Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard/Archive 13

Biomedcode

• Biomedcode (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) - is a spinoff of Alexander Fleming BSRC
• Alexander Fleming BSRC (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) - coordinates the MUGEN network and spun off Biomedcode
• George Kollias (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) - coordinator of MUGEN, president and director of Alexander Fleming BSRC, and president of Biomedcode
• MUGEN Mutant Mice Database (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) - a database provided by MUGEN
• TAACF (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) - added prodded

• Kanei22 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) - new editor
• Afantitis (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) - creator and major contributor to all the articles listed above
• 195.251.21.1 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) - major article contributor
• 212.251.111.14 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)

It was requested I file a COI/N report in the discussion Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Spam#biomedcode.com_et_al. --Ronz 00:42, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

• See also MUGEN NoE - a previously deleted article. - Tiswas^(t) 12:09, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Dear Wikipedia administrators. I would like to provide more information regarding MUGEN NoE and BSRC Alexander Fleming… [ copyvio from mugen-noe.org website redacted ]

Please study the description carefully and ask for evaluation from a wikipedia user with strong academic background especially in biology. Thank you in advance. Afantitis 17:44, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

One deleted on Afd in December 2006, one speedy deleted as blatant advertising earlier this month. Remaining three {{prod}}ed as blatant advertising by COI SPAs. — Athaenara ✉ 13:07, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Forwarded (1): [Alexander Fleming] Thank you a lot for tour message. Why an article which refers to a governmental, non-profit institution with a history closely linked to the Greek Foundation for Basic Biological Research "Alexander Fleming" and research involved in areas of immunology, molecular biology and genetics and molecular oncology is not significant to be included in Wikipedia? --Afantitis 13:00, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

Forwarded (2): [Tuberculosis Antimicrobial Acquisition and Coordinating Facility (TAACF)]Hi Athaenara, regarding your post to my listings as :conflict of interest and single-purpose account, from a different point of view, a wikipedia user should contribute only to the articles he/she had an expertise. This is may be a way to increase the high standard of knowledge which wikipedia provides. We have not all wikipedia users expertise in every matter.Is it possible to have your feedback on this? Thank you in advance. Afantitis 20:29, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

To Special:Contributions/Afantitis: Please stop putting messages on my user talk page. The discussion is here on the Conflict of interest Noticeboard. — Athaenara ✉ 20:36, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

Dear Athaenara, instated of moving my questions from your personal discussion page it will be better and if you can give me specific answers to my questions and not only recommends my articles for deletion. Afantitis

Forwarded (3): [Tuberculosis Antimicrobial Acquisition and Coordinating Facility (TAACF)] Dear Athaenara, instated of moving my questions from your personal discussion page it will be better and if you can give me specific answers to my questions and not only recommends my articles for deletion. Afantitis 20:47, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

This noticeboard exists for the purpose of discussing Conflict of interest issues. As such it is the location of the discussion of the articles you have added. — Athaenara ✉ 20:57, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

Hi Athaenara, could you please provide answers to my questions? thank you in advance Afantitis

If you will read the following Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines:

• Wikipedia:Neutral point of view (policy)
• Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not (policy)
• Wikipedia:Conflict of interest (guideline)

you will find your questions answered there. — Athaenara ✉ 21:51, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

Paul Ulrich

→ See also: Articles for deletion/Paul Ulrich and Articles for deletion/Blacksmith Books

• Paul Ulrich (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) (history|Watchlist this article|unwatch) [watchlist?]
• Saudi Match Point (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) - his first novel
• Blacksmith Books (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) - his publisher
• Jing Ulrich (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) - his wife (?)
• Pulrich (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) - A quick glance at the article's name and the editor's name is enough to explain my initial concerns. A review of his contrib history shows he has created 3 articles and only ever made 2 (minor) edits outside of those articles.

Aside from the obvious COI concerns, I think there are some notability questions about all 3 articles as well. I'd really like some advice on how best to handle this situation. Thanks, Doc Tropics 03:01, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

AFD would be the best way to go. MER-C 03:27, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

I have placed boilerplate warnings on the talk pages of all four articles (I have added his publisher's article to the list), as well as the author's talk page ... given the suggestion to go the WP:AfD route, I have refrained from adding the WP:CSD#A7 tags on them, which is the 3rd step of my draft protocols for speedy deletion ... OTOH, if there is no activity within the next 24 hours, I will proceed with the speedy delete tags ... Happy Editing! —68.239.79.82 (talk · contribs) 07:29, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

User:Pulrich just doesn't seem to grasp the concepts of WP:N and WP:RS ... adding links for his patents to his own biography, and linking to the blog of a "Well-known Hong Kong novelist and writer," while citing just the names (but no dates) of NN publications that have reviewed his book, just don't cut it, IMHO ... WP:V is not about how much has been published by the subject, it's about how much has been published about the subject.

