User talk:Phonecalls

Replaceable fair use File:Tetra Tech headquarters in Pasadena, California.jpg
Thanks for uploading File:Tetra Tech headquarters in Pasadena, California.jpg. I noticed that this file is being used under a claim of fair use. However, I think that the way it is being used fails the first non-free content criterion. This criterion states that files used under claims of fair use may have no free equivalent; in other words, if the file could be adequately covered by a freely-licensed file or by text alone, then it may not be used on Wikipedia. If you believe this file is not replaceable, please:


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November 2018
Hello Phonecalls. 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 Tetra Tech, 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.

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:Phonecalls. 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. Chetsford (talk) 05:48, 29 November 2018 (UTC)


 * Hi Chetsford, I am not too familiar with how to use Wikipedia. I did see the mandatory disclosure and left a note on the Tetra Tech talk page that I am an employee of the company, including a list of updates over time. I am not paid to edit the article, but I help with the updates because I noticed no one else was keeping it updated. Hopefully I am responding to you properly. I have updated my userpage with the disclosure you provided as well. Let me know if anything else needs to be done. Thanks! Phonecalls (talk) 02:00, 6 December 2018 (UTC)

Please do not add promotional material to Wikipedia. While objective prose about beliefs, organisations, people, products or services is acceptable, Wikipedia is not a vehicle for soapboxing, advertising or promotion. Thank you. Mean as custard (talk) 10:50, 15 February 2020 (UTC)