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Contents
- 1 Singapore Management University
- 2 Five spam pages
- 3 Your next box of spam has arrived
- 4 Technetium (99mTc) sestamibi
- 5 For those interested
- 6 Wang Zheng (pilot)
- 7 Edoardo Raffinerie Garrone
- 8 White Cube paid edits
- 9 Iridium Communications
- 10 Facilius, Inc.
- 11 FOI Online Awards
- 12 Pride Northwest
- 13 John Fekner
- 14 Michael Simkovic references
- 15 Draft:Marko Brajovic
- 16 Wikibaji sockfarm
- 17 Question about disclosure requirements
- 18 Rachel Hart
- 19 Bridge Back to Life
- 20 Scytl
- 21 Fernando Perdomo
- 22 Draft:GPV International A/S
- 23 Udit Raj
- 24 User:Alessio Pasquinelli
- 25 Is it impossible for acupuncturists to have a conflict of interest with regard to content describing acupuncture?
- 26 Scott Shaw
- 27 UPE cluster
- 28 Venous leak
- 29 Orbitless drives COI
- 30 Rudy Takala
- 31 Potential COI editing by several (related) IPs
- 32 Mathieu Chantelois
- 33 Jonathan Mover
- 34 Outside In (organization)
Singapore Management University
- Singapore Management University ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Bluestsky99 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)
User had been adamant over a few days to restore advertisements in Singapore Management University page. Additionally user has removed the advertisement tag without solving the outstanding issues. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rongyao (talk • contribs) 11:38, February 28, 2019 (UTC)
Five spam pages
In re: AGS Transact Technologies, LKP Securities, IndiaFirst Life Insurance Company, IndiaFirst Life Insurance Company Ltd, and Aanjaneya Lifecare Limited, all listed below with La page links for each and userlinks for the single-purpose accounts which edited them. Almost all of them have been inactive for years. One, Lordkickass, edited all five, and several were involved in WP:SPIs (there may be more than I saw).
The only registered editor I could identify as currently active is User:Siddharthmukund, so I'll post a {{coin-notice}} on his talk page. If any of the other editors are not blocked and still active, I missed that, so may whoever spots them please notify them directly or note it here where I'll see it and can do so.
Perhaps 122.15.122.2, who posted User talk:Oshwah#Kindly Unblock AGS Transact Technologies Account and thus can be considered active, should be notified, I don't know. Of the five pages, the first came to my attention via User talk:AGS Transact Technologies, after which a trail of overlapping edits led down this rabbit hole.
- AGS Transact Technologies ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Paulseemon (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) (2011)
- Lordkickass (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) (2011)
- Shishir58 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) (2011)
- 203.115.120.33 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) (2011)
- Sachinpatwardhan (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) (2012)
- 14.97.209.254 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) (2013)
- Dc fruit2390 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) (2013)
- Surabhi Raghavan (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) (2015)
- Abhaysingh1991 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) (2015)
- Shahdeep612 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) (SPI) (2015)
- Mazati (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) (2016)
- Akshay Aswani (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) (SPI) (2016)
- Jay Panchal (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) (SPI) (2017)
- Dbzpankaj (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) (2018)
- Nagrajags (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) (2018)
- 115.97.10.26 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) (2018)
- Sekhar pant (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) (2018-2019)
- Zealous Dudes (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) (2019)
- Agsttlwiki (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) (2019)
- 122.15.122.2 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) (2019)
- LKP Securities ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Paulseemon (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) (2011)
- Lordkickass (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) (2011)
- Dbhathena (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) (2011)
- 203.115.120.33 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) (2011)
- Shishir58 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) (2011)
- LKP Securities (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) (2011)
- 24.141.179.244 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) (2015)
- IndiaFirst Life Insurance Company ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Siddharthmukund (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) (2010-2019)
- Shilpi.mishra95 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) (2010)
- 220.226.177.181 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) (2010-2018)
- 220.226.177.182 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) (2010)
- Imvijaym (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) (2010)
- Mishra shilpi (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) (2011)
- Lordkickass (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) (2011)
- Dbhathena (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) (2011)
- Indiafirstlifewiki (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) (2015)
- 117.196.200.83 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) (2016)
- 49.204.225.214 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) (2017)
- IndiaFirst Life Insurance Company Ltd ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Shishir58 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) (2011-2012)
- Lordkickass (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) (2011)
- Chinmaya.328 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) (2011)
- Dbhathena (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) (2011)
- Juhibohara (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) (2011)
- Nshetty090487 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) (2011)
- Jailwala15 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) (2011)
- 203.115.120.33 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) (2011)
- Rupalisri (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) (2012)
- 220.226.177.181 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) (2012-2015)
- Siddharthmukund (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) (2012-2019)
- Aanjaneya Lifecare Limited ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Lordkickass (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) (2011)
- 61.8.148.45 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) (2011-2013)
- 61.8.148.42 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) (2012-2015)
- 2405:204:552F:F2AD:6450:E047:66C:5EDD (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) (2017)
If any of these five articles have robust encyclopedic value, I don't see it. They all look like business listings on a site devoted to hosting such business listings, and while I was tempted at first to be be bold and delete them all per {{db-g11}}, I decided to take this more conservative route. The pages have been around for years, and right now this minute I am burned out on them and the users who dropped them on us. – Athaenara ✉ 02:12, 22 March 2019 (UTC)
- HI Athaenera, I did edit the IndiaFirst Life Insurance page. I am an editor based in India and I do edit any India related pages. I have not edited any of the other pages mentioned in the notice. My reasons for IndiaFirst page was that was a new insurance company using a different business model in India. The company is still around and has been growing. It has also been part of the consolidation and evolution of India's financial sector. I do not have any personal interest / relation in the company.
- Siddharthmukund (talk) 03:36, 22 March 2019 (UTC)
- Hi, Siddharthmukund, thanks for commenting here.
- Certain things in the page histories of these articles stand out.
- For example: "Lordkickass" edited all of them, "Dbhathena" edited three, "Paulseemon" edited two, "Shilpi.mishra95" and "Mishra shilpi" are very likely the same person, more than half of them did promotional editing five or more years ago and haven't been seen since, and so on.
- You got a {{coin-notice}} because you are a rarity in this crowd (so to speak), in that you're an actual and active encyclopedia editor, not a spammer who hit us hard a few times and disappeared. – Athaenara ✉ 08:22, 22 March 2019 (UTC)
- @Athaenara: did you notice Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Akshay_Aswani? --Dirk Beetstra T C 15:51, 22 March 2019 (UTC)
- And Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Mr.sahota. You might want to open a SPI here on the recent incarnations and see if there are more lines to this story (wow, 9 years worth of spamming). --Dirk Beetstra T C 15:57, 22 March 2019 (UTC)
Also by the same SPAs:
- ZED Habitats ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Pritish Nandy Communications ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Everonn Education Limited ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Shriprakash R. Pandey ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- 4 Tune Kookies ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Themis Medicare ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Yep, you guessed it, more spam. MER-C 11:08, 23 March 2019 (UTC)
- And India Transact Services Limited ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views). – Athaenara ✉ 22:57, 23 March 2019 (UTC)
Hi Athaenara & Beetstra, I have a little more understanding of the issue at hand here now. Is anything required from my end or how can i help in this issue?? Siddharthmukund (talk) 14:14, 23 March 2019 (UTC)
- Add Draft:AGS Transact Technologies Limited ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs). This one is by user Vyas vatsal, a new username taken after being barred from using AGS Transact Technologies. – Athaenara ✉ 04:28, 29 March 2019 (UTC)
Your next box of spam has arrived
Batch ending 24 March
- 123sonography ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Abdullahi Sule ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Aji's ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Alexander Jutkowitz ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Aliya Prokofyeva ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- American Radio Systems ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Annette Vissing-Jorgensen ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Arkadin ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Astral Airways ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Ayisha Fuseini ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Baran Süzer ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Bettina Walter ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Bihar Entrepreneurs Association ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Blynk.io ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- CapBridge ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Chief minister dashboard ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- China Growth Capital ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Chris Ulmer ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Christine Lu ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- COMOS ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Credicard ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Cultured (magazine) ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Daisy Tanwani ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Daniel Cordaro ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- David W. I. Craig ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Dax Architects and Draftsman ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Digi Sport (Hungary) ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- E-Pragati ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Emma Heathcote-James ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- ESMO Corporation ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Eugenia Tachie-Menson ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Felix Nicolas ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Five Sisters Productions ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Gaydachuk Sergiy Anatoliyovych ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- GiveBack GiveAway ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- GOMO Limited ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Gremlin Inc. ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Harald Link ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Hari Kiran Chereddi ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Harvest Gold India ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Hatch Entertainment ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Hearing aid application ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Herbert R. Schaal ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Heritage Restoration and Design Studio ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Holiday Swap ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Ibex (company) ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- IDFC FIRST Bank ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) - Is a notable bank with around a billion dollar revenue, and a presence in the Indian stock market
- Igal Dahan ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Intelcom ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- International Moldovan Philatelic Society (IMPS) ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- IPulse Medical ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Jameson Lopp ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Jane Maas ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Jay Lowder ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Jean-Claude Jitrois ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Jindal poly films ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Jon Vlachogiannis ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Julie Greenwald ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- KCCL Odisha ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- KizlarSoruyor ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Lajvar Industrial Group ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Maddock Films ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- MagVenture ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Mahmood Ahmadu ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Marc Rowley ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- MarcoPolo Learning ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Mike Sharman ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Mirko Nesurini ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Modern work management ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- MovenPick Ambassador Hotel Accra ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Naomi Esi Arku Amoah ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Natak Company ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Nefertite Nguvu ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- NeuBase Therapeutics ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- NEXT Trucking ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Nyokabi Kenyatta ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- OffGamers (online platform) ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- One.com ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Onjali Q. Raúf ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- OpenAgent ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- OSCAL ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Our Culture Mag ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Oyin Ameen ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Paolo Morassutti ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Penny Pennington ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Phenomena Virtual reality ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Randall S. Peterson ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Ravi Kailas ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Research Institute of Brewing and Malting ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Robert Quartly-Janeiro ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Robomart ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Rohit Saxena ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Ruth Ashworth Cleveland ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Rwibutso Byakunda Diogene ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Sam Bashiry ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Sarah Kunst ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Seoul City Improv ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Sharad Sagar ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Sionne Neely ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Steve Borgia ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Steve Diggs ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Steven B. Dodge ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Successvalley ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- TAC InfoSec ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Tamiko Lynn Cuellar ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Tati Westbrook ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- The 1st Annual Shorty Awards ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) - Most likely notable since Shorty Awards is notable.