We can point him to WP:BK, WP:AUTO, and WP:BIO, but if he won't read them, and instead puts things like

1. a registration form for a 45 minute, HK$390 per seat lecture his wife will be giving,
2. Amazon linkspam to 44¢ used copies of an autobiography that "devoted several pages" to her,
3. Google search results for Bloomberg L.P. articles with trivial mention of her, and
4. links that require a subscription to read

as substitutes for "reliable source citations" in the article about her, then what are we to do?

I blame myself ... I gave him Too Much information, and he just cannot process it ... <Heavy Sigh!> ... since he refuses to dialog on any of the Talk pages, should someone maybe try to contact him by email and hold his hand off-line to guide him through this ordeal?

So, take these to AfD and give him another week to "improve" them, and they will still be just vanispamcruftisements ... four {{Orphan}} articles with no WP:A that violate WP:COI ... at least he'll see that it's the consensus view, and not an arbitrary decision by a few faceless "deletionist" editors with an agenda ... personally, I have better thing to do with my time here on Wikipedia. —68.239.79.82 19:25, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for all your attention and effort 68. I'm going to respond at greater length on your talkpage so as to avoid cluttering this section with my comments and questions. But first, I have to make a sandwich or I'll die of starvation before I get to your page : ) Doc Tropics 19:30, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

I've done the deed: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Paul Ulrich. The publisher probably needs separate treatment and his wife seems more notable, so I've left those alone for now. MER-C 05:22, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks MER-C, I was still debating and procrastinating when you stepped up to the plate and did what I should have. I'll nom the publisher Blacksmith Books for a seperate AfD, but I agree that the article about Jing Ulrich is the strongest of the 4 and may merit inclusion. Thanks for all the help. Doc Tropics 19:07, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

I've documented my WP:A concerns about his wife's article at Talk:Jing Ulrich#No WP:A for WP:N should someone decide to take it to AfD as well ... OTOH, I thought that the WP:COI of having been written by her husband should have been sufficient ... can't we just add "written by self, close relative, or business associate/employee in violation of WP:COI" as a speedy deletion category and avoid all of this in the future? —68.239.79.82 16:48, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

I would oppose any such CSD. While COI often causes problems, and is generally a bad idea, if a self-written article is well sourced, or can be made well sourced, is or can be made NPOV, and establishes notability, there is no reason to delete it. Determining those things is what afd or prod are for, not speedy. DES ^(talk) 04:01, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Uh, CSD is no longer on the table for Jing Ulrich (just documenting for an AfD that it is not well sourced, even though upon a casual review it appears to be) ... but your point about "no CSDs based on COI" is noted, and I withdraw the suggestion ... COI is an AfD issue, period. —68.239.79.82 06:29, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Actually, COI is our problem at this noticeboard. We can delegate to AFD if we wish. MER-C 13:12, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

My bad ... what I meant was, A COI cannot be deleted by CSD; it must be an AfD decision, period. —68.239.79.82 21:42, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

OK, three of the four articles under discussion here have been deleted by AfD, leaving only Jing Ulrich (the article he wrote about his wife) unresolved, and then this can be closed … User:JulesH (talk · contribs) removed the {{Notability}} from that article with the edit summary,

MD of a major branch of a large multinational corporation is notable.

Conflict of interest issues aside, I'm not sure if being a managing director has the same street cred as being a British MP (see WP:COI/N#Douglas_Carswell), which is an elected position that generates a lot of ink, and certainly not lacking for WP:Attribution just because readily available sources haven't been added to the article yet. ("The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence." —Gin Rummy)

I have listed my concerns about WP:A on the Discussion page for the article … so, is anyone willing to take this to AfD for failing the primary criteria of Wikipedia:Notability (people), or shall we just MOVE ON and leave it as yet another {{Orphan}} article? —72.75.100.232 08:28, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

This has gone way beyond a WP:BIO issue … Breezer84 (talk · contribs) just added linkspam into Jing Ulrich with a newly created External links section containing:

• Saudi Match Point
• Paul Ulrich

The first one is to an order form for her husband's deleted book, and the second is to the bio of her husband at the deleted publisher's website ... I reverted the contribution, and then I remembered the note that Pulrich (talk · contribs) left at User talk:Pulrich#Thanks for the pointers,

If the {coi} is a problem for Jing Ulrich's biography, please delete it along with the others.

