User talk:EcoJavier

September 2025

Please do not add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not a collection of links, nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Inappropriate links include, but are not limited to, links to personal websites, links to websites with which you are affiliated (whether as a link in article text, or a citation in an article), and links that attract visitors to a website or promote a product. See the external links guideline and spam guideline for further explanations. Because Wikipedia uses the nofollow attribute value, its external links are disregarded by most search engines. If you feel the link should be added to the page, please discuss it on the associated talk page rather than re-adding it. [1] MrOllie (talk) 18:05, 2 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello EcoJavier. 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. Paid advocacy is a category of conflict of interest (COI) editing that involves being employed (or being compensated in any way) by a person, group, company or organization to promote their interests. Paid advocacy on Wikipedia must be disclosed even if you have not specifically been asked to edit Wikipedia. Undisclosed paid advocacy is prohibited by our policies on neutral point of view and what Wikipedia is not and is an especially serious type of COI; the Wikimedia Foundation regards it as a "black hat" practice akin to black-hat search-engine optimization.

Paid advocates are strongly discouraged from direct article editing and should instead propose changes on the talk page of the article in question if an article exists. If the article does not exist, paid advocates are strongly discouraged from attempting to write an article at all. At best, any proposed article creation should be submitted through the articles for creation process, rather than directly.

Regardless, if you are receiving or expect to receive compensation 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:EcoJavier. The template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=EcoJavier|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. Helpful Raccoon (talk) 15:50, 12 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I collaborate with Dots.eco in outreach and partnerships related to tree planting, ocean cleanup, climate change and environmental projects.

This Wikipedia draft about Dots.eco was written in a 100% volunteer capacity, outside of my job duties. I understand Wikipedia’s conflict of interest guidelines and will keep my edits neutral and supported by reliable independent sources. EcoJavier (talk) 21:02, 12 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You are splitting hairs here that Wikipedia's policy does not split. If you get paid (directly or indirectly) by/are a founder of/an officer of/etc. Dots.eco and you're also on Wikipedia promoting them, the paid editor requirements absolutely do apply to you. You've been in violation of Wikipedia's terms of use, please rectify that. MrOllie (talk) 21:09, 12 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for pointing this out, MrOllie. I’ve now added a paid editing disclosure on my User page in line with the Terms of Use. EcoJavier (talk) 22:06, 12 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]