- The ReFrame Stamp ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Tushy ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- UNIDOC ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Vibease ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- VoucherCodes ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Wafa Makhlouf ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Walks Around Britain ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- WebRatio Platform ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Yossi Dashti ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- ZestMoney ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Zsolt Hernádi ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Enjoy. MER-C 18:00, 24 March 2019 (UTC)
Batch ending 4 April
- 365Chess.com ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Advanced SystemCare ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Agiliway LLC ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Alfred Slanetz ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Algorand, INC. ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Andromo ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Anne E. Preston ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Anuj Saini ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Asia Pacific Rayon ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Axel Hotels ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Ayisha Fuseini ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Bagrrys India Limited ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Ben Brooks (investor) ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Bernard Salick ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- BLIS (software) ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Boston Hassle ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Cerity Partners ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Charles Lu ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Cheq AI Technologies ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Cluetivity ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Colin Jones (Blackjack card counter) ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Conner O'Malley ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Cults (website) ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Davide Serra ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Developer Certificate of Origin ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Digsconnect ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Drivenets ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- DWLW ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- EduBirdie ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Elishama Rosemary Ideh ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Ellen Hughes-Cromwick ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Emanuel (film) ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- EnviroBuild ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Ernest Burden ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Fabrice Kerherve ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Fooz Kids ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Fountain of Truth Beauty ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Francesca Cornelli ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Friend Verifier ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Geraldine Weiss ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Gold Triangle (store) ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Harold Simon ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Hector Florez ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Helen Guillette Vassallo ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Holborn Assets Limited ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
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Looks like a pretty bad bunch this time around. Have fun. MER-C 19:35, 4 April 2019 (UTC)
Technetium (99mTc) sestamibi
- Technetium (99mTc) sestamibi ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- RM Fleming, MD (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)
Appears to be a COI with removal of content with a subject that is the same as this user. An IP has also made a similar edit in the meantime. Beevil (talk) 18:04, 26 March 2019 (UTC)
- He is now edit warring removing sourced information. Suggest this is rather urgent now. 2001:8003:5901:B400:D149:79D4:9C09:FA93 (talk) 06:30, 27 March 2019 (UTC)
- Based on the names, it appears he has also operated the accounts Dr. RM Fleming, MD, JD and Fleming1956 in the past. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 15:39, 27 March 2019 (UTC)
- Based on this statement at his talk page, he is also editing logged out as 172.90.197.240. He's now at 5 reverts in 24 hours, 6 if you count the IP. Voceditenore (talk) 16:01, 27 March 2019 (UTC)
- Update: RM Fleming, MD has been blocked for 24 hours for edit-warring by Randykitty. I have reverted the article to the previous version before the mass deletions. It will continue to need eyes, preferably from someone with knowledge of this area (I'm not one of them). Voceditenore (talk) 16:20, 27 March 2019 (UTC)
- Based on the names, it appears he has also operated the accounts Dr. RM Fleming, MD, JD and Fleming1956 in the past. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 15:39, 27 March 2019 (UTC)
- Note that there are some BLP issues involved in one sentence, although that does not justify the editor removing almost half the article. The sentence was FHRWW was developed by Dr. Richard M. Fleming (a convicted felon debarred in 2018 by the FDA; see also Retraction Watch for more background) and associates. The first assertion is referenced to a highly reliable source (Federal Register) [1]. The source for Retraction Watch is unsuitable for a BLP assertion. I have amended the sentence to simply FHRWW was developed by Dr. Richard M. Fleming (a convicted felon debarred in 2018 by the FDA) and associates. and kept the FR source. But the whole assertion may actually be irrelevant/inappropriate for the article. Voceditenore (talk) 16:38, 27 March 2019 (UTC)
Although I also suspect that his background is irrelevant to the article, I wanted to provide some context since Dr. Fleming had edited the sestamibi article to include material from his "published research" in journals that have been identified by others as "predatory" or low quality; as such it may not be unbiased information or helpful to non-experts reading the article. As I acknowledged previously, I have no expertise in this field, but although Dr. Fleming may have expertise, the text that he added to the article appears to be part of his complaints against the FDA debarment (see docket at Federal Register link) and as part of his attempts to promote the licensing of his patented process. That was the reason I added the link to the debarment information. I will be making no further edits to the article. ThatsRegrettable (talk) 17:51, 27 March 2019 (UTC)
- ThatsRegrettable, I can understand your motivation, although I think the complete removal of that personalised information has been wise. However, the article has a much bigger problem. It is completely contaminated by Fleming's attempts to promote himself on Wikipedia and by implication his medical imaging companies and patents. The three named accounts + 2 IPs which are clearly him (and probably more) have been spamming the article with his research since at least 2009 [2]. See also other pages created by one of his earlier accounts (Fleming1956 (talk · contribs)) which were designed to promote himself and his patents: Richard M. Fleming, Fleming Harrington Redistribution Wash-in Washout, Inflammation and Coronary Artery Disease, Breast Enhanced Scintigraphy Test. I'm not sure he or his work should even be mentioned in the article, especially considering the dubious publisher of the only remaining reference left in the article and another recent work by him with an even more dubious publisher. I intend to take the issue to Talk:Technetium (99mTc) sestamibi later today and will also ask for advice from WikiProject Pharmacology. Like you, I do not have background on that area, but the history of that article and the references are concerning. Voceditenore (talk) 14:05, 28 March 2019 (UTC)
- Update All three of the named accounts above have been added to a COI notice at Talk:Technetium (99mTc) sestamibi. I have removed material from the article which is either unsourced but added by Fleming and related to his claims and patents and/or sourced to this book chapter by Fleming which is incompatible with Wikipedia:MEDRS. This diff shows the removed material. RM Fleming, MD has now been indef blocked for making legal threats in addition to his previous edit-warring block. If he attempts to edit by one of his socks, I'll bring an SPI. This case seems pretty much resolved, but I suggest several editors here put this article on watch as well as other known targets of this editor: Standardized uptake value and Scintimammography. Voceditenore (talk) 10:33, 29 March 2019 (UTC)
For those interested
There is a discussion about the Huff-Po article and paid editing at Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard#HuffPost article on WP COI editing. Another was started at Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Whitewashing? after-the-fact but now points to the AN discussion. Atsme Talk 📧 12:12, 27 March 2019 (UTC)
- The noticeboard discussion also contains proposals related to paid editing in general. See "Suggestions and proposals related to paid editing" and "Prohibition on all paid editing" for details. — Newslinger talk 02:58, 7 April 2019 (UTC)
Wang Zheng (pilot)
- Wang Zheng (pilot) ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Zulutimepilot (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)
- Kigenkigen (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)
- EdiK2016 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)
Not quite sure what to do with this. Seems there is a long standing edit war on this page with several SPAs/IPs adding (unsourced) allegations and these two users reverting. Apparently Wang Zheng (aka Julie Wang) is the flight instructor over at Zulutimepilot (see for example their facebook page).
A quick google search shows that Wang Zheng was suing someone and that's not either mentioned in the article.
Props to Kigenkigen for an epic edit summary here Hydromania (talk) 03:10, 29 March 2019 (UTC)
- Zulutimepilot should have been blocked a long time ago for WP:CORPNAME (https://zulutimepilot.com/). --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 04:52, 29 March 2019 (UTC)
- WP:BLPN#Wang Zheng (pilot) and WP:AN#Possible NLT at BLPN are both connected to discussion. It does appear that CTF99 (the editor formerly known as Zulutimepilot) has a strong connection to Wang that likely extends to a WP:FCOI. CTF99 states he is James Fretcher, an attorney for Wang, at BLPN and various articles about Wang in reliable sources describe Fretcher as a manager for China General Aviation (a sponsor of Wang and a co-plaintiff in a lawsuit filed by Wang), Wang's attorney, Wang's husband, and also as being connected to Zulutimepilot, where Wang was/is listed a chief instructor. So, there really appears to be more than just a WP:APPARENTCOI here, and CTF99 has been editing the article and other content about Wang on Wikipedia since at least December 2016 (that's when the account was created) without declaring any connection to Wang or without following WP:PAID. Either CTF99 is who he's claiming to be which means that both COI and PAID apply, or he's impersonating Fretcher, which is another issue that's just as bad. -- Marchjuly (talk) 05:23, 31 March 2019 (UTC)
- I've added EdiK2016 to this discussion as well based upon some posts made to the article's talk page which have been since removed. -- Marchjuly (talk) 20:56, 31 March 2019 (UTC)
- Update: Kigenkigen and CTF99 have been indefinitely blocked per WP:SOCK. If one or both get unblocked, they should be instucted to follow WP:PAID or otherwise the will be re-blocked again. EdiK2016 is still an active account, but they should also be advised about WP:PAID since they might be involved in off-Wikipedia legal action with Wang, and thus would also likely have a financial COI with respect to the article. -- Marchjuly (talk) 05:12, 2 April 2019 (UTC)
Edoardo Raffinerie Garrone
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- Pepita16 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)
At Edoardo Raffinerie Garrone someone probably working for the company keeps overwriting the entire article with their preferred version. I've reverted them several times. The latest attempt does include independent references, but still has promotional elements. As often found, the previous version was itself defective and out-of-date. Would someone else care to see if they think this present version should be allowed through, with modifications?: Bhunacat10 (talk), 11:14, 29 March 2019 (UTC)
White Cube paid edits
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- Jonelowe (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)
I ran across this editor as one of the pages they edited is on my watchlist. When queried they admitted they work for White Cube. Virtually all of their 150+ edits are to White Cube artist pages, or to correct old urls related to the gallery. The interesting thing is that they have been doing paid editing for 5+ years. Overall the edits are very neutral (mostly wikilinking to White cube page and updating URLs) and not POV pushing. Not sure if the articles need to be tagged for paid editing, so posting here.ThatMontrealIP (talk) 17:55, 29 March 2019 (UTC)
Iridium Communications
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- 128.177.26.35 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)
Someone is apparently copypasting info from promotional material into the article.
Facilius, Inc.