I suggest that the article be tagged as a CSD#G7 (Author requests deletion), and then MOVE ON. —72.75.70.147 17:58, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Michael Mullan and other articles

• Robert Roskamp (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)
• Michael Mullan (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)
• Horntz (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) - having created
• Roskamp Institute (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) has gone to post what looks like his resume/CV Philip Trueman 18:36, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

Has now added Robert Roskamp. Philip Trueman 09:23, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

I've been cleaning up these articles a bit (ok, drastically) during the past week, and Horntz (judging from this message) may have mended his or her ways. — Athaenara ✉ 09:55, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Avantoure

→ See also: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Avantoure

• Avantoure (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)
• Avantoure (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)

Fairly self-explanatory spam - already been CSD'd but there's another copy in userspace. EliminatorJR ^Talk 20:03, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

• Edit - article deleted, I've left a note for the deleting admin about the other copy. EliminatorJR ^Talk 20:08, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Further edit - that's gone too. That was quick - I'll close this now. —Preceding unsigned comment added by EliminatorJR (talk • contribs) 20:12, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

Michael J. Broderick

• Michael J. Broderick (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)
• Michaeljbroderick (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) is the creator and main editor of this article. The only contributions of the editor are to this article, which I have marked with {{autobiography}}. Have alerted the user about WP:COI and WP:AUTOBIO. Riana ⁂ 08:14, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
• See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michael J. Broderick. RJASE1 ^Talk 13:12, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Julia Suits

• Julia Suits (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)
• Juliasuits (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)

Autobiographical editing, apparent feelings of article ownership - one edit summary states "(I'm deleting alot of unnecessary info. As the subject I'd prefer minimal, pertinent info)". RJASE1 ^Talk 13:36, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Currently, no response to comment. This incident may close itself, as the article has been prod'd for lack of assertion of notability. Gordonofcartoon 16:09, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

I prod'd the article because of the lack of sourced notability. Some of the claims are pretty cool, or I would have submitted it for AfD. I don't care about the COI issue as much as the lack of verifiable sources. Tone and "ownership" problems are easily sorted out. However a caricature of the subject inflating a balloon labeled "ego" with a bicycle pump does spring to mind. A Wikipedia admin with a sharp needle looming in the background would also be appropriate. Rklawton 19:51, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

I easily found a couple of references confirming that she has had several cartoons in the New Yorker: they even sell cards of her work! I have added the references to the Julia Suits. I would also like to point out the following series of edits on the New Yorker article which in my opinion runs very much counter to any suggestions of "ego" and actually suggests considerable humility. Her son added her to the New Yorker article, and she immediately removed her name, saying in the edit summary that she wasn't notable enough [1]. Another editor disagreed and added her back again [2]. She then removed her name again [3] but it was reinserted in a different way some time later, again by the same independent editor. [4]. --Slp1 20:32, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

That's all very nice for a historical perspective on the conflict of interest issues, but Wikipedia:Notability (people)#Criteria for notability of people is not satisfied by assertions like, "they even sell cards of her work!" … BTW, because that "reference" you added is in fact an order form on a commercial site (for The New Yorker Store .com) for purchasing copies of her work, and as such it violates Wikipedia:External links#Advertising and conflicts of interest as linkspam, so I have once again removed it.

Notability is not about how much has been published by the subject (or where), but how much has been published about the subject … please find and add some Reliable sources that talk about here work as a cartoonist, or cite "significant recognized awards or honors" she has received, since she obviously does not have "demonstrable wide name recognition" like Hirschfeld. —72.75.70.147 21:20, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

FYI, 72.28.189.106 (talk · contribs), claiming to be Julia Suits, recently attempted to blank the article … I left a message for them (and User:Juliasuits (talk · contribs)) to make the request here, so that an admin could advise her on the correct procedure … i didn't know where else they should go, and the editor who reverted the blanking did not leave them a message. —72.75.70.147 02:20, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

This one should be sorted out in AfD if people think she isn't notable. nadav (talk) 03:52, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

An AFD sounds the way to go. I think it's slightly fazed the system, as it's highly unusual for a COI to arise over someone wanting their article removed by their own assessment of non-notability. Nevertheless, once an article is here, it's not the subject's decision whether it stays or not. Gordonofcartoon 13:28, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

I have asked the article's author to save us the bother of an AfD by putting a WP:CSD#G7 on the article … apparently, Pepso (talk · contribs) is now using the account Pepso2 (talk · contribs) because they forgot their password. —72.75.70.147 15:58, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Well, it looks like they took my advice, and the article has evaporated ... I guess that means we can all MOVE ON ... Happy Editing! —72.75.70.147 23:20, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Out of Space (film)

