User talk:Mhanbery

Hello, I'm Nayyn. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions to User talk:Born2cycle have been undone because they appeared to be promotional. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" are against Wikipedia policy and not permitted; Wikipedia articles should be written objectively, using independent sources, and from a neutral perspective. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. See your edit here

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Born2cycle&diff=prev&oldid=1305730355#Possible_project_related_to_your_contributions Nayyn (talk) 22:54, 15 August 2025 (UTC)

I am confused. I did not write an article or contribute to anything. I posted a note on a Talk page that was literally copied and pasted from a person who works for this company and who was successful in getting this page created: Plus (autonomous trucking). Mhanbery (talk) 23:43, 19 August 2025 (UTC)

For clarity, here is the message I posted to Born2cycle's Talk page. It is neither article nor edit. I disclose relationship and specifically state understanding of non-promotional content.

Hello Born2cycle, I saw your contributions to the Aurora Innovation article. I represent a company in the self-driving truck industry and am exploring the possibility of having a neutral, policy-compliant article drafted for Wikipedia. This company is listed among the industry players on the self-driving truck entry and has been the subject of extensive media coverage including Fox News & WSJ.

Would you be open to discussing this? It will be my pleasure to fully disclose my role and, upon request and your advisement that this would be within policy, share a database of specific independent sources. Mhanbery (talk) 23:48, 19 August 2025 (UTC)

Hello, Mhanbery. 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 conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for article subjects for more information. We ask that you:

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Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicizing, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. please also see WP:PAID and disclose appropriately or your edits will be undone Nayyn (talk) 22:55, 15 August 2025 (UTC)