This company has an Instagram page where they offer services including "Wikipedia page creation"; they have posted an "Instagram story" with the following purported examples of their work: Natera (created by SPA User:Monmay6, dormant since; expanded by another SPA, User:Best blood test), Chien Lee, Reliance Industries Limited, and Marc Thorpe. I note that Marc Thorpe was created by User:Muhammad Ali Khalid, who has been blocked since 2015 for undisclosed paid editing. bd2412 T 02:55, 30 March 2019 (UTC)
- I gave Marc Thorpe a bit of a trim. Lots of promotional garbage there, although I did see an esquire article in a search so he may be actually notable.ThatMontrealIP (talk) 03:46, 30 March 2019 (UTC)
- @ThatMontrealIP: The esquire article was written by a staff member of chrysler 200 (which it looks like Thorpe works with). So it is likely a paid article made to look neutral. HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 03:55, 30 March 2019 (UTC)
- I gave Marc Thorpe a bit of a trim. Lots of promotional garbage there, although I did see an esquire article in a search so he may be actually notable.ThatMontrealIP (talk) 03:46, 30 March 2019 (UTC)
- Chien Lee was written by User:Gghenn2 - I am debating whether to ask about it directly on his user page, or to take more of a wait-and-see approach. bd2412 T 04:02, 30 March 2019 (UTC)
- Reliance Industries Limited is one of the older articles in the encyclopedia, so any work that this company did on it would likely have been in the nature of a recent cleanup. Not seeing anything obvious. bd2412 T 04:04, 30 March 2019 (UTC)
- I agree that Reliance Industries Limited has pretty much been neutralized. I also think Thorpe passes GNG and an AfD would fail but someone is willing to try. HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 04:32, 30 March 2019 (UTC)
FOI Online Awards
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- User1257 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)
I looked up the organization giving out these awards, apparently its an anonymous organization that conducts anonymous polls and gives the awards,(stated on their site). There is almost no mention of the organization at all, except for a few sketchy sites . The article was AfD'ed and deleted 3 years ago, the creator of the article or someone related to it was particularly angry about deleting it(mentioned in the afd discussion).
- The issue with the article is that many prominent celebs and some movie articles have this award listed in their awards section, some of them being added by people who edited FOI awards articles. It might be better if we remove all such occurrences of this non-notable award. Daiyusha (talk) 16:11, 30 March 2019 (UTC)
- Agreed. I'll start deleting removing it from those pages. Might take a while. BubbaJoe123456 (talk) 21:34, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
It might be helpful to treat this as possible spamming as well. In that regard, I'll list other editors that have added it as I help with cleanup. --Ronz (talk) 22:40, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
- 171.76.153.196 (talk · contribs)
- 103.208.145.142 (talk · contribs) added to multiple articles --Ronz (talk) 22:59, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
- @Ronz:,@BubbaJoe123456: If you intend to start on removing this spam, please look for the text "FOI" and "Films of India Online" when searching for it. Thanks for the response Daiyusha (talk) 07:00, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
- @Daiyusha: Thanks for the heads-up. I've been going through, think I'm over halfway done. FYI, should also look for "Films of India Online." Just doing FOI as a search term picks up a lot of cruft (Freedom of Information, mainly), but doing "FOI Online" works well. BubbaJoe123456 (talk) 11:18, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
- @Ronz:,@BubbaJoe123456: If you intend to start on removing this spam, please look for the text "FOI" and "Films of India Online" when searching for it. Thanks for the response Daiyusha (talk) 07:00, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
- DarpSinghh (talk · contribs) (I'm not suggesting a coi)
- 47.31.85.74 (talk · contribs) added to multiple articles and clearly maintaining entries in still more
- 182.69.254.42 (talk · contribs)
As an aside, are "News18 Reel Movie Awards" and "Bollywood Film Journalists Awards" similar? --Ronz (talk) 16:40, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
Pride Northwest
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- Pnwstaff (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)
- Clmurphy1 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)
- Debraporta (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)
- Mel45 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)
I could nominate it for AfD, but there's a concern with the number of obvious company associated accounts used. Significant amount of contents as it remains now originated from the account PNWStaff and the other three are basically single purpose accounts. CLMurphy1 describes himself as an event promoter and the name he provided himself comes back as management staff for the org. Debraporta comes up as executive director in Google. Please see article talk page for details. Following the duck quack I can reasonably suspect Mel45's exclusive participation on this article indicates it too is a related editor. How should it go forward? Graywalls (talk) 06:28, 31 March 2019 (UTC)
- Related: diff ---Another Believer (Talk) 18:15, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
John Fekner
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- Idioblast (album) ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Incantation (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)
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- Fekner (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)
- Limbotoy (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)
Resolved Puppeteer and puppets are gone. Graywalls (talk) 01:50, 7 April 2019 (UTC)
- yes, thank you to all the kind admins who took care of that.ThatMontrealIP (talk) 02:07, 7 April 2019 (UTC)
It seems like most of Fekner related contents are added by the subject or those related to him through the accounts Daniellasuttoni and Incantation. The activity on those accounts are almost entirely limited to editing the John Fekner article and Fekner's Idioblast album. When they were editing other articles, they're usually related to category spamming with Fekner related contents or Fekner authored photos. example 1, example 2, example 3Graywalls (talk) 09:26, 31 March 2019 (UTC)
- Wow, good call on this one. The Fekner article is like a finely tuned memorial to every time he took a breath or ate an apple. I have trimmed 1000 bytes or so so far, and am trying to rid it of more of the banalities. The general problem is that he's notable, but just in a regular way and not in a Vito Acconci, Chris Burden or Louise Bourgeois kind of way. He's a very average to slightly above average artist. The connected articles are similarly awful. ThatMontrealIP (talk) 15:30, 31 March 2019 (UTC)
- I have notified the above users with COIN templates on their talk pages, per the policy.ThatMontrealIP (talk) 17:38, 31 March 2019 (UTC)
- I've removed overwhelming majority of John Fekner promoting contents that have been injected into other articles by these accounts. Graywalls (talk) 07:20, 4 April 2019 (UTC)
- I have notified the above users with COIN templates on their talk pages, per the policy.ThatMontrealIP (talk) 17:38, 31 March 2019 (UTC)
Fekner seems to say they are the article's subject here, offering to revoke donation of images they uploaded (see File:Fekqueens.jpg & File:FEKMYADwiki.jpg "John Fekner (c) 1980"). Bri.public (talk) 22:49, 4 April 2019 (UTC)
- FWIW, I received a somewhat nasty email from user Fekner, signed by a highly similar sounding name.ThatMontrealIP (talk) 23:35, 4 April 2019 (UTC)
Everything that I donated to Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons for over a decade was done with the best intentions and free for anyone to use. I worked with numerous editors, Wikipedia authority control for over a decade, Recently, both ThatMontrealIP& Graywalls removed text, research and all the images from the john fekner page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fekner (talk • contribs) 01:14, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
This was the letter that was sent to: ThatMontrealIP For the past thirteen years I've made numerous contribution of images to Wikimedia Commons for free use to everyone using Wikipedia as a resource. As a supporter of Wikipedia, I've made yearly donations. I've worked with Wikipedia editors on both the John Fekner https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fekner and John Fekner City Squad Idioblast https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idioblast_(album)
Now, I see all the major vicious editing of text and removing of images that bothThatMontrealIPand Graywalls Graywallshave done. It's sad, disheartening, discouraging to power of Wikipedia philosophy. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fekner (talk • contribs) 01:32, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
- Fekner, I see what you are saying but it's not as well-intentioned as you make it out to be. Participating in the editing of your own article, if you are indeed John Fekner, is basically promotion, and we try to avoid that here. See also WP:COI. John Fekner is certainly an important artist, but the article on him and the article on his album were very, very promotional. All that Graywalls and I did was to counter that promotional intent to reflect the existing sources. We are not here to promote John Fekner's accomplishments, but rather to note them in an encyclopedic way. If John Fekner needs to promote himself, he can do that with his own website. ThatMontrealIP (talk) 02:49, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
- @ThatMontrealIP: What seems a little odd here is that he's been labeling the pictures so in a way seemingly contradictory to the license terms by using the © all reserved symbol and "Estate of John Fekner". Take a look at the license spectrum in the article Creative_Commons_license. © is in the most restrictive category. It seems to me that he CC-SA'd the pictures in order to be able to exhibit them and essentially maintain John Fekner as his profile without getting summarily removed but really intends on hanging onto control of how the photos are used by others. Why would he append copyright mark and "Estate of John Fekner" and express his intent to claw back the photos otherwise? Graywalls (talk) 20:59, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
- My take is the C symbol neither adds nor removes anything when they have already agreed to donate (share) content under the CC license. WP:COPYRIGHT states "You retain copyright to materials you contribute to Wikipedia, text and media. Copyright is never transferred to Wikipedia. You can later republish and relicense them in any way you like. However, you can never retract or alter the license for copies of materials that you place here". Bri.public (talk) 21:12, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
- I agree with Bri.public on this. Uploading a file to Commons under a free license is not the same as an official copyright transfer agreement; basically, the uploader is only agreeing to freely release a particular version of the work. The licensing on that version remains in effect in perpetuity and anyone can continue to use that particular file under the terms of its license, but the copyright ownership or the original work remains with the original creator. This is one of the reasons WP:OTRS verification is often required for files licensed under a free license because the WP:CONSENT of the copyright holder needs to be clear. -- Marchjuly (talk) 21:59, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
- @Marchjuly and Bri.public: I think what you are saying is exactly right. You can't ever give away your copyright (although your estate might get it, or it might expire and the work enters public domain), but you can license it very freely which is almost the same and what happens when you agree to Commmons terms of use. Fekner always has the right to control licensing of his work ("copy right"), but if he uploaded it to Commons with a CC license, then he licensed it to all under those terms, irregardless if he wants to continue noting that he has copyright over his creative works by appending © to his works. The least restrictive license issued for the work at hand will be the one we should concern ourselves with. I am not so concerned though, as it is promotional editing. ThatMontrealIP (talk) 23:13, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
- There seems to be an obvious COI which means he should refrain from directly editing the article as explained in WP:COIADVICE. Any content too promotional sounding remaining in the article should be cleaned up if possible or removed altogether if it simply doesn't belong. His COI however, doesn't prevent him from uploading files to Commons for use in the article; in fact, it's better for him to do so since it makes verifying WP:CONSENT easier. Now, uploading photos to Commons and then automatically expecting that they all be added to the article is where his COI comes into play again and that could be seen as self promotion (even if unintentional). So, the images could be discussed by others on the article talk page and then determined which if any could be re-added to strike a good balance between providing more information to the reader and avoiding WP:NOTGALLERY. Ideally, the infobox image should be for primary identification purposes of the subject; so, if Fekner uploads a selfie or other photo of himself which he holds the copyright on to Commons, such a photo should be fine for Wikipedia's purposes. One or two photos of representative works might also be OK as long as they are tied into the article content and not basically another "different" image showing the same style an technique, etc. Album covers, etc. probably are fine in stand-alone articles about the work in question and not really needed in the BLP article for simply "illustrative" purposes regardless of whether they're freely licensed, unless there is particularly one he received a lot of coverage in reliable sources for some reason; otherwise, hatnotes or links to those articles seems fine. Whatever images aren't being used in the article can also be linked to by using the Commons template mentioned above. As for "clawing" back the photos, I don't that's possible; he can as an uploader request that they be deleted per c:COM:DR, but whether they ultimately are will depend on the Commons community and how much it wants to honor his request. If the files are deleted from Commons that would mean they'd be no longer available to use on Wikipedia, etc., but their licensing would still remain in effect and anyone who downloaded the photos and was using them under that particular licensing would probably be OK in continuing to do so. Anyway, we shouldn't really be discouraging him so that he wants to abandon Wikipedia/Commmons altogether by removing every single file he ever uploaded in good faith for use in the article as "self-promotion"; instead, we should be trying to explain how he can help us bring the article better in accordance with relevant policies and guidelines, particularly with the images. -- Marchjuly (talk) 00:18, 6 April 2019 (UTC)