• Out of Space (film) (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

This film has not had a theatrical release nor has it an IMDb listing. The attached external link leads to a personal website for the creator of the film. It is possible that the article was started by the filmmaker. I have tagged the article but I have not reported in this area of wikipedia before so my apologies if I have done any of this in error. Also this may be an entirely legitimate entry so again apologies for taking up your time, but, due to my unfamiliarity in this area, I thought that this was something that should be looked into. MarnetteD | Talk 11:16, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Out of Space (film). MER-C 13:04, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Labyrinth Arts

• Labyrinth Arts (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

A second look at the page for the film above showed a link to the Stoke-on-Trent production company listed here. Its page has no external links and the page seems to be there for the sole purpose of advertising the Out of Space film that is already in question so I have tagged it with the COI2 tag also. Thank you for looking into this. MarnetteD | Talk 14:37, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

It got bundled in with the above afd, so this section has been merged. MER-C 03:48, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Article Neuroliminal Training

• Drbate (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)
• Article Neuroliminal Training (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) - Page appears to have been created by the author of the research described within, Dr. Bate. -FeralDruid 17:00, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

I've placed a note on the author's talk page, pointing him to the WP:COI and WP:NOT pages. -FeralDruid 17:08, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

I've placed tags on the article for COI2 and OR. I hope they are obvious; if not, I'll add to the talk page. Bearian 00:31, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Dynamic Submission (1)

→ See also: Dynamic Submission article deletion review: Wikipedia:Deletion review#8 June 2007

• Akc9000 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)
• Dynamic Submission (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) - COI article with recent edits
• Dynamic Software (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) - COI article was deleted. [5]
• Template:Latest preview release/Dynamic Submission (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) - a very odd thing that should be deleted.

The user states that he works for Dynamic Software, the company that makes Dynamic Submission software. [6] He is the only editor to have worked on the Dynamic Submission article.

The user also appears to hold some sort of grudge against the professional search engine marketing industry. He has nominated search engine marketing for deletion, which I have vigorously opposed. He has also nominated Search Engine Land, the leading news site for this industry, for deletion. It is no secret that professional search engine marketers tell clients to avoid software like Dynamic Submission.

Search engine marketing currently ranks 1st in Google for the valuable search terms "search engine marketing", 2nd in Google for the search term "search engine optimization." I am concerned that this user may have a commercial interest in deleting this page so that pages supporting submission software will rise in the rankings.

I believe this user should be investigated as a single purpose COI account, and that his AfD nominations [7] [8] should be reviewed by an administrator who is fully aware of the facts. Jehochman ^Talk 06:15, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

I tagged article & image {{db-spam}}, template {{db-empty}}. — Athaenara ✉ 08:48, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

All (including image: see log) have been deleted. — Athaenara ✉ 10:24, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Jehochman, you are unbelievable, because I want you to merge this article, and I think the search engine land article is drivel you have decided to attack an article that I wrote. Cute. The only problem is you are mis-representing information. The company I work for Dynamic Software's article was already removed and has nothing to do with Dynamic Submission. Dynamic Submission is a software program that was written by Apex Pacific, not dynamic software. This program is sold by hundreds and hundreds of companies, and unlike your article is referenced in actual books that can be purchased in a book store.

Nextly, the company I work for is AKC, which sells products that do SEO & SEM work, Dynamic Software is a company that I also work for, and as you will note, I sent a request to write an article for Dynamic Software before I wrote it! This has nothing to do with this product article that is notable.

I have nothing against SEO SEM or any agenda. I am trying to help create a good en.wikipedia.org and I could say you should be investigated for wrting drivel.

I have nothing against other articles you wrote, but being a good editor means pointing out error in others work. --Akc9000 12:10, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Apparently User:Athaenara thought the article in question was spam, and an administrator agreed with him, so that's one good thing done. You were the only editor of that article. Your comments leave me confused, but I am sure other editors will help us sort this out. I want you to know that I don't have any bad feelings towards you, and if you want to help improve any of these articles, I am willing to work with you. Jehochman ^Talk 13:01, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

User:Akc9000 and I have been discussing this and seem to have reached an understanding. Can an admin please copy the deleted article Dynamic Submission into my User:Jehochman/Sandbox so we can work on it? Once that is done, this case is resolved. Jehochman ^Talk 15:51, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Y Done. I copy pasted it though since your sandbox was not empty, I'm not sure the GFDL will love that. -- lucasbfr ^talk 16:19, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Dynamic Submission (2)

→ See also: Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard/Archive 13#Dynamic Submission
→ See also: Article deletion review: Wikipedia:Deletion review#8 June 2007

• Dynamic Submission (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)
• Search engine submission software (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)
• akc9000 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)

This user has been playing me for a fool. I had tried to help him restore NPOV to this article, after he said that he had no COI. Upon checking the domain name registration records, I see that he is intimately involved with this software. (IP location: "New Jersey - East Brunswick - Akc Consulting")

Full disclosure: I first became acquinted with this editor when he nominated search engine marketing for deletion. I opposed that action strongly.

