Fundamentals

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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, two parallel paths apply: the content path (open a Talk-page discussion that names the policy concern and builds consensus, which then constrains further unilateral edits) and the conduct path (escalate edit warring or harassment to the Administrators' Incidents noticeboard, ANI). The content path is usually sufficient; the conduct path is the fallback 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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• How does Wikipedia’s editorial process actually work?

  Wikipedia's editorial process is community-driven: anyone with an account can propose a change by editing directly or posting a Talk-page edit request, and consensus is worked out through Talk-page discussion. When editors cannot agree, the dispute escalates - from the Talk page to content noticeboards like the Dispute Resolution Noticeboard, to the administrators' incidents noticeboard (ANI) for conduct, and ultimately to the Arbitration Committee for the most entrenched cases - with notability, NPOV, BLP, and reliable-sourcing policies governing what is allowed throughout.

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• What are Wikipedia’s reliable source standards?

  A reliable source on Wikipedia is independent of the subject, secondary, published, professionally edited, and has a reputation for fact-checking. Press releases, sponsored content, native advertising, a company's own website, social media, and wire-service syndications of company announcements do not qualify.

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• What happens when someone vandalizes your Wikipedia page?

  Vandalism on a watched Wikipedia page is reverted in a layered, time-scaled defense: anti-vandalism bots like ClueBot NG catch obvious patterns within seconds, and volunteer recent-changes patrollers revert what the bots miss within minutes. Monitoring tools such as Five Blocks' WikiAlerts add an alert layer that notifies a corporate communications team in real time when a watched page is edited.

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