- I don't disagree with what you say, but it's better applied to good faith editors without COI. I see no need to pander to the needs of someone who is using us for promotional goals. ThatMontrealIP (talk) 01:20, 6 April 2019 (UTC)
- There seems to be an obvious COI which means he should refrain from directly editing the article as explained in WP:COIADVICE. Any content too promotional sounding remaining in the article should be cleaned up if possible or removed altogether if it simply doesn't belong. His COI however, doesn't prevent him from uploading files to Commons for use in the article; in fact, it's better for him to do so since it makes verifying WP:CONSENT easier. Now, uploading photos to Commons and then automatically expecting that they all be added to the article is where his COI comes into play again and that could be seen as self promotion (even if unintentional). So, the images could be discussed by others on the article talk page and then determined which if any could be re-added to strike a good balance between providing more information to the reader and avoiding WP:NOTGALLERY. Ideally, the infobox image should be for primary identification purposes of the subject; so, if Fekner uploads a selfie or other photo of himself which he holds the copyright on to Commons, such a photo should be fine for Wikipedia's purposes. One or two photos of representative works might also be OK as long as they are tied into the article content and not basically another "different" image showing the same style an technique, etc. Album covers, etc. probably are fine in stand-alone articles about the work in question and not really needed in the BLP article for simply "illustrative" purposes regardless of whether they're freely licensed, unless there is particularly one he received a lot of coverage in reliable sources for some reason; otherwise, hatnotes or links to those articles seems fine. Whatever images aren't being used in the article can also be linked to by using the Commons template mentioned above. As for "clawing" back the photos, I don't that's possible; he can as an uploader request that they be deleted per c:COM:DR, but whether they ultimately are will depend on the Commons community and how much it wants to honor his request. If the files are deleted from Commons that would mean they'd be no longer available to use on Wikipedia, etc., but their licensing would still remain in effect and anyone who downloaded the photos and was using them under that particular licensing would probably be OK in continuing to do so. Anyway, we shouldn't really be discouraging him so that he wants to abandon Wikipedia/Commmons altogether by removing every single file he ever uploaded in good faith for use in the article as "self-promotion"; instead, we should be trying to explain how he can help us bring the article better in accordance with relevant policies and guidelines, particularly with the images. -- Marchjuly (talk) 00:18, 6 April 2019 (UTC)
- @Marchjuly and Bri.public: I think what you are saying is exactly right. You can't ever give away your copyright (although your estate might get it, or it might expire and the work enters public domain), but you can license it very freely which is almost the same and what happens when you agree to Commmons terms of use. Fekner always has the right to control licensing of his work ("copy right"), but if he uploaded it to Commons with a CC license, then he licensed it to all under those terms, irregardless if he wants to continue noting that he has copyright over his creative works by appending © to his works. The least restrictive license issued for the work at hand will be the one we should concern ourselves with. I am not so concerned though, as it is promotional editing. ThatMontrealIP (talk) 23:13, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
- @ThatMontrealIP: What seems a little odd here is that he's been labeling the pictures so in a way seemingly contradictory to the license terms by using the © all reserved symbol and "Estate of John Fekner". Take a look at the license spectrum in the article Creative_Commons_license. © is in the most restrictive category. It seems to me that he CC-SA'd the pictures in order to be able to exhibit them and essentially maintain John Fekner as his profile without getting summarily removed but really intends on hanging onto control of how the photos are used by others. Why would he append copyright mark and "Estate of John Fekner" and express his intent to claw back the photos otherwise? Graywalls (talk) 20:59, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
- Fekner, I see what you are saying but it's not as well-intentioned as you make it out to be. Participating in the editing of your own article, if you are indeed John Fekner, is basically promotion, and we try to avoid that here. See also WP:COI. John Fekner is certainly an important artist, but the article on him and the article on his album were very, very promotional. All that Graywalls and I did was to counter that promotional intent to reflect the existing sources. We are not here to promote John Fekner's accomplishments, but rather to note them in an encyclopedic way. If John Fekner needs to promote himself, he can do that with his own website. ThatMontrealIP (talk) 02:49, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
- @Graywalls: While there may be genuine conflict of interest concerns regarding the article, removing each and every image like you did here seems a bit excessive. It's not uncommon for articles about visual artists to contain images showing examples of the artist's work. Ideally, the article shouldn't just be one big image gallery of images, but one or two representative works which closely ties into the article content should be fine. Problems seem to arise when the files being used are non-free content because Wikpedia's non-free content use policy is quite restrictive, but most of the images used in the article seem to have been released by the copyright holder under a free license Wikipedia accepts and their licensing has been verified by WP:OTRS. The main infobox image should really be for primary identification purposes of the subject of the article, but some of the other images could be restored. Eliminate those which are being used in other article like album covers, etc. and focus on those which best tie in to the article content. One representaive example of each particular artistic style or technique is all that's really need, and the other images can be linked to using a template such as Template:Commons or another similar template. -- Marchjuly (talk) 02:03, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
- {{Commons category}} is usually the template of choice Bri.public (talk) 20:43, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
- @Marchjuly:, I personally wouldn't just settle at "while there maybe conflict" when there's evidence that the subjective wrote the article himself and presented it in the way as he likes it and Fekner's name and Fekner authored contents were strategically seeded into articles in subject matter of his interest likely under his full control. Since those close to the subject chose every element of the article, the photos chosen represent how he wanted them presented in relation to prose. Therefore, it obstructs neutrality. I think it's fair game that photos were completely buffed out for now from the article. If others find him notable enough, they'll look around, find the pictures and reinsert them at their editorial discretion. Autobiography creation is highly discouraged. Concerning adding his own materials into other articles, I think this issue runs parallel with the dispute about Michael Simkovic that happens to be being discussed right under this dispute. Graywalls (talk) 09:10, 6 April 2019 (UTC)
Michael Simkovic references
- 173.52.212.151 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)
- Labourlabor (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)
- TaxMaven99 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)
- Mbs6446 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)
- Majormajorx90 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)
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Wikipedia has a lot of references to the work of a particular law professor, Michael Simkovic. I noticed a new user (Mbs6446) adding a link to the same paper of Simkovic's to 9 articles this morning. Some of these references were to support a new sentence, others were added to existing content. This got me curious, so by employing the search function and the WikiBlame tool, I was able to collect the above list of accounts and IPs who are more or less single purpose accounts that add references to this author. I've only gone through about half the search results so far, I would expect there are a few more accounts to find. I'm apparently not the only person who has noticed this: a law blogger has also written about this here. Posting this mostly to raise awareness. - MrOllie (talk) 17:44, 31 March 2019 (UTC)
- Also note that one of the subjects of this report tried to alter it. - MrOllie (talk) 18:33, 31 March 2019 (UTC)
- And again here - MrOllie (talk) 19:14, 31 March 2019 (UTC)
first hat for comments from blocked editor Mbs6446
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Note the policy against outing wikipedia editors which is explicitly stated on this page. "When investigating possible cases of conflict of interest editing, editors must be careful not to out other editors. Wikipedia's policy against harassment takes precedence over the conflict of interest guideline." I've asked Mr Ollie to engage on substance on his talk page and on the talk pages of pages I've edited and to be mindful of wikipedia policies against harassment and outing, but he has refused to engage on substance. I attempted to edit this page to be in compliance with those policies, but in a way that would not prevent the substance of the report from being comprehensible.Mbs6446 (talk) 18:41, 31 March 2019 (UTC) Plase also note policy against attempting to out a wikipedia editor, which is per se harassment. Please note that attempting to out an editor is not permitted as a way of resolving conflicts of interest, and that citing academic work does not constitute a conflict of interest when it is on point and relevant, as all of my citations have been.Mbs6446 (talk) 19:37, 31 March 2019 (UTC) |
way too long back and forth with blocked editor Mbs6446
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This is Mbs6446. I made several edits to articles about mortgage securitization, the GSEs, and the subprime mortgage crisis, including substantive edits that improved the accuracy and content of wikipedia articles. Specifically, I added more on-topic reliable sources, including citations to an award-winning (see also here), widely-cited, widely-read academic journal article by a tenured professor at a leading research university with relevant expertise. According to Wikipedia's policy on reliable sources: ″Many Wikipedia articles rely on scholarly material. When available, academic and peer-reviewed publications, scholarly monographs, and textbooks are usually the most reliable sources. . . . Material such as an article, book, monograph, or research paper that has been vetted by the scholarly community is regarded as reliable, where the material has been published in reputable peer-reviewed sources or by well-regarded academic presses. . . . One can confirm that discussion of the source has entered mainstream academic discourse by checking the scholarly citations it has received in citation indexes.″ Thus, the source cited is among the most reliable sources under Wikipedia's definition of reliable sources. Please note that news articles in journals with an ideological valence, think tank reports and other materials are considered less reliable sources than academic research. See Biased or Opinionated Sources Many of the other sources in the article are editorials and think tank reports, not academic articles, and the inclusion of more high quality and up-to-date academic articles would therefore improve the article. Many of the other sources in the mortgage articles I edited are think tank reports written by organizations that receive financial sponsorship from private lenders and therefore have an interest in portraying the financial crisis as having been caused by government policies rather than by private financial institutions. I've attempted to engage MrOllie on the substance of edits I made and on wikipedia policies regarding reliable sources. I attempted to contact him through both his talk page and on the talk pages of the wikipedia pages I've edited. MrOllie has refused to engage on substance, and instead blanket reverted every edit I made without any substantive explanation, and has apparently filed a grievance against a particular professor who he dislikes. MrOllie also cites to self-published material [[3]]. Indeed, the author of the post MrOllie cited acknowledged "that this post might be construed as an “off-wiki attack” ... that Wikipedians may perceive as harmful to their community." It may be helpful to understand the context of this post. The blogger apparently posted this criticism as a form of revenge for having been made to appear foolish for making substantive mistakes about legal education and student loans <ref>{{cite news |title=Repetitive (and avoidable) mistakes |url=https://leiterlawschool.typepad.com/leiter/2013/07/repetitive-and-avoidable-mistakes.html |publisher=Brian Leiter's Law School Reports |date=July 28, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Simkovic & McIntyre's "The Economic Value of a Law Degree"... |url=https://leiterlawschool.typepad.com/leiter/2014/11/simkovic-mcintyres-the-economic-value-of-a-law-degree.html|publisher=Brian Leiter's Law School Reports |date=Simkovic & McIntyre's "The Economic Value of a Law Degree"...}}</ref> --subjects about which the blogger purports to be an expert--even in a publication to which he has contributed.<ref>{{cite news |title="Million Dollar Degree" Authors Answer Harper, Leichter |url=https://www.law.com/americanlawyer/almID/1202617450833/?slreturn=20190231121410 |publisher=The American Lawyer |date=August 30, 2013}}</ref> I've asked Mr. Ollie about the specific substantive reason for each of the deletions to my edits he made as it pertains to the particular article, source, and context, over the last 2 hours, and how he believes that he is improving the quality of the underlying article by making those deletions. I also pointed out that his actions--targeting a particular individual based on something that is irrelevant to whether edits are improving wikipedia articles under wikipedia policies--could constitute Wikipedia:Harassment under Wikipedia's policies. Instead of responding on substance, MrOllie filed a grievance on the conflict of interest board and is apparently attempting to get every single citation to a particular author deleted whether or not those edits substantively improve the quality of sources cited on Wikipedia.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Mbs6446 (talk • contribs)
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Response from mbs6446I made several edits to articles about mortgage securitization, the GSEs, and the subprime mortgage crisis, including substantive edits that improved the accuracy and content of wikipedia articles. Specifically, I added more on-topic reliable sources, including citations to an award-winning (see also here), widely-cited, widely-read academic journal article by a tenured professor at a leading research university with relevant expertise. According to Wikipedia's policy on reliable sources: ″Many Wikipedia articles rely on scholarly material. When available, academic and peer-reviewed publications, scholarly monographs, and textbooks are usually the most reliable sources. . . . Material such as an article, book, monograph, or research paper that has been vetted by the scholarly community is regarded as reliable, where the material has been published in reputable peer-reviewed sources or by well-regarded academic presses. . . . One can confirm that discussion of the source has entered mainstream academic discourse by checking the scholarly citations it has received in citation indexes.″ Thus, the source cited is among the most reliable sources under Wikipedia's definition of reliable sources. Please note that news articles in journals with an ideological valence, think tank reports and other materials are considered less reliable sources than academic research. See Biased or Opinionated Sources Many of the other sources in the article are editorials and think tank reports, not academic articles, and the inclusion of more high quality and up-to-date academic articles would therefore improve the article. Many of the other sources in the mortgage articles I edited are think tank reports written by organizations that receive financial sponsorship from private lenders and therefore have an interest in portraying the financial crisis as having been caused by government policies rather than by private financial institutions. I've attempted to engage MrOllie on the substance of edits I made and on wikipedia policies regarding reliable sources. I attempted to contact him through both his talk page and on the talk pages of the wikipedia pages I've edited. MrOllie has refused to engage on substance, and instead blanket reverted every edit I made without any substantive explanation, has hurled around unfounded accusations of COI as an excuse to avoid discussing substance, and has apparently filed a conflict of interest grievance against a particular professor who he apparently dislikes. I've asked Mr. Ollie about the specific substantive reason for each of the deletions to my edits he made as it pertains to the particular article, source, and context, over the last 2 hours, and how he believes that he is improving the quality of the underlying article by making those deletions. I also pointed out that his actions--targeting a particular individual based on something that is irrelevant to whether edits are improving wikipedia articles under wikipedia policies and attempting to out editors--could constitute Wikipedia:Harassment under Wikipedia's policies. See here. (See especially "hounding" and "outing"). Instead of responding on substance, MrOllie filed a grievance on the conflict of interest board and is apparently attempting to get every single citation to a particular author deleted whether or not those edits substantively improve the quality of sources cited on Wikipedia. Rather than waiting to reach consensus, he has proceeded without further explanation to delete every citation to this particular academic's work that he can find on any Wikipedia article.Mbs6446 (talk) 04:10, 2 April 2019 (UTC) |
- I wonder if we should hat the above discussion that involves a back and forth with him/her? S/he refactored his own comments (and mine, which he deleted), so the long text above is mostly meaningless now.ThatMontrealIP (talk) 00:22, 3 April 2019 (UTC)
- I felt bold, so I hatted that shenanigans. apologies if anyone esle's comments were hatted. ThatMontrealIP (talk) 00:26, 3 April 2019 (UTC)
Draft:Marko Brajovic
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This user appears to have a COI based on their username and continues to edit the draft while ignoring talk page notifications. shoy (reactions) 16:36, 1 April 2019 (UTC)
- I tagged the draft, which is clearly a promotional effort as it has dozens of external inline links. I also reported the username for admin action.ThatMontrealIP (talk) 00:29, 2 April 2019 (UTC)
- Pressmarkobrajovic was blocked by 331dot.ThatMontrealIP (talk) 06:32, 2 April 2019 (UTC)
- I tagged the draft, which is clearly a promotional effort as it has dozens of external inline links. I also reported the username for admin action.ThatMontrealIP (talk) 00:29, 2 April 2019 (UTC)
Wikibaji sockfarm
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- Danube Group ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Mandar Jamsandekar ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- G.S.K. Velu ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Sankara Bhagavadpada ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Keshav R. Murugesh ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) CEO
- Anup Dhir ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) Delhi plastic surgeon at AfD
- Draft:Dr Anup dhir (cosmetic surgeon) ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- H. Sudarshan Ballal ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Draft:Pragyesh Singh ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Kraiburg TPE ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Draft:Draft:Kraiburg TPE ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- sockfarm (partial)
- Wikibaji (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) will be listed as master
- RonsI (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)
- SaiLeeKom (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)
- 106.223.121.227 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) static IP, Delhi (logged out)
I'll come back this evening and put more info here. There's an SPI that hasn't been quite closed yet. ☆ Bri (talk) 03:31, 2 April 2019 (UTC)
- Savarapu Vijaya Kumar ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Manipal Hospitals Group ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Additional spammers:
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- Apmsia (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)
- Starga (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)
MER-C 18:46, 2 April 2019 (UTC)
- Favor to ask of any admin including MER-C : could you evaluate Special:Permalink/812581456
(by sock Apmsia)to the deleted version of Draft:Kraiburg TPE (byanother editorsock Apmsia) and let us know if it is similar? I suspect another undiscovered sock related to this group. Bri.public (talk) 20:45, 4 April 2019 (UTC)- They are indeed substantially similar. MER-C 20:49, 4 April 2019 (UTC)
- Thanks, I swapped the labels above (now struck/corrected) but I guess it doesn't really matter now. Bri.public (talk) 21:39, 4 April 2019 (UTC)
- Just noting until this case gets merged, it is only visible at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/SaiLeeKom - Bri.public (talk) 16:44, 8 April 2019 (UTC)
- They are indeed substantially similar. MER-C 20:49, 4 April 2019 (UTC)
Question about disclosure requirements
I came across DIALOG Architecture Engineering Interior Design Planning Inc., which looked like a paid article to me. I checked the user page and talk page of the article's creator, 03wikicreator (talk · contribs), and there is a disclosure on their talk page (in the section titled "Disclosing COI") that they were paid to create the article. I'm glad that disclosure is there, but shouldn't it also be somewhere on the article's talk page as well? I'm not super well-versed in our COI disclosure requirement but thought someone here could educate me. Thanks. Marquardtika
- Other pages this user has created and/or declared a COI with regard to include:
- I added COI notices to articles and talk pages. Peacock (talk) 21:07, 3 April 2019 (UTC)
- I gave Dialog Architecture and excessively long name a trim. Wondering if it passes notability. ThatMontrealIP (talk) 02:43, 4 April 2019 (UTC)
- Thanks all. The user has been blocked as a sock and most of the pages have been deleted already. Marquardtika (talk) 15:43, 4 April 2019 (UTC)
- yes, Bbb23] swooped in there and took care of all the problems! Thank you.ThatMontrealIP (talk) 15:53, 4 April 2019 (UTC)
- Thanks all. The user has been blocked as a sock and most of the pages have been deleted already. Marquardtika (talk) 15:43, 4 April 2019 (UTC)
- I gave Dialog Architecture and excessively long name a trim. Wondering if it passes notability. ThatMontrealIP (talk) 02:43, 4 April 2019 (UTC)
Rachel Hart
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- The Café (New Zealand TV program) ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Mike Puru ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Mel Homer ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Alex Breingan ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- MediaEditNZ (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)
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I created this article and it keeps on getting tagged with a Conflict of Interest. Completly out of line. No conflict of interest. Nothing to disclose. How do we actually resolve this? It was reviewed and is live. Everything links to the appropriate source. --Media Edit NZ (talk) 20:18, 4 April 2019 (UTC)
- (user is referring to Rachel Hart article).ThatMontrealIP (talk) 04:43, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
- Thanks and welcome to Wikipedia. It's probably your user name that is an issue. It sounds like a company: is it?ThatMontrealIP (talk) 00:32, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
- Hello ThatMontrealIP. That makes sense to why there would be a conflict of interest and I am happy to change my username. We are not a company, no. Again, how is it resolved though? Is the tag just always there? --Media Edit NZ (talk) 00:37, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
- Do you happen to know Rachel Hart? It is getting tagged because the article is what we call highly promotional. It was also sourced with lots of references written by the article subject, which I have removed. Also, all your edits for the past six months or so concern Rachel Hart, her husband and their television programs. And the resulting articles are promotional. So it has all the hallmarks of what we call promotional editing, which is exactly the kind of thing we discuss here. Please do enlighten us on any connection you have to the article subjects, so we can clear this up! ThatMontrealIP (talk) 00:42, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
- I see you have nominated it for deletion ThatMontrealIP. Please draftify if you can then. Thank you --Media Edit NZ (talk) 00:58, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
- MediaEditNZ, other editors will discuss to see if she is notable, that is the point of the AFD. the larger question is that your editing overall looks clearly promotional; could you clarify what your connection is to the set of subjects you have been editing? Thanks!ThatMontrealIP (talk) 01:00, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
- Honestly I am a big fan of the subjects I had been editing. That is it. I had started to watch the 100 Day Bach show on NetFlix. Started to learn about the subjects and producers and saw what was linked with them. I have no connection with the subject for the TV show that you tagged has a close connection to. I understand they might be promotional. Your welcome to cut them down. I was new to editing so I am sorry if I had caused some problems. I am. I am definitely a new comer! --Media Edit NZ (talk) 01:05, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
- OK thanks for that, which clears things up. And welcome! One thing you might want to try is to read over WP:RS, which covers what we consider to be a reliable source. For example, you were using articles authored by Rachel Hart to prove she was a writer. This might be marginally ok, but we tend to frown on anything that isn't independent. If the publisher or the author of the article isn't objective and independent, then we generally do not use them. Same thing goes for company connections: The use of the company Stripe in her article is no good as it is either her company or her employer. Keep to independent sources that are in reliable publications. Thins also have to be very neutral in order to not be seen as promotional. I wish you good editing and hope that this bureaucratic machinery has not discouraged you too much.ThatMontrealIP (talk) 01:49, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
- Thanks for this information. I tried to look for sources and references that would work. The television show in New Zealand here [4] shows her all throughout the Episodes and Series. Something that was clearly notable, being on a popular TV channel in New Zealand. I have however asked to delete the article Rachel Hart as this was just going around in circles and was quite upsetting. Thanks again for your help. --Media Edit NZ (talk) 02:06, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
- Don't take it personally... you have to have a thick skin in here. The AFD will determine notability in an orderly way, if it is not deleted before then by your author's deletion request.ThatMontrealIP (talk) 02:54, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
- I changed my mind on this one, I don't believe this is good faith editing after looking at the user's contribs. It is all connected to one company, and it is also very slick editing that is not by a newbie editor. And it is all editing solely connected to the products of a single tv production company. Highly experienced volunteer editor suddenly decides to start promoting a single company's products. There are zero contribs outside of that subject area. There is a similar account over at Wikimedia Commons that also makes uploads for the same purposes: MediaSpyNZ. An SPI or checkuser might be in order. So in sum, I think the original UPE tag might be in order. WP:DUCK. ThatMontrealIP (talk) 04:24, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
- Note -
we are not a company, no
. hmmm. Hydromania (talk) 05:17, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
- Two of the accounts mentioned above (MediaEditNZ, MediaCheckNZ) are socks and were blocked. MediaEditNZ did have a pretty convincing routine though. ThatMontrealIP (talk) 14:54, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
Bridge Back to Life
Hello. Please refer to [5] and [6]. This is a recreation of a salted article under a different name. Thanks and regards, Biwom (talk) 00:03, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
- I cut it from 17K to 4.3K. I am not really sure what is goign on there-- the article was a coatrack to discredit the DR. mentioned, or a promotional vehicle? I would have nominated it for Afd, but it has a few good refs.ThatMontrealIP (talk) 00:30, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
- Sent to AFD. ThatMontrealIP (talk) 04:41, 6 April 2019 (UTC)
Scytl
- Scytl ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Techworld17 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)
This user appears to have, starting soon after their first edit, exclusively editing the Scytl Wikipedia page in a manner flattering to Scytl. For context, Scytl is an evoting company which has been in the spotlight after numerous security flaws were found in its product. See, e.g.,[1], [2].