Under the circumstances, this user should be considered for an indef block as an abusive account. I've already nominated the article for speedy. It should be salted to prevent recreation. Jehochman ^Talk 22:34, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

akc9000 is also removing maintenance tags. [9] Jehochman ^Talk 22:38, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Now he's blanked the page. Inexperienced user thinks he can cover his tracks... Jehochman ^Talk 22:43, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

I agree: the article should be deleted and salted and User Akc9000 blocked. — Athaenara ✉ 22:48, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

I say we give him 2 hours to fix the article without anyone else touching it, if it is no better by then it should be deleted. -- :) Chetblong 23:04, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

No, we should not do that. He's blatantly violating WP:COI and WP:NPOV. This user needs to be blocked until he agree to abide by Wikipedia's content policies. Jehochman ^Talk 23:18, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Hmmm... You know Jehochman you are an outright liar! If you look at the deletion review log, you wll see that I told everyone in deletion review that I owned one website that sells/maintains this product. So what? There are thousands of people that sell this product! I own an ISP, I do not own the company that made this product. You are just looking at everything I write and causing problems for me because I had your article afd. Well I will tell you know, if you wrote it right, I would not have complained. I was upfront and honest with everyone. Deletion review stated that COI does not prevent me from writing an article if I am non-partial. Let me tell you. I know why you are doing this! I finally figured it out. You cannot stand products like this because you charge customers money for what program does for free. No I did not blank the article for that reason. That artcle justy came out of deletion review and you started manipulating it to state that products like this do not work. Again, because you are in this field and these type of products make you lose money. You should be ashamed of yourself telling me I am violating COI, you are twisting things to your advantage and you employed sockpuppets to get your way. What is it with you? You are following all my edits that have anything to do with your line of work and causing problems. You should be banned from Wiki for this! --Akc9000 01:40, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

The above personal attack against me is an appalling violation of WP:CIVIL and WP:NPA. I see no reason to allow User:akc9000 to continue editing Wikipedia. Jehochman ^Talk 12:54, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Akc9000 has now created Search engine submission software as an additional advertising platform for his product. This SPA-COI account is abusing Wikipedia for advertising and therefore should be blocked indefinitely. Jehochman ^Talk 13:02, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

I deleted Search engine submission software and recreated it as a protected redirect to Search engine submission and indef blocked User:Akc9000 for repeated COI violations and personal attacks. --Akhilleus (talk) 15:21, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Christopher B. Reeves and Gabrielle Reeves

• Christopher B. Reeves (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)
• Gabrielle Reeves (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)
• LostSentiment (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)

Both of these articles were created by LostSentiment who also uploaded Image:Chrisreeves.jpg claiming to have created it himself. The image page contains a non-working link to an image hosting site. Neither bio looks anywhere near notable to me. Inexplicably, an administrator has removed the speedy delete tag from the "Gabrielle" article saying that it satisfies notability. Please note that both Christopher Reeves and Christopher reeves now redirect to Christopher Bennett Reeves and should redirect to Christopher Reeve, the actor who played Superman, as a misspelling if these bios are deleted. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Steven J. Anderson (talk • contribs) 01:57, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

I've moved redirects back to the original, although a DAB page may make more sense. I suggest you AfD the pages if you have any concern. However, if the claim that CBR has Emmy's is correct then he is by any reasonable defintion notable. JoshuaZ 04:54, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

No COI edits since mid-May. — Athaenara ✉ 08:59, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

College of Micronesia-FSM

• College of Micronesia-FSM (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

College of Micronesia-FSM (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) - User with same name as the article has created a rather biased article about a school. I have reverted the removal of my tagging and removing of external links in the text etc. User has also uploaded clearly copyvios claiming GFDL. --Rettetast 12:34, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

I placed {{db-advert}} on there. If the article is deleted, and the editor recreates it, then the editor can be blocked indefinitely as a single purpose abuse account. Jehochman ^Talk 17:59, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

The article has been cleaned up and may no longer be a problem. — Athaenara ✉ 09:31, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Marsh Engle

• Marsh Engle (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

I have tagged Marsh Engle as a badly-written autobiography, which has been copied verbatim from a user's page. This is the worst violation of the rules and the English language I've seen here in months. Bearian 20:43, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

This "article" makes your typical vanispamcruftisement look like a featured article. Here we go. MER-C 03:47, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

User Marcfiszman

Marcfiszman (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) introduced in the beginning a couple of links to nearthwort.com:

• nearthwort.com: Linksearch en - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - Meta: SRB-XWiki - COIBot-XWiki - Eagle's spam report search • Interwiki link search, big: 20 - 57 • Linkwatcher: search • Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: search • Veinor pages • meta • Yahoo: backlinks • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.org • DomainsDB.net • Alexa • OnSameHost.com • WhosOnMyServer.com

Some time later the links were changed to an mp3-file somewhere else on that server. In his latest edits, the links were changed from nearthwort.com to marcfiszman.com.

