User talk:Stepkarl

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Can you discuss your changes on the talk page? I understand what you said, but we usually do not put trademark symbols on Wikipedia pages.

Thanks, Dolfinz1972 (talk) 19:55, 8 January 2019 (UTC)

With all due respect, I do not think adding the trademarks would be unnecessary, as this is an encyclopedia article and it needs to be written like an encyclopedia. WP:Manual of Style/Trademarks says "Do not use the ™ and ® symbols, or similar, in either article text or citations, unless unavoidably necessary for context." If that is the change you want, it can't be there. Sorry! Dolfinz1972 (talk) 21:03, 10 January 2019 (UTC)

Okay, just cite a source with that information. Make sure it's reliable! Dolfinz1972 (talk) 18:45, 13 January 2019 (UTC)

January 2019
Hello Stepkarl. The nature of your edits gives the impression you have an undisclosed financial stake in promoting a topic, 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.

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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:Stepkarl. 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. ‡ Єl Cid of ᐺalencia ᐐT₳LKᐬ  18:20, 14 January 2019 (UTC)


 * - I work as a Brand Analyst and my intention here is to clarify that Nafion is a trademarked term for a sulfonated tetrafluoroethylene based fluoropolymer-copolymer. I am employed by Chemours Chemical Company and it is my intention to protect their brand as well as to clarify for the public that Nafion is owned and trademarked and not to be used without authorization.  I do not intend to make further edits to any articles at this time as all the other registered Trademarks are properly attributed to my client I.E. Teflon is mentioned as a trademark.  Should I continue to create a paid-contributor disclosure or can we simply edit the page to state that Nafion is a brand name and that it is currently owned by Chemours Chemical Company.  Thank you for your help and clarification.

March 2019
As previously advised, your edits give the impression you have a financial stake in promoting a topic, but you have not complied with Wikipedia's mandatory paid editing disclosure requirements. You were asked to cease editing until you responded by either stating that you are not being directly or indirectly compensated for your edits, or by complying with the mandatory requirements under the Wikimedia Terms of Use that you disclose your employer, client and affiliation. Per Wikipedia policy, users disclosing a paid conflict of interest must do this on their main user page, or on the talk page accompanying any paid contributions, or in edit summaries. Again, you can post such a disclosure on your user page at User:Stepkarl, and the template Paid can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form:. Please respond before making any other edits to Wikipedia. Yunshui 雲 水 13:32, 14 March 2019 (UTC)