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Please help me

Hello ToBeFree, first of all thanks a lot for advices. I'm a newbie on Wikipedia and I often do edits on commission; my purpose is not to work againts Wikipedia rules but only to update pages with the right informations. Clients who ask for this know very well that I can't write false or texts that promote them but only give the correct information. Now I am going to update my profile with all the referencies you have written and then I'm going to read the right procedure in order not to work against Wikipedia rules. Please tell me If I'm doing all great, thanks a lot! Fabio — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fabio Roffinott (talk • contribs) 09:22, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

Hi Fabio Roffinott, welcome to Wikipedia.

Thank you very much for the disclosure and your message. We do welcome factual, non-promotional corrections, and a conflict of interest is not necessarily a problem by itself. In this specific case, there are a few points of advice left.

• On your user page, perhaps simply below the current disclosure, please provide links to all active accounts on external websites where you offer paid editing services. See meta:Linking_to_external_advertising_accounts for the relevant policy.
• On these external websites, please provide a link back to your user page on Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Fabio_Roffinott). When dealing with clients, please make sure that they are aware of the facts described in WP:COI, section "Solicitations by paid editors".
• While you are not required to read every word of it, I recommend having a thorough look at Wikipedia's conflict of interest guideline. Please note that the guideline contains stronger wording regarding paid editing than other types of COI.
• Specifically, unless you are removing (not "replacing" or "correcting") factually incorrect information, please request edits by clicking "Talk" above an article, then "New section". On the talk page, you can use the code {{request edit}} at the top of the new section to notify independent reviewers of your request. Such requests are usually answered within a week, often within 24 hours. In your first sentence, please mention that you are being paid to request the edits on behalf of CompanyName. Below this clarification, please request the desired changes in a "please replace X by Y" format, if possible. Provide at least one reliable source, ideally an independent secondary source, that directly supports your addition (see WP:BURDEN). At the very bottom of the text, use the code "~~~~" to sign your request. If you would like to propose multiple changes, I recommend using bullet points just like I do in this message.
• If you would ever like to create a new article about a topic, please use the WP:Wizard to do so. Click "Next" on the first step, not "Edit your sandbox", and not "Wikipedia Sandbox". All other steps are self-explanatory. See WP:42 and think twice before accepting such a job; if a company needs to hire a paid editor to write an article, they are extremely unlikely to be notable. See the section above for a clear warning about this kind of requests.

At any time, feel free to ask questions that are left or arise during the process. You seem to be doing this with the right attitude and competence, and despite all warnings, your careful, kind approach may well be one of the reasons why the community does not forbid paid editing completely. Thank you very much for taking the time to do this correctly.

Best regards
~ ToBeFree (talk) 14:40, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

Hello ToBeFree, thanks again for the advices. Let me be helpful in order not to compromise Wikipedia rules: I don't have active accounts on external websites where I offer paid editing services. I will for sure use the tool "Talk" for next little edit con Cassa Centrale Banca page. Thanks again.

Fabio — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fabio Roffinott (talk • contribs) 16:51, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

Fabio Roffinott, ah, I thought you'd be working for multiple clients and looking for new ones. All right then; you're welcome. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 15:55, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

Really?

This. After a single edit - which could even have been a misunderstanding of grammar. Wow. Ghmyrtle (talk) 20:00, 13 December 2019 (UTC)

Hi Ghmyrtle, please compare Special:Diff/930474746 and Special:Diff/930619077. While not explicitly marked as such, it is a sockpuppetry block as well. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 20:03, 13 December 2019 (UTC)

Sorry, my mistake - I was confusing their edit with this one. All good. Ghmyrtle (talk) 20:09, 13 December 2019 (UTC)

That would indeed have been a bad block – no worries and thank you very much for asking. It can't hurt to review blocks; feel free to ask again if any other of my actions seem strange in the future. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 20:13, 13 December 2019 (UTC)

Jeff Van Drew - page protection request

Hi ToBeFree, this person is reported to be changing political parties but no official announcement yet. Currently, several IPs are changing his party (good faith given the news) and/or adding defamatory content (such as traitor, clown, etc.). I have submitted a request at RFPP but given the activity, will please protect for a couple days until things are more settled? S0091 (talk) 22:57, 14 December 2019 (UTC)

Hi S0091, thank you very much for your request, and for the trust implied by it. Requesting page protection is probably a reasonable step, and having done so at RFPP is perfect. Unless extremely urgent, I prefer to avoid implementing requests for administrative action made directly on my talk page. This ensures a neutral review, and it guarantees a timely answer even when I am offline. Coincidentally, I will actually be offline now.

Best regards,
~ ToBeFree (talk) 23:19, 14 December 2019 (UTC)

Understood and respected TBF. Thanks for your reply. S0091 (talk) 23:58, 14 December 2019 (UTC)

You're welcome :)

Note: The resulting action went beyond page protection: Talk:Jeff_Van_Drew#Discretionary_sanctions ~ ToBeFree (talk) 19:36, 15 December 2019 (UTC)

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Nice piano playing by the way. (: Kaiser Kitkat (talk) 20:22, 15 December 2019 (UTC)

Message by Takeem3250

music is subjective — Preceding unsigned comment added by Takeem3250 (talk • contribs) 17:42, 16 December 2019 (UTC)

Hi Takeem3250, when making such edits, please provide at least one reliable source that directly supports your addition. See WP:INTREF for help. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 17:45, 16 December 2019 (UTC)

define reliable source