• marcfiszman.com: Linksearch en - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - Meta: SRB-XWiki - COIBot-XWiki - Eagle's spam report search • Interwiki link search, big: 20 - 57 • Linkwatcher: search • Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: search • Veinor pages • meta • Yahoo: backlinks • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.org • DomainsDB.net • Alexa • OnSameHost.com • WhosOnMyServer.com

I removed all the links added by Marcfiszman, and gave the user a welcome message and a coi1-warning, as it seems that the editor is involved in the website. He responded on my talkpage with a question, and I explained the situation. Apparently Marcfiszman thinks my removal is overzealous, and he started to reinsert the link to marcfizman again. Link addition is reverted. --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 23:38, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

Nick Palumbo

• Nick Palumbo (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)
• 204.62.68.23 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)
• S noone (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)

Both users (who I believe to be the same person due to the consistency and similarity of their edits) are using an article with no sources that reads more like a fluff piece than anything else that clearly violates WP:BLP. An example of this article can be found here.

Here are some examples of the prose found in the article...

This was as gentle as a droplet of rain compared to the maelstrom to come with his next slasher film.

... and the life long film purist would enjoy every minute working with the same material his idol Stanley Kubrick had worked with during his illustrious career.

However this time, going to Hell would not be easy, and the hard part would be ever leaving.

Palumbo was ready for the accolades from the horror craving fans of modern cinema blood thirsty for even greater cinematic depravities

It seemed everyone involved with the film were ashamed with their involvement and hoped that it would simply go away. Everyone that is except for Nick Palumbo. This was his dream, and he was not going to let it go down without a fight.

And so on...and so forth...either the person writing this article is Palumbo himself, one of his shills or a hugely biased fan. Other editors and I have managed to trim the article down to a stub but the users in question often revert to their previous edits.--CyberGhostface 00:27, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

James W. Sperman

→ See also: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James W. Sperman

• James W. Sperman (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)
• Pink Taco (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)
• The Pink Taco (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)
• Jameswsperman (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)

Autobiographical and COI editing by a restaurant founder about himself and his businesses. RJASE1 ^Talk 02:47, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

• See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James W. Sperman. RJASE1 ^Talk 17:17, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Bill Dunlap

• Bill Dunlap (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)
• Bill Dunlap (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)

see also: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bill Dunlap and this request for editor assistance
Complicated situation. Looks like the biographies for two painters named Bill Dunlap have been cludged together, and one of the painters is writing his autobiography into the article of the other painter. RJASE1 ^Talk 03:05, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Doniach family articles

• Deborah Doniach (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)
• Israel Doniach (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)
• Shulamit Doniach (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)
• Nakdimon S. Doniach (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)
• Sebastian Doniach (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

• Jdoniach (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)

Unreferenced stub biographical articles written by a relative. RJASE1 ^Talk 19:02, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

• I checked all five articles. Aside from a few trivial fixes, there wasn't much for me to do. All five people appear to meet WP:BIO in their respective fields of endeavor, so deletion is not an option, and the tone of the articles is as neutral as I could reasonably hope for. YechielMan 02:36, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Ameer Abro

→ See also: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ameer Abro

• Ameer Abro (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)
• Ameerabro (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)

Unreferenced autobiography. RJASE1 ^Talk 19:27, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

I have tagged this article (see the article and its talk page for reasons). Bearian 23:20, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Drawloop

→ See also: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Drawloop

• Drawloop (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)
• Drawloop (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)

Apparent company-produced PR for a software product. RJASE1 ^Talk 20:43, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Resolved: Article is getting slaughtered on AFD. YechielMan 00:16, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Across Five Aprils (band)

• Across Five Aprils (band) (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)
• Themoonisdown09 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) - band member (+single purpose account) who doesn't want references included.

Would appreciate input from other editors on how to proceed - currently the article isn't sourced. Addhoc 21:48, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Added some rules to COIBot. IP 70.90.144.73 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) (70.90.144.0/22; Comcast Business Communications, Inc) also removed the reference. Added a {{unreferenced}} and {{coi2}} on the page, and a {{uw-coi1}} on the userpage. I think the subject of the article is fine, but it needs some independent references. --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 08:03, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, on my talk page (see history) the IP signed his name as Themoonisdown09, so I presume they are the same editor. Addhoc 09:24, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

The page was also edited by Across Five Aprils (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log). This account also created/edited some pages about albums by the band.

