too favorable towards Josh Hawley, but not because I'm associated with the campaign. I am not a volunteer or 'paid editor,' just a politico from Kansas City who thought that his page was missing, well, anything about him, given his rising star status. Not many of us in Missouri use wikipedia i guess.


 * The reason i removed that trafficking section was (1) it is not a political, but personal viewpoint, and (2) his views had already been detailed earlier in his page. If the views are still on the page, you cannot call it whitewashing. However, I am not a native to wikipedia, and I trust you alls judgement over mine. I didn't contest the undo of it.


 * I will hold off editing in the future, since my editing judgement has been questioned. I want his page to include facts, not bias, so as to educate voters.


 * Thank you,


 * ~NoT — Preceding unsigned comment added by Natureofthought (talk • contribs) 04:19, 17 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your note. We can discuss over at COIN, since you replied there too.Jytdog (talk) 14:33, 17 September 2018 (UTC)

September 2018
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Thank you.  General Ization Talk  02:34, 19 September 2018 (UTC)