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Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, your addition of one or more external links to the page Joe Lonsdale has been reverted.
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Hi there,

Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions so far.

It seems you have added back content that I (and another editor in the past) have brought up concerns about on the article Joe Lonsdale. I have reverted it for now (since the concerns have not been addressed), but I invite you to join in on the discussion at Talk:Joe Lonsdale#Wikipedia is not a social calendar so that we can address the concerns and possibly come to a consensus.

Also, 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.

If you are receiving or expect to receive payment 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:Mchlasta. The template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=Mchlasta|employer=InsertName|client=InsertName}}. 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.

Also, please let me know if you have any questions. Best, - Whisperjanes (talk) 20:42, 29 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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. Again, you can post such a disclosure on your user page at User:Mchlasta, and the template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=Mchlasta|employer=InsertName|client=InsertName}}. Please respond before making any other edits to Wikipedia. Whisperjanes (talk) 00:28, 8 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Also, I would very much appreciate it if you would join in the discussion about some of the concerns brought up with the content that is being added to the page. You can find the discussion here: Talk:Joe Lonsdale#Wikipedia is not a social calendar. Since at least two users have concerns about the content, I will remove it in the meantime. Thank you! Best, - Whisperjanes (talk) 00:36, 8 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard regarding a possible conflict of interest incident with which you may be involved. Thank you. Whisperjanes (talk) 15:12, 6 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]