• Collapse (album) (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)
• Tragedy In Progress (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

--Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 17:34, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Tania Chen

• Tania Chen (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)
• Tania Chen (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) - author
• Bge20 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) - removed maintenance tags

Apparent autobiographical editing. RJASE1 ^Talk 23:02, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

I tagged this as autobiographical, someone removed it, and the same person(s) keep removing tags. Bad! Bearian 21:22, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

Joseph Hilbe

• Joseph Hilbe (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Jhilbe (talk · contribs) and Joehilbe (talk · contribs) (probably the same person) creator and primary article editor. The only contributions of these users is to this article. RJASE1 ^Talk 04:50, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

The article looks muuch improved; subject is notable if facts can be verified. Bearian 22:19, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Sunpendulum

→ See also: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sunpendulum

• Sunpendulum (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)
• Sunpendulum (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)
• 91.112.14.46 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)
• 213.47.89.10 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)

Art project article apparently written by the project managers. RJASE1 ^Talk 19:39, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Reactivate Afd?

The Afd defaulted to keep. I was among those in favour, largely because it seemed like a neat idea which surely could be referenced. Big uh-oh. In the process of trying to improve the article I found ZERO press coverage of Sunpendulum or the artist. Web coverage is almost entirely on the project's own sites and perhaps a few passing mentions in blogs.

What's the right way to reactivate an Afd discussion? — Athaenara ✉ 11:14, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

There are links to a variety of press reports to be found at http://www.sunpendulum.at/-media-reports.html

Or here is a list of everything I could find: .... * Sunpendulum 18:08, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

→ (Removed very long posted list* of links copied from sunpendulum website.) — Athaenara ✉ 21:22, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

The list posted above (much of which was also posted on the Afd), duplicates the sunpendulum.at media reports page. A few examples of what that page provides:

• A JPEG on sunpendulum.at - photograph of what appears to be a newspaper clipping. Large photograph of "Hofstetter Kurt" (Kurt Hofstetter?) above small article. Cathy Stovell byline. No visible dateline or masthead. Not found elsewhere. Alleged to have been in The Royal Gazette.
• A JPEG on sunpendulum.at - another apparent clipping. Column or article. Alex Barclay byline. No visible dateline or masthead. Not found elsewhere. Alleged to have been in the Bermuda Sun.
• If one goes to buei.org and follows instructions to "click on education button and then research button" as suggested, one is delivered to (as you may by now have guessed) sunpendulum.at.

Need I quote {{Primarysources}}? I did find four among them which could be used.

As far as I have been able to determine, none of the vaunted "pavilions" have yet been built. — Athaenara ✉ 15:01, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

In general, the COI single-purpose accounts have responded appropriately to policies and guidelines concerns, and the article's NPOV condition is now fair or better. — Athaenara ✉ 21:22, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Don Fernando

• Don Fernando (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)
• Donfernando (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)

Autobiographical editing by article subject. RJASE1 ^Talk 14:42, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Zero edits by Special:Contributions/Donfernando since report. — Athaenara ✉ 22:35, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Douglas Wood

• Douglas Wood (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)
• Douglaswood (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)

Attempted hijack of the Douglas Wood article with apparent autobiographical material about a different Douglas Wood (an entertainment executive). Reverted and warned. RJASE1 ^Talk 19:51, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

• He also wrote an article about his business associate, Ayelet weinerman. It has been put up for AfD: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ayelet weinerman. Both people are associated with Animation Lab. RJASE1 ^Talk 20:01, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
• User blocked for 24 hours for repeated article hijack attempts despite warnings. RJASE1 ^Talk 21:13, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Zero edits by Special:Contributions/Douglaswood since report. — Athaenara ✉ 22:35, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

John Trivers

• John Trivers (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)
• Liz Myers (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)
• Jptrivers (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)

Apparent autobiographical editing, also editing his wife's article. RJASE1 ^Talk 01:56, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Does the pic on Liz Myers have the correct (c)? Bearian 00:27, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

It is OK now. Bearian 16:40, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Zero edits by Special:Contributions/Jptrivers since report. — Athaenara ✉ 22:35, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Cberlet / Dking

See also

→ Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard/Archive 2#Lyndon LaRouche
→ Wikipedia talk:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard/Archive 1#LaRouche/Dking conflict of interest
→ Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard/Archive 9#Dking (talk · contribs · logs · block user · block log)

• Cberlet (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)
• Dking (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)

