Wikipedia:Conflict of interest
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Wikipedia's Law of Unintended Consequences
If you write in Wikipedia about yourself, your group, your company, or your pet idea, once the article is created, you have no right to control its content, and no right to delete it outside our normal channels. Content is not deleted just because somebody doesn't like it. Any editor may add material to or remove material from the article within the terms of our content policies. If there is anything publicly available on a topic that you would not want included in an article, it will probably find its way there eventually. More than one user has created an article only to find himself presented in a poor light long-term by other editors. If you engage in an edit war in attempt to obtain a version of your liking you may have your editing access removed, perhaps permanently.In addition, if your article is found not to be worthy of inclusion in the first place, it will be deleted, as per our deletion policies, Therefore, don't create promotional or other articles lightly, especially on subjects you care about.
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Blocks
- Further information: Wikipedia:Blocking policy#Disruption
Accounts that appear, based on their edit history, to exist for the sole or primary purpose of promoting a person, company, product, service, or organization in apparent violation of this guideline should be warned and made aware of this guideline. If the same pattern of editing continues after the warning, the account may be blocked.
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See also
- Wikipedia:Contact us/Article problem/Factual error (from enterprise)
- Template:Uw-coi for warning editors who have an apparent conflict of interest.
- Template:COI for tagging articles affected by conflict of interest that may be candidates for deletion.
- Template:COI2 for tagging article affected by conflict of interest that need to be checked for neutral point of view.
- Category:Requested edits lists proposed edits for review where the proposer has a self-reported conflict of interest.
- Wikipedia:Spam
- Wikipedia:Reward board
- Wikipedia:Business' FAQ
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Notes
- ^ Editing in the interests of public relations is particularly frowned upon. This includes, but is not limited to, edits made by public relations departments of corporations; or of other public or private for-profit or not-for-profit organizations; or by professional editors paid to edit a Wikipedia article with the sole intent of improving that organization's image.
- ^ Isaiah Berlin:
From Berlin's Karl Marx, 4th edition, p. 75. This description covers several aspects of what it might be to stand too close to a subject.In his own lifetime Engels desired no better fate than to live in the light of Marx's teaching, perceiving in him a spring of original genius which gave life and scope to his own peculiar gifts; with him he identified himself and his work, to be rewarded by sharing in his master's immortality.
- ^ Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not makes it clear that Wikipedia articles are not propaganda or advocacy. If you want to be an advocate for better topic coverage in an area, the conventional route is to join a related WikiProject, or start a fresh one. If you want to spread your own opinions, you are in the wrong place for that.
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Further reading
- User:Durova/The dark side. The risks of trying to subvert Wikipedia.
- User:Jmabel/PR. Guidance for public relations people
- User:Uncle G/On notability#Writing about subjects close to you. On writing about subjects that are close to oneself.
- Wikipedia:Search engine optimization. An essay for search engine optimization people.
- Wikipedia:Vested interest. About interests that may not be conflicts.
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