User talk:PRFenton

Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, PRFenton. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on the page David Fenton, 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. Thank you. Joyous! Noise! 19:16, 20 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. I am very sorry I did not know that I couldn’t edit myself — not for promotion (I am retired) but for accuracy. Someone put false and biased right-wing disinformation on my page. So how do we correct that? I am not being compensated by anyone. In fact I sold the firm Fenton Communications in 2017, which should be in the article, as it creates the impression I am still the owner of the firm. I don’t even work there anymore.

I would like to do the following changes: First, I was born in 1952, not 1953 (which is the least of the problem). Second, there was never a Robert Pollock — it was a Richard Pollock, and he did not co-found Fenton Communications. He was hired as an employee to open the Washington DC office six months after the firm was founded by me in NYC. Third, we did not “split” the firm - I retained the Washington office when he quit, and I sold it also in 2017.

Fourth, the information about the campaign against the pesticide Alar is false and misleading. All the cites are from right wing opeds which intentionally leave out that the chemical Alar was banned from all food in the US by the Environmental Protection Agency in 1990 because it was a cancer danger to children. It was not a “scare” except in the editorial pages of Ruper Murdoch publications.

Please advise how we can get these errors and false, intentional bias out of my bio.

I’d also like to put the full name of my memoir in there, which is The Activist’s Media Handbook: Lessons from 50 Years as a Progressive Agitator.

FOR A USERNAME I could use DavidSFenton?

Appreciate you keeping Wikipedia honest. Apologies for my ignorance.

David Fenton 2001:818:DAD4:DD00:AD7E:562E:4906:2A72 (talk) 09:22, 21 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

May 2025

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Cullen328 (talk) 06:36, 21 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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PRFenton (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

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Thank you. I am very sorry I did not know that I couldn’t edit myself — not for promotion (I am retired) but for accuracy. Someone put false and biased right-wing disinformation on my page. So how do we correct that? I am not being compensated by anyone. In fact I sold the firm Fenton Communications in 2017, which should be in the article, as it creates the impression I am still the owner of the firm. I don’t even work there anymore.

I would like to do the following changes: First, I was born in 1952, not 1953 (which is the least of the problem). Second, there was never a Robert Pollock — it was a Richard Pollock, and he did not co-found Fenton Communications. He was hired as an employee to open the Washington DC office six months after the firm was founded by me in NYC. Third, we did not “split” the firm - I retained the Washington office when he quit, and I sold it also in 2017.

Fourth, the information about the campaign against the pesticide Alar is false and misleading. All the cites are from right wing opeds which intentionally leave out that the chemical Alar was banned from all food in the US by the Environmental Protection Agency in 1990 because it was a cancer danger to children. It was not a “scare” except in the editorial pages of Ruper Murdoch publications.

Please advise how we can get these errors and false, intentional bias out of my bio.

I’d also like to put the full name of my memoir in there, which is The Activist’s Media Handbook: Lessons from 50 Years as a Progressive Agitator. 2001:818:DAD4:DD00:AD7E:562E:4906:2A72 (talk) 09:43, 21 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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{{unblock-un on hold | 1=blocking administrator | 2=DavidSFenton | 3=   Thank you. I am very sorry I did not know that I couldn’t edit myself — not for promotion (I am retired) but for accuracy. Someone put false and biased right-wing disinformation on my page. So how do we correct that? I am not being compensated by anyone. In fact I sold the firm Fenton Communications in 2017, which should be in the article, as it creates the impression I am still the owner of the firm. I don’t even work there anymore.


I would like to do the following changes: First, I was born in 1952, not 1953 (which is the least of the problem). Second, there was never a Robert Pollock — it was a Richard Pollock, and he did not co-found Fenton Communications. He was hired as an employee to open the Washington DC office six months after the firm was founded by me in NYC. Third, we did not “split” the firm - I retained the Washington office when he quit, and I sold it also in 2017.
Fourth, the information about the campaign against the pesticide Alar is false and misleading. All the cites are from right wing opeds which intentionally leave out that the chemical Alar was banned from all food in the US by the Environmental Protection Agency in 1990 because it was a cancer danger to children. It was not a “scare” except in the editorial pages of Ruper Murdoch publications.
Please advise how we can get these errors and false, intentional bias out of my bio.

