User talk:LarryWeisenberg

Larry Weisenberg is a representative for Michael Milken. Please get in touch with me if you have any questions about his biography page or want to verify any facts of his life. Thank you. LarryWeisenberg (talk) 05:01, 13 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome

Hello, LarryWeisenberg, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

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July 2011

Hello LarryWeisenberg. If you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article Michael Milken, you may have a conflict of interest or close connection to the subject.

All editors are required to comply with Wikipedia's neutral point of view content policy. People who are very close to a subject often have a distorted view of it, which may cause them to inadvertently edit in ways that make the article either too flattering or too disparaging. People with a close connection to a subject are not absolutely prohibited from editing about that subject, but they need to be especially careful about following the reliable sources and writing with as little bias as possible.

If you are very close to a subject, here are some ways you can reduce the risk of problems:

Avoid or exercise great caution when editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with.
Be cautious about deletion discussions. Everyone is welcome to provide information about independent sources in deletion discussions, but avoid advocating for deletion of articles about your competitors.
Avoid linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Wikipedia:Spam).
Exercise great caution so that you do not accidentally breach Wikipedia's content policies.

Please familiarize yourself with relevant content policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies.

For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you. JoeSperrazza (talk)

Kudos to you for disclosing your potential WP:COI and for your careful edit of Michael Milken. Best regards, JoeSperrazza (talk) 15:37, 25 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks.LarryWeisenberg (talk) 15:50, 28 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Mr. Weisenberg, I wrote this on the Meshulam Riklis talk page but wanted to be sure you see this. We here at wikipedia want to get information accurate. We also have policies regarding how we get our information. Conflict of Interest is one that comes to mind regarding your relationship with Milken, Riklis et al. People in such a position have an agenda, we want a Neutral point of view. Again, with the goal of accuracy here, we can forego the conflict if it is supported by what we call Reliable Sources, so the information is not your opinion or version of the facts, but that of a disassociated, knowledgeable voice. In short, your edits should be reverted on conflict of interest grounds. I suggest you instead help to make your additions and deletions valid by finding the supporting documents to prove your statements. Add those sources, it removes the content coming from your voice and places the burden of proof on the sources you presented. Trackinfo (talk) 17:10, 30 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your response. I felt it would be important to disclose my relationship with Mr. Milken for this very reason. The link between Milken and Braddock Hickman can be found on Wikipedia here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Braddock_Hickman. The reference to Milken and his first client, Boeing, can be found here: http://www.mikemilken.com/fincareer.taf?page=financial. However, I was unable to properly add the references, and perhaps you could assist with this. Thank you. LarryWeisenberg (talk) 19:31, 30 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

ANI notice

Hello. There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. --John Nagle (talk) 06:19, 3 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

As a representative, you will need to refrain from editing the article

Hello, LarryWeisenberg. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may need to consider our guidance on conflicts of interest.

All editors are required to comply with Wikipedia's neutral point of view content policy. People who are very close to a subject often have a distorted view of it, which may cause them to inadvertently edit in ways that make the article either too flattering or too disparaging. People with a close connection to a subject are not absolutely prohibited from editing about that subject, but they need to be especially careful about ensuring their edits are verified by reliable sources and writing with as little bias as possible.

If you are very close to a subject, here are some ways you can reduce the risk of problems:

Avoid or exercise great caution when editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with.
Be cautious about deletion discussions. Everyone is welcome to provide information about independent sources in deletion discussions, but avoid advocating for deletion of articles about your competitors.
Avoid linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Wikipedia:Spam).
Exercise great caution so that you do not accidentally breach Wikipedia's content policies.

Please familiarize yourself with relevant content policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies.

For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 12:35, 12 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi

I am reposting this from the talk page at Milken.

"Without commenting one way or another on the content issues here, I do want to correct one thing. Paid editing of Wikipedia is not in any way prohibited, it is just strongly discouraged. Mr. Weisenberg, the generally accepted best practice for people in your position is to participate fairly and without bias in discussions on the talk page and refrain from actually editing the article. Instead, work to build consensus here and request others to make the edits you desire. Gtwfan52 (talk) 08:27, 3 February 2013 (UTC)"

The bolding was added here for emphasis. You have been advised of the best practice and instead you decide to engage in the worst practice. As a person representing Mr. Miken, there is no way you should be posting anything referenced to a site directly related to Mr. Milken like his family's foundation. If you want to be taken seriously here, you need to understand the very obvious fact that you are going to be considered biased, and by doing things like adding self-referenced promotional content like you just did, you are eroding people's opinion of you seriously. Please try to follow the sound advice you have been given. Gtwfan52 (talk) 06:41, 13 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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June 2019

You have been blocked from editing for a period of 1 week for persistently making disruptive edits. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions.

If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}. Orange Mike | Talk 17:50, 4 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Notice of Conflict of interest noticeboard discussion

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. Orange Mike | Talk 17:55, 4 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]