User talk:Truffle Editor

August 2022
Hello Truffle Editor. 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 serious type of COI; the Wikimedia Foundation regards it as a "black hat" practice akin to black-hat search-engine optimization.

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. If the article does not exist, paid advocates are extremely strongly discouraged 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:Truffle Editor. 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. MrOllie (talk) 10:46, 16 August 2022 (UTC)


 * No, you are incorrect. I am an academic scholar and I not receiving any compensation whatsoever for my Wikipedia contributions. I am currently unemployed. Truffle Editor (talk) 11:03, 16 August 2022 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure why you would be adding such obvious advertising, then. Please see WP:NPOV and WP:NOTPROMO - Wikipedia must not be used to promote businesses. MrOllie (talk) 11:13, 16 August 2022 (UTC)
 * It is scientific and celebrity information. Truffle Editor (talk) 11:16, 16 August 2022 (UTC)
 * All of my edits are for academic purposes. Students and teachers have the right to have access valid information. I have an MBA and can assure you that there is nothing remotely related to advertising. Truffle Editor (talk) 11:20, 16 August 2022 (UTC)
 * I have been editing common knowledge information that should have been added or corrected decades ago. However, I did notice that some of the older data came from inaccurate sources, which led me to begin my editing process in the first place. I did not delete any significant part of that older content, but I can assure you that it contains erroneous data and it should be analyzed more closely. I can provide you further details if you wish. Truffle Editor (talk) 11:15, 16 August 2022 (UTC)
 * I'm sure that post is a response to something, but it is not a response to what I wrote - which is about how you have been adding obvious promotional content. Wikipedia must not be used for that. MrOllie (talk) 11:18, 16 August 2022 (UTC)
 * How is it promotional in the least bit? Truffle Editor (talk) 11:22, 16 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Please restore all of edits immediately or I will report you for having an agenda and being biased in an obvious manner. Truffle Editor (talk) 11:24, 16 August 2022 (UTC)
 * All of my sources are creditable at the very highest levels. Truffle Editor (talk) 11:25, 16 August 2022 (UTC)
 * WP:ANI is the place to make that report. I will not be restoring obvious advertising. MrOllie (talk) 11:29, 16 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Can you please provide me further details? I think we got off on the wrong foot. I do not mean to be disrespectful, but I take great pride in my work and feel very hurt by your accusations. Truffle Editor (talk) 11:51, 16 August 2022 (UTC)
 * I am also a NASBA ethical leader. Truffle Editor (talk) 11:53, 16 August 2022 (UTC)
 * I have been gathering this information for over three decades. Truffle Editor (talk) 11:54, 16 August 2022 (UTC)
 * You can ask your questions either in your WP:ANI report or at WP:TEAHOUSE. I am not going to be your guide to Wikipedia after you have started threatening me. - MrOllie (talk) 11:55, 16 August 2022 (UTC)
 * I am happy to edit whatever content you would like help with if you have any pages in particular that need editing to prove my quality to you good sir. Truffle Editor (talk) 11:56, 16 August 2022 (UTC)
 * You threatened me first and attacked my character. It was a perfectly natural reaction, but I am sorry if I overreacted. I had to learn a considerable amount of information to figure out how to use Wikipedia properly and to make sure I was following the rules. Truffle Editor (talk) 11:59, 16 August 2022 (UTC)