I’d also like to put the full name of my memoir in there, which is The Activist’s Media Handbook: Lessons from 50 Years as a Progressive Agitator. 2001:818:DAD4:DD00:AD7E:562E:4906:2A72 (talk) 09:43, 21 May 2025 (UTC) | 4=~~~~}}

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I would like to do the following changes: First, I was born in 1952, not 1953 (which is the least of the problem). Second, there was never a Robert Pollock — it was a Richard Pollock, and he did not co-found Fenton Communications. He was hired as an employee to open the Washington DC office six months after the firm was founded by me in NYC. Third, we did not “split” the firm - I retained the Washington office when he quit, and I sold it also in 2017.
Fourth, the information about the campaign against the pesticide Alar is false and misleading. All the cites are from right wing opeds which intentionally leave out that the chemical Alar was banned from all food in the US by the Environmental Protection Agency in 1990 because it was a cancer danger to children. It was not a “scare” except in the editorial pages of Ruper Murdoch publications.
Please advise how we can get these errors and false, intentional bias out of my bio.

I’d also like to put the full name of my memoir in there, which is The Activist’s Media Handbook: Lessons from 50 Years as a Progressive Agitator. 2001:818:DAD4:DD00:AD7E:562E:4906:2A72 (talk) 09:43, 21 May 2025 (UTC) | accept=Allowing username change to requested username. Please select an option from [[Wikipedia:Changing username]] and file a request as soon as possible to avoid re-blocking. ~~~~}}

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{{unblock-un reviewed | 1=DavidSFenton | reason=   Thank you. I am very sorry I did not know that I couldn’t edit myself — not for promotion (I am retired) but for accuracy. Someone put false and biased right-wing disinformation on my page. So how do we correct that? I am not being compensated by anyone. In fact I sold the firm Fenton Communications in 2017, which should be in the article, as it creates the impression I am still the owner of the firm. I don’t even work there anymore.


I would like to do the following changes: First, I was born in 1952, not 1953 (which is the least of the problem). Second, there was never a Robert Pollock — it was a Richard Pollock, and he did not co-found Fenton Communications. He was hired as an employee to open the Washington DC office six months after the firm was founded by me in NYC. Third, we did not “split” the firm - I retained the Washington office when he quit, and I sold it also in 2017.
Fourth, the information about the campaign against the pesticide Alar is false and misleading. All the cites are from right wing opeds which intentionally leave out that the chemical Alar was banned from all food in the US by the Environmental Protection Agency in 1990 because it was a cancer danger to children. It was not a “scare” except in the editorial pages of Ruper Murdoch publications.
Please advise how we can get these errors and false, intentional bias out of my bio.

I’d also like to put the full name of my memoir in there, which is The Activist’s Media Handbook: Lessons from 50 Years as a Progressive Agitator. 2001:818:DAD4:DD00:AD7E:562E:4906:2A72 (talk) 09:43, 21 May 2025 (UTC) | decline={{subst:Decline reason here}} ~~~~}}

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This request was made by an IP. If it was you, please remember to log in when posting; you need to use your current username until it is changed. 331dot (talk) 10:31, 21 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This user is asking to be unblocked to request a change in username.

PRFenton (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • filter log • creation log)

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Requested username:

DavidSFenton (talk · account availability check · rename user)

Request reason:

Thank you. I am very sorry I did not know that I couldn’t edit myself — not for promotion (I am retired) but for accuracy. Someone put false and biased right-wing disinformation on my page. So how do we correct that? I am not being compensated by anyone. In fact I sold the firm Fenton Communications in 2017, which should be in the article, as it creates the impression I am still the owner of the firm. I don’t even work there anymore.

I would like to do the following changes: First, I was born in 1952, not 1953 (which is the least of the problem). Second, there was never a Robert Pollock — it was a Richard Pollock, and he did not co-found Fenton Communications. He was hired as an employee to open the Washington DC office six months after the firm was founded by me in NYC. Third, we did not “split” the firm - I retained the Washington office when he quit, and I sold it also in 2017.

Fourth, the information about the campaign against the pesticide Alar is false and misleading. All the cites are from right wing opeds which intentionally leave out that the chemical Alar was banned from all food in the US by the Environmental Protection Agency in 1990 because it was a cancer danger to children. It was not a “scare” except in the editorial pages of Ruper Murdoch publications.

Please advise how we can get these errors and false, intentional bias out of my bio.

I’d also like to put the full name of my memoir in there, which is The Activist’s Media Handbook: Lessons from 50 Years as a Progressive Agitator. 2001:818:DAD4:DD00:AD7E:562E:4906:2A72 (talk) 09:43, 21 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

PRFenton (talk) 10:32, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]