In severe cases of false information, including potential libel, we can often get the content removed within a couple of hours. In all other cases, you can’t make the edit yourself, even if there’s a factual mistake. Instead, you have to request another editor makes the edit, explaining your reasons in detail and disclosing your COI. At WhiteHatWiki, we know how to best engage with editors to facilitate these types of reviews. If you try to do it and don’t know how or what to say, you can end up waiting forever or not giving the proper policy justifications for the change.
If you try to take a short cut and remove the content directly, you might end up in a ping-pong war with whoever originally entered the content. An “edit war” will count against you if an article ends up in an appeal. It can get you banned from Wikipedia.