Cberlet and Dking are Chip Berlet and Dennis King, political activists who campaigned back in the 1980s for the jailing of Lyndon LaRouche. The two of them have started an edit war at the article Lyndon LaRouche, because they object to the inclusion in the intro of a quote from former Attorney General Ramsey Clark, who casts doubt on the legitimacy of the LaRouche trial. Quotes from Berlet and King are plentiful in the article, but the two of them seek to dominate content in violation of both WP:OWN and WP:COI. They are also engaged in abuse of Wikipedia for self-promotion -- Dking was featured earlier on this noticeboard for linkspamming (see this],) and Cberlet is engaged in similar activity. --Don't lose that number 06:09, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

I'm not at all convinced that this is a COI issue. Moreover, the quote from Clark was sourced to the LaRouche site, and I understand he was hired by him. nadav (talk) 06:31, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

What is the basis for this understanding? --Don't lose that number 13:38, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

Yawn. It's not our problem. Take it to WP:AE. MER-C 07:55, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Please see this comment by John Broughton, from the earlier Dking discussion. --Don't lose that number 15:17, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Don't see an issue here. FeloniousMonk 16:43, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

There is certainly an issue with the two editors' personal and professional conflicts of interest. This noticeboard has had little or no success in dealing with them. — Athaenara ✉ 22:35, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Leanne Pooley

• Leanne Pooley (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)
• SpacificFilms (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)

Article created by SpacificFilms (talk · contribs), which is the above person's production company. RJASE1 ^Talk 04:26, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Edits by Special:Contributions/SpacificFilms ceased after report. — Athaenara ✉ 00:35, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

Peter Nehr

• Peter Nehr (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)
• Anitanehr (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)

User:Anitanehr, the article's main author, is the subject's wife. She says that she was "assigned to establish the Wikipedia listing for my husband" (see User talk:Anitanehr). This raises an obvious WP:COI issue, as well as issues under WP:BLP. No WP:RS is cited, which implicates WP:NOR. Further, there is no indication that this first-term Florida legislator is WP:NOTE, although the fact that he is an elected state legislator may be sufficient to justify a WP article about him (it would not get him into Encyclopedias Britannica or Americana). Finell (Talk) 18:00, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

FFB Recordings

I noticed this one because of the many COIBot alerts this account apparently already collected (. The producer goes by the name Dean Woodward AKA 'Big Dean', 'Grizzly B', or 'Care Bear'

• FFB Recordings (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)
• FFB Recordings (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)

I am not sure if they are related, but the accounts Deanwoodward (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log), Carebear (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) and Bigdean (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) do exist, though they do not have any (visible) edits in their contribution lists (suggesting the articles they created/edited have already been removed). --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 11:09, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

• Wikipedia:WikiProject Spam/UserReports/FFB_Recordings
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Spam/UserReports/carebear
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Spam/UserReports/deanwoodward
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Spam/UserReports/bigdean

--Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 11:13, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

Article deleted and protected against re-creation. Edits by Special:Contributions/FFB Recordings ceased after report. — Athaenara ✉ 00:35, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

William J. Murray

• William J. Murray (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)
• Wjmurray (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)

Autobiographical editing and self-promotion. RJASE1 ^Talk 13:21, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Edits by Special:Contributions/Wjmurray ceased after report. — Athaenara ✉ 00:35, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

Douglas Carswell

• Douglas Carswell (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)
• Douglas Carswell (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Possible autobiographical editing by a British MP. RJASE1 ^Talk 16:39, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

At first glance, this is as clear a case of WP:VSCA as I've ever seen ... his only contributions to Wikipedia have been the edits to the article about himself ... but, he's not the original author of the article (it was created over six months before he first touched it), which certainly takes at least half the weight off of the COI issue ... and, since he's a MP of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, then his WP:Notability is pretty much established de facto, regardless of the lack of WP:Attribution.

I say, "Either revert his edits and tell him not to do it again, or else take it to AfD" ... but be prepared for arguments that his WP:N sufficiently trumps any failure of WP:BIO or WP:A as a reason for deletion, because we're not talking about a "first year, assistant basketball coach at some NN junior college" who has made beau coup edits to an article about himself that was created by one of his students ... that one would probably be closed as Delete within 48 hours. —68.239.79.82 08:51, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

What is there for this noticeboard to do? As a member of a national legislature, he is automatically notable. The only way to make further progress on this article would be with the aid of detailed research. I'd be in favor of closing this issue, unless someone can go through the history and find that the subject actually removed critical material. It would be good to see the Publications section expanded so that the individual references are more complete. EdJohnston 01:07, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

I took it to WP:RFCN, I don't know what other forum would be appropriate. RJASE1 ^Talk 04:04, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Username has been blocked pending verification of identity to the Foundation. RJASE1 ^Talk 12:16, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Dylan Verrechia

• Dylan Verrechia (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)
• Tijuana Makes Me Happy (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)
• Tijuana (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)
• Dylanverrechia (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)
• