User:Calton/Watchlist

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[edit] Articles that should probably be AFD'ed

[edit] Walled garden alert

[edit] David Bortolucci Sockpuppet Theatre

(See also Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Dr.trees.)

[edit] Minneapolis theater

  • Suspects:

[edit] Those who've mistaken Wikipedia for MySpace:

[edit] RPI student screwing around?

Looks like one or two guys, creating and screwing around with a variety of sockpuppets.

[edit] Marilyn Majeski and the Grove Street Playhouse

Reader's Digest version: last year, someone created an article about a minor playhouse in New York City called the Grove Street Playhouse. That someone -- MissMajesty (talk · contribs) -- seemed to be Marilyn Majeski, its owner, since the article seemd solely done to promote the importance of Majeski -- especially after the playhouse and the bio both went up for AFD. Angry messages, talk page spamming, an ongoing fight with User:NYTheaterHistorian (whom she apparently knows IRL), massive sockpuppetry, etc. Eventually, the drama ends, and MM goes away.

A few months ago, I noticed that a brand-new user had edited one of my Talk Page archives (it being on my watchlist), removing the reference to "Grove Street Playhouse" from a message. So I followed backwards from there, and discovered that for the last several months before, a series of one-off accounts had been expunging the record from various pages about what had happened. Nothing as crude as blanking entire pages, but still. The one-offs and older sockpuppets include:

The most recent obsession is attempting to expunge some spam left on several talk pages:

Hi, I don't know you but I'm asking for your help, please. I see that you are the original contributor of "The Manhattan Theatre Source" article, and assume that you know the Off & off-off Broadway theatre scene in NYC. The Grove Street Playhouse (formerly The Courtyard Playhouse) Page has been nominated for deletion from Wikipedia! The long and short of it is that, what we believe to be a terminated former employee has launched a vindictive campaign of harrassment against former Artistic Director, Marilyn Majeski. This individual has vadalized every page on Wikipedia on which Ms. Majeski's name appears and has orchestrated the nomination of both the Marilyn Majeski page and the Grove Street Playhouse page for deletion. Unfortunatly, every new user, no matter how legitimate, who logs on to register an opinion in favor of the theatre is labeled a "sock" for Ms. Majeski. We need the help of long time WIkipedia users who are real theatre people and know the theatre. Ms. Majeski WANTS her own page deleted, because she sees that it will only continue to be vandalized, but we would like to see the Grove Street Playhouse page preserved. This is VERY time sensitive, if more votes aren't obtained quickly the theatre's history on Wikipedia will surely be gone. Will you please, visit the page and consider casting a vote to keep it? Thank you in advance for your time and consideration. God Bless! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.149.149.21 (talk • contribs) 06:55, July 11, 2006
Well shoot, this brings back memories. As I recall I was the one who Afd'd both the MM and GSP articles, and the heck if I'm connected in any way with any of the organizations or individuals involved. - Merzbow 08:18, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sleeper accounts?

Found when browsing Category:Wikipedians who think that the Wikimedia Foundation should use advertising.

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[edit] Writing workshop promoters


[edit] AFD'ed Articles?

When I have time for the research and bureuacratic procedures:

[edit] Them what bear watching

[edit] Jack Sarfatti

[edit] Cisco's Own Hindu Nationalist:



This guy knows what he's doing, and has been blocked at least once already (01:51, 6 May 2005 Jiang blocked "User:66.127.58.169" with an expiry time of next Saturday (repeated use of personal attacks, was warned)[1]).