User talk:ComputerRick

November 2017

Hello, I'm Meters. I noticed that you made a comment on the page Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard that didn't seem very civil, so it has been removed. Wikipedia is built on collaboration, so it's one of our core principles to interact with one another in a polite and respectful manner. If you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Meters (talk) 19:35, 26 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Harassment

Please stop harassing me and several other editors or else I will report you to administrators. You have been following me everywhere, reporting other editors to make your "case" against me, inserting your replies all over old discussions without any order, called me a fascist and have been fabricating numbers of users I've supposedly attacked. Stop or you will be reported. --Mr.hmm (talk) 12:33, 29 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Reported to administrators

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. --Mr.hmm (talk) 13:30, 29 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

COIN follow up

This is a followup to my comment here.

I work on conflict of interest issues here in Wikipedia, along with my regular editing. Your edits to date are promotional with regard to Deciso and its product, OPNsense, and attacking its real world rival, Rubicon Communications, LLC (Netgate) and its product PfSense. I'm giving you notice of our Conflict of Interest guideline and Terms of Use, and will have some comments and requests for you below.

Hello, ComputerRick. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a COI may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. Editing for the purpose of advertising or promotion is not permitted. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:

avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, company, organization or competitors;
propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (see the {{request edit}} template);
disclose your COI when discussing affected articles (see WP:DISCLOSE);
avoid linking to your organization's website in other articles (see WP:SPAM);
do your best to comply with Wikipedia's content policies.

In addition, you must disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation (see WP:PAID).

Also please note that editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you.

I have not made any attempts to attack, filter, impede, or otherwise comment on PfSense. I have been making a clear attempt to expose someone who is very clearly biased and his edits reflect that. I've made NO comments that do anything other than try to include OPNSense, simply as a counter to Mr.hmm's behavior in ensuring that it doesn't exist anywhere. I've been doing this for a week, he's been at it for 2 years, yet because he is gaming the system, I'm getting more focus. I am simply trying to right what I view as a wrong. I am in no way affiliated with or in communication with Deciso. I edit very infrequently and only to the point of inclusion. All I have been asking for is a fair, unbiased review of Mr.hmm's actions since account creation, including edits prior to his name change and a response to that exactly. Did you verify the credibility of the accuser prior to addressing me? ComputerRick (talk) 19:59, 30 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Comments and requests

Wikipedia is a widely-used reference work and managing conflict of interest is essential for ensuring the integrity of Wikipedia and retaining the public's trust in it. As in academia, COI is managed here in two steps - disclosure and a form of peer review. Please note that there is no bar to being part of the Wikipedia community if you want to be involved in articles where you have a conflict of interest; there are just some things we ask you to do (and if you are paid, some things you need to do).

Disclosure is the most important, and first, step. While I am not asking you to disclose your identity (anonymity is strictly protecting by our WP:OUTING policy) would you please disclose if you have some connection with Deciso or the developer community for OPNsense, directly or through a third party (e.g. a PR agency or the like)? You can answer how ever you wish (giving personally identifying information or not), but if there is a connection, please disclose it. After you respond (and you can just reply below), I can walk you through how the "peer review" part happens and then, if you like, I can provide you with some more general orientation as to how this place works. Please reply here, just below, to keep the discussion in one place. Thanks! Jytdog (talk) 19:02, 29 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

First, to address your question, I have no personal or professional interest in, communication with, or affiliation with Deciso, I have no COI to disclose, beyond believing OPNSense worthy of inclusion.

I simply wanted to add a line to a table, in doing so, found the page locked. I posted my first comment since my account was created over 5 years ago and I'm attacked ad hominem for it, and I responded aggressively. I was researching firewalls and came to this page only after reading some articles referring to OPNSense as being a very capable project, of which I added to the Draft:OPNSense page. I was hoping to find more technical information and project details, only to find OPNSense missing. This turned into a personal effort to have it included. I appreciate your comments and fair consideration of this issue. I did not act perfectly within the guidelines of WP and have apologized in multiple places because of my errors. I've made no comments regarding PfSense, and I would fight for it's inclusion. To be clear, I am continuing to read guidelines, improve my online responses in format and tone, and am making significant effort to be a positive contributor. I have made two edits prior to and unrelated to this, with hopes of making more in the future. I am more than open to "general orientation", but I believe that I've come across most of the pages. I'll review whatever references you provide, thanks. ComputerRick (talk) 19:59, 30 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]