References
I believe that given this pattern an apparent CoI exists.
Disclosure: Although I do not know any person involved in this matter, Ms. Lewis, who is one of the security researchers who discovered these issues, did inform the public (and thus me) of this apparent CoI via Twitter. --Mdaniels5757 (talk) 00:41, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
Fernando Perdomo
- Fernando Perdomo ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Fernandoperdomo (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)
Need I say more? User has been editing this page for a while. has also added his name to other articles here and here Hydromania (talk) 03:22, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
- Looks like an artist doing their promotional duty! It was all unsourcd, so I restored it to the earlier version before they came along.ThatMontrealIP (talk) 04:52, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
- That was a bid hasty IMHO. You also reverted some formatting fixes which I've re-added. As the article is all written in the same tone and format, I wouldn't be surprised if the earlier edits were also COI editors.Hydromania (talk) 05:03, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
- You are right about my missing your improvements. I did search for the typo check and could not find it, but missed the other improvements you noted. Apologies.ThatMontrealIP (talk) 05:16, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
- I've also informed the user about WP:IMPERSONATE as it's relevant here. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 15:26, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
- Indeed. If they return to editing without either verifying or changing it, please report to WP:UAA. Beeblebrox (talk) 19:28, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
- I've also informed the user about WP:IMPERSONATE as it's relevant here. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 15:26, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
- You are right about my missing your improvements. I did search for the typo check and could not find it, but missed the other improvements you noted. Apologies.ThatMontrealIP (talk) 05:16, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
- That was a bid hasty IMHO. You also reverted some formatting fixes which I've re-added. As the article is all written in the same tone and format, I wouldn't be surprised if the earlier edits were also COI editors.Hydromania (talk) 05:03, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
Draft:GPV International A/S
- Draft:GPV International A/S ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- CCS Group ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Erolatccsgroup (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)
User’s only edits were first acquiring Wikipedia experience, then on CCS Group. Now that CCS Group has been acquired by GPV International, their edits are intended to create an article about GPV International. My inquiry about conflict of interest was not answered, but the following inquiry on my talk page is written in the first person plural and is typical of corporate editing: s://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Robert_McClenon&type=revision&diff=89 Robert McClenon (talk) 18:30, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
- To start, looks like a violation of the shared username policy.ThatMontrealIP (talk) 18:38, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
- Nope. It is perfectly ok to use <name> at <organization> as that clearly represents an individual. That being said, this is pretty clearly WP:PAID. Beeblebrox (talk) 19:13, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
- Ah yes, I was reading CCS group as a user account. I corrected the order above.ThatMontrealIP (talk) 00:12, 6 April 2019 (UTC)
- And as they seemed to completely either ignore or not understand attempt to clarify how this works (they actually had to change their username once already and were warned about COI 2 years ago) I've issued an indef block. Beeblebrox (talk) 19:21, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
- Not to mention the edit-warring to remove the COI tag from the article. Anyway, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/CCS Group. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 21:13, 8 April 2019 (UTC)
- Nope. It is perfectly ok to use <name> at <organization> as that clearly represents an individual. That being said, this is pretty clearly WP:PAID. Beeblebrox (talk) 19:13, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
Udit Raj
- Udit Raj ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Dr.uditraj (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)
Editor who has stated that he is the subject of the article has completely rewritten it in a non-neutral way. Reverted with explanation and reinstated: Bhunacat10 (talk), 08:24, 6 April 2019 (UTC)
- I cleaned it up a bit (removed improper bold, added proper sections). It seems like it may have been adapted from an essay, given the section headings It had previously. It's far too dense for me to figure out what is going on.ThatMontrealIP (talk) 18:23, 6 April 2019 (UTC)
- there is a bit of an edit war going on at this page, between the eponymous editor and a number of good faith editors. I've warned Dr.uditraj at his talk page, but he seems to be headed for a block.ThatMontrealIP (talk) 16:09, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
User:Alessio Pasquinelli
- Alessio Pasquinelli (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)
- Macron (sportswear) ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Acerbis ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- More brand skipped
I don't like to use external source, but the user keen on maintaining the list of sponsored teams in the sport wear articles to include "current" teams only (removing the expired sponsorship without really providing any reason) and without disclosing his source to verify . Googling his name "Alessio Pasquinelli" in linkedin shown his past position as "SPONSORSHIPS BROKER CONSULTANT", "SPONSORSHIPS MANAGER" and current position as "Pasquinelli Work Advertising". Matthew hk (talk) 11:25, 7 April 2019 (UTC)
Is it impossible for acupuncturists to have a conflict of interest with regard to content describing acupuncture?
At Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Acupuncture: not sure what to do here I asked the question "Is it true that according to the RfC cited, It is impossible for acupuncturists to have a conflict of interest with regard to content describing acupuncture?" More input on that question would be welcome. --Guy Macon (talk) 18:09, 7 April 2019 (UTC)
- (1) The question is poorly phrased, and (2) why is Guy Macon still beating the horse that (I thought) was laid to rest by the "No" finding of the lengthy RfC he started: 2nd RfC: Do alternative medicine practitioners have a conflict of interest?. This strikes me as odd and inappropriate re-litigation, for reasons I posted to Guy M's user talk page.
- Per that RfC, no, being an acupuncturist does not create a COI for acupuncture (and so on for other alt-meds). But yes, I'd say it's as impossible for an acu'ist to have a COI for acu as it is for a psychologist to have one for psychology, isn't it? As the RfC closers noted, WP doesn't recognize COI for "broad areas of interest or general competence. Thus, the proposal to single out alt-med practitioners in policy as having a COI is opposed."
- I am about to ask the RfC closers for clarification, and I hope this won't take up any more (nor any less) time than it needs to. Happy editing. --Middle 8 (t • c • privacy) 00:32, 9 April 2019 (UTC); added to quote 01:28, 9 April 2019 (UTC); update: closing admins notified [7] (one is on vacation and won't be able to comment for awhile) 01:38, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
- no it is not impossible. However a change in policy is not necessary. Guidelines such as WP:COISOURCE provide advice for editing contributions, which may originate from from biased editors. If an editor cherry picks RS to push unduly positive info then that’s biased/POV editing. If an editor inserts links which promote specific practices or products then this is COI editing. A good example from my experience is having to shoot down the addition of fairly innocuous pieces of text which are sourced from obvious commercial sites in the article on interior design. These are added by editors who use link spam to describe interior design using arguably encyclopedic text while employing dubious sourcing techniques. Anyone frequently exhibiting this kind of behavior ought to be declaring a COI as their commercial aims are influencing their editing practices. This ought not to be mandatory however. I am an interior designer and wouldn’t dream of adding my company’s website address into the encyclopedia. Discretion is advised and current policies and guidelines would seem to be sufficient in this case. Edaham (talk) 02:33, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
- Fully agree with the spirit of your comment, but it's based on a common misconception of COI. Promotional/biased edits don't cause COI; off-wiki connections do: see WP:COINOTBIAS. It has to do with how closely/specifically an editor is connected to the topic, so e.g. you'd have a COI for an article about your own business but not interior design generally -- no matter how you edited. --Middle 8 (t • c • privacy) 04:29, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
- I think you didn't read what I wrote. I specifically highlighted the difference between bias and COI. Someone with the inclination and/or motivation to use the encyclopedia for promotional purposes because of their affiliation with an off-wiki entity has a COI on any article where their off-wiki objectives might influence their editing practices. If I, as an employee of foo-software add content to an article on foo-software, I have a COI. If I add link spam directing people to foo-software on an article about software in general, I have a COI. The differentiation between COI, bias and advocacy doesn't place any limitation on which areas of the encyclopedia the issue occurs, be it an article about foo or the subject to which your foo belongs. Edaham (talk) 12:55, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
- I am a former employee of Mattel, and I still consult for pretty much all of the major toy manufacturers. I have a COI, and do not edit the Mattel page. It turns out that engineers who have hands-on experience with producing electronics product at a rate of over 100,000 per hour 24/7 are hard to find. If I make each one a penny cheaper or more expensive that's $24,000 a day.
- Not only do I not edit the Mattel page or the pages of any toy manufacturers I have worked for, if -- as is the case with Middle 8's and acupuncture -- our article on Toys said things that would lead a reasonable person to never buy a toy again, I would not edit that page, and I certainly would not edit the page to portray toys more favorably. See Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Specific edits for examples of such edits. --Guy Macon (talk) 01:35, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
- Guy M: I understand your point about financial connection, but I don't think you're taking into account that such connections can be tenuous enough to not rise to the level of a Wikipedia COI (potential conflict being a continuum, unlike say pregnancy). Ernst thinks that the financial COI for alt-meders tends to be small, and substantially outweighed by what he calls "quasi-evangelical convictions" that amount to a sort of idealogical COI, which of course on WP we call TE, advocacy et cetera.
