Fundamentals

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• What is an Articles for Deletion nomination on Wikipedia?

  Articles for Deletion (AfD) is the Wikipedia process by which any editor can nominate an article for deletion with a stated rationale, opening a discussion that runs about seven days. An uninvolved administrator then closes it by reading consensus rather than counting votes, and the article is kept, merged, redirected, or deleted.

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• Can you create a Wikipedia page for yourself or your company?

  No. Self-creation by the subject or its representatives violates Wikipedia's conflict-of-interest policy. The correct path is the disclosed COI process: a paid editor discloses the relationship and submits proposed content through the article's Talk page or Articles for Creation for independent community review.

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• Can an ORM firm guarantee that edits to our Wikipedia page will stick?

  No. Wikipedia articles are controlled by an independent community of volunteer editors, so no firm can guarantee a specific editorial outcome. A reputable firm can improve the odds of acceptance with well-sourced, neutral, policy-compliant submissions made through the disclosed conflict-of-interest process.

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• An editor keeps adding our lawsuits to our Wikipedia article and we can’t stop them. What are our options?

  When one editor keeps adding the same content over others' objections, you have two paths. The content path: open a Talk-page discussion that names the policy concern and builds consensus, which then limits further unilateral edits. The conduct path: report edit warring or harassment to the Administrators' Incidents noticeboard (ANI). Start with the content path; use the conduct path when an editor refuses to engage at all.

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• What is conflict of interest editing on Wikipedia?

  Conflict-of-interest (COI) editing is editing a Wikipedia article in which the editor has a financial or personal interest in the subject. Wikipedia requires disclosure of paid relationships and steers COI editors away from direct edits, toward proposing changes on the article's Talk page.

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