Okay, so this is amusing. Shortly after I posted my appeal to fellow Canadian Ed the Sock: http://roserightswrongs.blogspot.ca/2015/12/appealing-to-fellow-canadian-ed-sock.html I received an email response from Geoffrey Lane of the Wikipedia Information Team. Just to jog your memory (or if you didn't read my blog), I wrote the following to Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales: Dear Mr. Wales, I want to report an editor who (I believe) has a "conflict of interest" with HubPages, Inc. In the past (May 2015), I have successfully added facts to the HubPages Wikipedia page – but not without great resistance from "Cyphoidbomb". Yesterday, a supporter of my Change.org petition added factual information about my efforts to the HubPages Wikipedia page. We were both shocked by the insults and innuendos that he or she used on the Talk: HubPages page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:HubPages Instead of launching into a back-and-forth debate with this person, I decided to update my petition supporters (and you). In the meantime, I will take the high road and just work harder to let "mainstream media" know about my petition. It's a shame that (according to Cyphoidbomb): ONLY when "certain media" care about writers and their charities that Wikipedia will consider including such fact-filled information. (I don't believe that this is YOUR mandate, though). Wishing you and yours a Merry Christmas (or Happy Holidays). Well, Geoffrey Lane from the Wikipedia Information Team responded: "Thank you for contacting us regarding the dispute you encountered while editing. Wikipedia is a collaborative encyclopedia (as explained at ), and so anyone may edit its articles. Its policy, nonetheless, is that articles must be written from a neutral point of view, representing all majority and significant-minority views fairly and without bias, as is discussed extensively at . However, since article content is not controlled by a central authority, we do not resolve editing disputes via email. Instead, please follow the steps outlined at . These steps are designed to help you work with other editors and to draw upon the help of the wider community. A list of ways you can seek dispute resolution can be found at . Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia." Truth is, I'm not keen on engaging with someone who is so inflammatory. Furthermore, if "Cyphoidbomb" and other editors happen to disagree with me, I believe my Wikipedia contributor status can be revoked. (And I'm not the type to hide behind a second account – never have, never will). As for my supporter, GWatson, it was his FIRST attempt at adding information to a Wikipedia page, so there should've been more decency exercised by Cyphoidbomb in response to him. Actually, I felt his post was quite factual (and not insulting in any way). Bottom line: If Wikipedia wants to KEEP Cyphoidbomb's obviously biased and nasty responses published on the Talk: HubPages page, it's a reflection on Wikipedia (and Mr. Wales) not me. I'm just letting the public, the authors I represent, and their charities know the truth. I don't need to "jump through additional hoops" with this one. And I think Geoffrey Lane is perfectly capable of forwarding my letter along to Mr. Wales. However, I DID take "Cyphoidbomb's" explanation seriously. That is: "... only when mainstream news websites start to care about this petition and write about them from an analytical perspective (i.e. not just press releases) should we care about petitions." And here's where things become hilarious. I decided to look up "mainstream media" . . where else? Wikipedia! And it states under the heading: American public distrust in the media "A 2012 Gallup poll found that Americans' distrust in the media had hit a new high, with 60% saying they had little or no trust in the mass media to report the news fully, accurately, and fairly. Distrust had increased since the previous few years, when Americans were already more negative about the media than they had been in the years before 2004." Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mainstream_media Yeah, 60 percent HAD LITTLE or NO TRUST in mass media. [But "Cyphoidbomb" does, I guess. And I need to get the mass media to "care" about our petition somehow]. The "Big Six" mainstream media (according to Wikipedia) are: Comcast, The Walt Disney Company, News Corporation (which includes Fox??), Time Warner, Viacom, and CBC Corporation. So, I will be writing to these six media giants to see if I can get them to "care". In the meantime, I have every faith that Ed the Sock (who had a record-breaking 14-year run on late-night Canadian TV AND beat Jay Leno and David Letterman in head-to-head ratings battles) will help our cause. For more about Ed the Sock: http://www.edthesock.com Just out of curiosity, I thought I'd see if Jimmy Kimmel had any similar entries or quotes on Wikipedia. And guess what? Wikipedia allowed this submission about Cecil the Lion: "Late-night talk-show host Jimmy Kimmel helped raise US $150,000 in donations in less than 24 hours to Oxford's Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, which had been "responsible for tracking Cecil's activity and location". And when I checked out the references section: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Cecil_the_lion the following sources were cited throughout (but none of qualified as "mainstream media" on Wikipedia): Yahoo News, BBC News, UK: The Daily Telegraph, The Hollywood Reporter, The Christian Science Monitor, Star Tribune, Orange County Register, WCCO-TV, Quartz, The Guardian, Sky News, The Courier Mail, Senator Bob Menendez, Belfast Telegraph, and more. Do you get the feeling, like me, that HubPages Inc. has paid someone and / or Wikipedia to keep their HubPages Wikipedia page looking pristine?