- Like your argument, that point was made in the pertinent RfC (see my !vote for example, and comment starting with the words "Ernst's concept"). Lots of arguments were made, and as you know, the "No" arguments prevailed, and I don't understand why you're making the "Yes" ones again when they're not specific to my case. You should be trying to argue why I have a greater financial interest than alt-meders in general, since the latter was already considered by the RfC. Are you going to do that, or just keep repeating general alt-med criticisms at the wrong forum for this? --Middle 8 (t • c • privacy) 17:50, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
- I think you didn't read what I wrote. I specifically highlighted the difference between bias and COI. Someone with the inclination and/or motivation to use the encyclopedia for promotional purposes because of their affiliation with an off-wiki entity has a COI on any article where their off-wiki objectives might influence their editing practices. If I, as an employee of foo-software add content to an article on foo-software, I have a COI. If I add link spam directing people to foo-software on an article about software in general, I have a COI. The differentiation between COI, bias and advocacy doesn't place any limitation on which areas of the encyclopedia the issue occurs, be it an article about foo or the subject to which your foo belongs. Edaham (talk) 12:55, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
- Fully agree with the spirit of your comment, but it's based on a common misconception of COI. Promotional/biased edits don't cause COI; off-wiki connections do: see WP:COINOTBIAS. It has to do with how closely/specifically an editor is connected to the topic, so e.g. you'd have a COI for an article about your own business but not interior design generally -- no matter how you edited. --Middle 8 (t • c • privacy) 04:29, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
- I am not quite sure why have the RfC closers singled out, we do not have any special knowledge which would be useful here. The result of the RfC was that an alt-med practitioner does not have a COI just because of the fact of them being an alt-med practitioner. They could still have a million of other reasons to have COI, or edit disruptively without having COI. (Not to be interpreted as judgement on the specific case, which I did not look into).--Ymblanter (talk) 05:24, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
- Thank you Ymblanter -- that's helpful. Since Guy Macon wanted input from "admins" I figured you three were good choices to interpret your own RfC closing statement. :-)
- Two more questions if I may:
- 1) I think it follows that if an alt-med practitioner somehow does have a COI for content in their field, it's not because of their simply being an acupuncturist. Do you agree? (This is actually not obvious to all editors.)
- 2) Some are arguing that the RfC's finding is only a "general" one, and that just being an alt-med practitioner is still reason to accuse specific editors of COI. (Some are even justifying this stance with arguments that didn't prevail in the RfC, e.g. that alt-med practitioners should be singled out and treated differently). This strikes me as inappropriate -- effectively an attempt to bypass/ignore the RfC -- but what do you think?
- Thanks again, Middle 8 (t • c • privacy) 08:11, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
- I am sorry but I do not think I can say more than what I have already said.--Ymblanter (talk) 08:16, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
- OK, we'll wait for others to comment. I'll add here that if, somehow, something besides having a profession can cause a COI for acupuncture or anything else, I stand corrected. My bigger concerns are those in my preceding comment, esp. bullet point #2. This thread should really be called "does Middle 6 have a COI" since Guy Macon is attempting to use AN/I to settle that [8] when this (if anywhere) is the proper place.--Middle 8 (t • c • privacy) 09:21, 9 April 2019 (UTC); added last sentence 09:26, 9 April 2019 (UTC); ce 09:28, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
- If you wanted this discussion to be about ""does Middle 8 have a COI" you should have made the claim that you have no COI. You did not. You claimed "it's not possible for an acu'ist to have a COI for acupuncture".[9] --Guy Macon (talk) 00:49, 11 April 2019 (UTC)
- Of course I claim I have no COI, because of the "No" finding of the RfC you started because of me. As one of the closers put it above, "An alt-med practitioner does not have a COI just because of the fact of them being an alt-med practitioner." Unless Aristotle was wrong, that major premise extends to acupuncturists, and hence to me. So I do not have a COI for acupuncture, (unless there's some other way to have one for a whole field, which I honestly can't imagine, can you? The same goes for any other acu'ist, but as much as you're focused on that "not possible" soundbite, it's rather a red herring.)
- It shouldn't take multiple noticeboards and even ArbCom to grok this logic, should it?
- Still waiting for you to explain why I might/should be an exception to that RFC. --Middle 8 (t • c • privacy) 02:19, 11 April 2019 (UTC); minor add'n 02:23, 11 April 2019 (UTC), clarify improbable hypothetical 05:20, 11 April 2019 (UTC)
- If you wanted this discussion to be about ""does Middle 8 have a COI" you should have made the claim that you have no COI. You did not. You claimed "it's not possible for an acu'ist to have a COI for acupuncture".[9] --Guy Macon (talk) 00:49, 11 April 2019 (UTC)
- OK, we'll wait for others to comment. I'll add here that if, somehow, something besides having a profession can cause a COI for acupuncture or anything else, I stand corrected. My bigger concerns are those in my preceding comment, esp. bullet point #2. This thread should really be called "does Middle 6 have a COI" since Guy Macon is attempting to use AN/I to settle that [8] when this (if anywhere) is the proper place.--Middle 8 (t • c • privacy) 09:21, 9 April 2019 (UTC); added last sentence 09:26, 9 April 2019 (UTC); ce 09:28, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
- I am sorry but I do not think I can say more than what I have already said.--Ymblanter (talk) 08:16, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
Scott Shaw
This is from an ancient SPI from 2009 Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Alex West/Archive that was never cleaned up after. I found it today via this post on r/wikipedia (reddit). Most of these articles are films that Scott Shaw ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) had an involvement in that do not appear to meet WP:NFILM. I haven't been able to determine whether Shaw meets WP:CREATIVE.
- Bigharley (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) (blocked)
- Samurai Johnny Frankenstein ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Rock n' Roll Cops 2: The Adventure Begins ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Samurai Vampire Bikers from Hell ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Max Hell Frog Warrior ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Super Hero Central ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Vampire Blvd. ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Undercover X ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Hell Comes to Frogtown ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- HKD (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) (blocked)
- Foreign-aid (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) (blocked)
- Alex West (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) (blocked)
- The Rock n' Roll Cops ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Vampire Noir ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- One Shot Sam ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- 9mm Sunrise ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Tina Chen ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Hitman City ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
I'm also concerned that Chinanski (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) is a still-active sock of the same master. The account was created at a similar time and has edited many of the same articles: [10]. SmartSE (talk) 16:53, 8 April 2019 (UTC)
UPE cluster
- Epaomo (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)
- Itsgregory (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)
- Holbornassets (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)
- articles
- Draft:Holborn Assets Limited ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Prajakta Kale ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Draft:Chandra Tandan ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- I.T.S Dental College ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
See Special:Diff/891222663. - Bri.public (talk) 20:00, 8 April 2019 (UTC)
- SPI pending: Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Gghenn2. MER-C 20:48, 8 April 2019 (UTC)
- Listing blocked Holbornassets who created Holborn Assets Limited and was blocked 4 August 2015. Not saying he's part of the current sockfarm.
- Expecting to see the creator of City Express Money Transfer turn up in the SPI. - Bri.public (talk) 22:10, 8 April 2019 (UTC)
Venous leak
- Venous leak ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Dorsal veins of the penis ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Penile implant ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Body of penis ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Human penis ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Orangelioncat (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)
Despite Orangelioncat has declared conflicts of interests that they are associated with Geng Long Hsu, Orangelioncat has been inserting links to Geng Long Hsu's article on the Encyclopedia of Reproduction into on assertions that are not supported by the sources at all. For example, "Vascular Surgery for Erectile Dysfunction" is cited in Venous leak three times yet none of the assertions can be supported by it. Considering that Orangelioncat has prominently mentioned Hsu's contribution that does not exist in the source (e.g. [11], [12]), I found it difficult to believe that those edits are to "disseminate the verifiable knowledge". Mys_721tx (talk) 04:04, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
The COI has also been noted by User:Flyer22 Reborn in January. -Mys_721tx (talk) 04:15, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
- Yes, Orangelioncat has a clear COI. And I alerted WP:Med to it. Doc James edited the Venous leak article a bit after I noted the COI stuff. I've been over matters with Orangelioncat on my talk page. But today, I see that the editor is still spamming penile articles with Geng Long Hsu material and that there is a Genglonghsu (talk · contribs) account adding Geng Long Hsu material. I can be seen reverting that account here, for example, stating "Revert WP:COI material. See User talk:Flyer22 Reborn#Penile articles. Get it published in independent sources first." I noted on my talk page that the "os analog" aspect typically isn't mentioned in the human penis literature. I wanted to point out that anatomy literature can differ and we need to take care in such cases. When something is only or mostly being stated by one researcher, it is likely best to use WP:In-text attribution and note that it's that researcher (or that researcher and his group) stating that. It's that case for other subjects as well, not just anatomy. This is where the WP:Due weight policy is useful. I told Orangelioncat that I wouldn't object to Orangelioncat adding that Long Hsu (or someone else) states so and so about the os analog. I also noted that, as for Long Hsu's expertise, I do see that in the Wikipedia article Orangelioncat created on him, it states that he claimed to "know the penis more than anyone else in the world." He can claim that, but we shouldn't just go by his word on penile matters. The rest of the literature should be in agreement with him if we are to take everything he states as fact. Otherwise, if he states something that conflicts with the rest of the literature, we should give the matter in-text attribution. I don't like going by single studies for anything. Studies with results that that have been replicated are more reliable. I also pointed Orangelioncat to WP:MEDRS. A source can be WP:MEDRS-compliant and still out of step with what the literature generally reports. Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 06:34, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
- Edits mentioned are definitely UNDUE, and Geng Long Hsu certainly has a COI for citing their own work. Whether Orangelioncat has a close enough connection to Geng Long Hsu to create a COI isn't clear to me (but if not, non-COI protocols should be adequate AFAIK). --Middle 8 (t • c • privacy) 09:05, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
Yes, as stated in my conversation with Flyer22 Reborn, I respect the consensus and rules in the Wiki community. It's my pleasure to engage in this discussion. On my part, the extent of COI, although minor, is present, and it's stated at the beginning.
Here, I do try to use as many secondary sources as possible, and that's why the Encyclopedia of Reproduction is applied. Otherwise, there are indeed some news articles that can be used, but some of them need to be translated. The aim is definitely not to spam these articles. Those references, directly or indirectly, serve as support to the statements. In examination over the comments made here, I would re-visit and modify in accordance with what's considered appropriate.
In regard to the questioning over the belief to distribute "verifiable knowledge," I wish to talk a bit more about the images themselves that were used. Of course, I also make edits on other topics, but with respect to GL and penile anatomy, the verifiable knowledge is the presence of more than the DDV between the Buck's and the tunica albuginea, and the elaboration of the 3-D structure of the tunica albuginea.
The associated diagram was published long before the Encyclopedia of Reproduction, although a version of it was shared with the publisher. The right to the images is released by the right-holder to the Wiki Commons, not any other third-party.
Flyer22 Reborn stated prior to my involvement in the project that there's a lack of information on the male reproductive system, and I am glad to have made some contribution.
Orangelioncat (talk) 08:18, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
I noticed some images uploaded by User:Genglonghsu are marked for deletion. For right issue with respect to the images, consider this:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.2164/jandrol.109.008532 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/289991483_Penile_venous_surgery_for_treating_erectile_dysfunction_Past_present_and_future_perspectives_with_regard_to_new_insights_in_venous_anatomy
Four years ago, the right to a similar version of the image was already released under CC, and even prior to that, the original creator of the image gave permission for publication in a journal. Mys_721tx, anatomical knowledge is verifiable.
Orangelioncat (talk) 09:55, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
- Citing the source on assertions that cannot be supported by the source is extremely inappropriate. Unless the assertion is very generic, there will not be a source that magically supports all existing claims in an article. Furthermore, Journal of Andrology is a subscription-based journal and upon publication the authors have transferred copyright to the American Society of Andrology. You cannot release figures under CC license when it is not yours anymore. -Mys_721tx (talk) 13:30, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
Admin review
Okay so we are looking at this edit by User:Orangelioncat.[13]
They cited this source to support the following text:
"Common complaints include a chronic soft erection insufficient for sexual intercourse, position-dependent erectile rigidity, difficulty achieving erections, difficulty maintaining erections without constant manual stimulation, loss of penile length and girth, and a soft glans of the penis during erection that is not fully engorged."
Orange can you provide below the exact text within the publication that you feel supports this? Best Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 14:03, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
- The text should come from p.390 in the chapter "Male Reproductive Tract - Erection Abnormality." That could be found here: [14]- "...symptoms include insufficient rigidity, early detumescence, loss of morning erection, position dependent impotence, soft glans syndrome and gradual onset of early ejaculation." I do agree that citation needs to be precise. The medref box states that more medical references are needed, and I made my edits under the impression that the more the better without citing the exact texts and sources. My mistake. Thank you for point it out.
- Orangelioncat (talk) 17:22, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
- Orangelioncat, I want to know if you understand what I mean by being cautious of something that is only or mostly being stated by one researcher and that "we shouldn't just go by his word on penile matters," and "if he states something that conflicts with the rest of the literature, we should give the matter in-text attribution." WP:MEDRS is not the only thing to follow; so is WP:Due weight. Like I noted on my talk page to you, we, for example, give different reports on the urogenital diaphragm in the Urogenital diaphragm article because the literature is not consistent on it. We mention the dispute regarding the limbic system in the Limbic system article. I was concerned that you were prioritizing Long Hsu's and his colleagues' work over what the literature generally states. And I see that you and the Genglonghsu account are doing just that. You are only concerned with adding work and images by that researcher and his team. So you are definitely a WP:Single purpose account. You are not looking at what the rest of the literature might state on the matter. For example, what other source or sources state what Doc James cited above? If you don't see any other source stating that, it is best to directly attribute that text to the specific researcher(s) you are citing. And by that, I mean WP:In-text attribution. Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 00:23, 11 April 2019 (UTC)
Orbitless drives COI
- Orbitless drive ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Cookinleo (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)
There is a person named Leo Stocco, who is apparently the CTO and Founder of Orbitless_drives, he is also an author of some of the papers mentioned as sources in the article. Now The problem is in the user page of the wiki user, please have a look. Daiyusha (talk) 06:51, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
- Yes, there is definitely a COI. I've sent the article to AFD. SmartSE (talk) 09:32, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
Rudy Takala
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- MMonte745 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)
- Nwpoliticalproject (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)
- DCJournos (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)
I'm requesting independent review of this BLP article, which contains a great deal of apparently unsourced information.
The three SPA editors are all inactive. Together, they've written 90% of the current content. --Ronz (talk) 16:41, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
- 118.93.31.70 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)
- 118.93.128.42 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)
- 118.93.4.147 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)
These IPs have recently been making several edits to New Zealand and Pacific Island-related pages, mostly to add a reference to a single recently-published book. At first glance (not having read the book), the reference appears to be at least somewhat relevant, but it seems likely that the IP editors are closely associated with the book in some way - e.g., its author or publisher. I have left a note about this on each of the IPs' Talk pages, but they have not responded. Ross Finlayson (talk) 21:50, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
- Another IP:
- 118.93.30.83 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)
- Ross Finlayson (talk) 22:04, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
Mathieu Chantelois
- Mathieu Chantelois ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Blipblip88 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)
I think User:Blipblip88 is Mathieu himself.
In Aug 2018 Mathieu sanitizes his page under his own name: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mathieu_Chantelois&type=revision&diff=853283903&oldid=845679634
It's reverted, for COI reasons. Almost immediately after, and then continuously, we see edits from User:Blipblip88 doing nothing but positive edits.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mathieu_Chantelois.jpg is a selfie, uploaded by Blipblip88.
All of his edits are on Mathieu's article. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Blipblip88
Exilewhat (talk) 03:11, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
Jonathan Mover
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- Bonzofreak (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)
Bonzofreak is a single-purpose account, with all 12 years of his edits closely connected to the rock drummer Jonathan Mover. The problem here is that Bonzofreak has been repeatedly adding promotional stuff to the Mover biography, especially stuff about Mover's minor business ventures, about which nothing has been written in the press.[15][16][17] Peacock wording is frequently inserted, such as "fantastic bassist"[18] and "drummer extraordinaire".[19] Bonzofreak has been warned repeatedly against such promotion but has never used a talk page, and has never communicated with other editors. Recently he has engaged in a slow motion edit war to keep promotional text in the Mover biography, reverted by myself and Rodericksilly. Something needs to be done to get his attention and stop the disruption. Binksternet (talk) 05:03, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
- @Binksternet: Any edit warring or other disruptive behavior (including an unwillngness to communicate with others) probably would be better off dealt with at WP:ANI or WP:AN3. The lead and the magazine section were each just big paragraphs of name dropping and other unsourced claims, so I went and removed most of that, but the article still has some sourcing problems per WP:BLPSOURCES. Content about Mover's involvement with Drumhead can likely be re-added if supported by citations to reliable secondary sources and written in a more encyclopedic tone, but simply linking to the magazine's homepage is not going to be good enough per WP:RSCONTEXT and WP:BLPSELFPUB, especally since the magazine doesn't appear to be Wikipedia notable in it's own right and simply redirects to the article about Mover.FWIW, Bonzofreak does seem to edit in spurts which might explain the lack of interaction with other editors. They seem to make a bunch of edits, disappear for awhile, and then come back a few months later. There's also no record of them making any article talk posts or user talk page posts in twelve years of editing which could be seen a pretty good indication of WP:NOTHERE more than anything else. -- Marchjuly (talk) 05:51, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
- Lack of interaction with other users is difficult to explain given that both Binskernet and I have left messages on his Talk page and he has continued to make the same edits. He's just not interested in dialogue. Rodericksilly (talk) 06:02, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
- I agree that no history of interacting with other is not a good indication of WP:HERE and this might be something worth discussing at ANI; however, not interacting with others isn't really something which can be dealt with here at COIN. There's already a {{Connected contributor}} template added to the article's talk page which includes a link to what might be seen as a possible COI declaration ("he gave me the license...") made way back in December 2007, but WP:DISCLOSE is not mandatory except for WP:PAID. The editor was advised about COI back in January 2019 after a brief editing spurt and then warned yesterday about edit warring. If they continue on as before without any response, then ANI or AN3 are probably better ways than COIN to try and stop the disruption. -- Marchjuly (talk) 06:48, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
- Lack of interaction with other users is difficult to explain given that both Binskernet and I have left messages on his Talk page and he has continued to make the same edits. He's just not interested in dialogue. Rodericksilly (talk) 06:02, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
Outside In (organization)
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- JayHedegard (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)
- 98.142.37.50 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)
- 209.63.132.196 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)
- Travis.Thurston (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)
- Oivolunteer (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)
- This article was created on 14 Aug 2006 by Travis.Thurston (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) 14 Aug 2006
- The user just updated his user page on 6 Aug 2006 which included inserting "Clinic Shifts at Outside In and NHC6 Aug 2006
- Series of edits involving substantial contents change between 26 May 2011 and 1 June 2011 between accounts Travis.Thurston, Oivolunteer and IP 98.142.37.50 that occurred around here. To be on the safe side of WP:OUTING policy, I would not elaborate the data found however to those familiar, there's a sufficient indication to show that signed edit occurred at the organization. The user name OIVolunteer is quite obvious and self-explanatory.
- Edits by 209.63.132.196 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) on 19 Feb 2016, and at the time of occurrence, there's a good likelihood of correlation between the organization and the edit source. Didn't post notice on that IP's talk, because there's a newer edit to it and there's likely no correlation between organization and that IP now. diff
- Relatively recent edit by JayHedegard on 12 Oct 2018. For privacy policy, specifics are omitted but this edit appears to have been done for the organization.
An editor who is currently engaged with editing expressed discontent with the COI tag remaining on the page and wants it gone and he's asking what contents should be changed for the tag to go away. I'm uncertain about the accepted norm here regarding how long they should remain on. I expressed my view that my concern isn't necessarily the sourcing. My concern is that since the article was built from the ground up by someone likely acting on behalf of the organization likely with substantial input and possibly under the direction and supervision of the organization, the outline of categories and contents on which contents are expanded upon may contain deeply entrenched bias that tends to define what contents to include and not include. A comment was inserted by yet another IP editor relating to unionization. This content was removed by an account which I have a good reason to believe it is related to the organization. That account has only been used for edits relating to this organization and the edit summary for removing unionization was that it's "inaccurate". This occurred within the last 6 months. I have researched the contents that was removed and the information appears to be accurate. I believe that current COI still exists after observing that edit on the union matter that seems to indicate PR engagement by organization to manage contents about the organization. I think resolving it is a little more than complicated than simply improving contents. As long as the outline of the original apge creation remains, there's likely an implicit bias that moderates what contents get built up or contents remaining that would not have been entered without any input from involved editors. The COI concern will remain as long as organization continues to monitor and actively engage in contents management. Graywalls (talk) 17:20, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
- I attempted to remove some of the primary sourcing, among other edits, but my work was reverted by Graywalls. I think this should just be reduced to an appropriate stub, if NPOV is a concern. Let's not make this more work than needed. ---Another Believer (Talk) 17:57, 10 April 2019 (UTC)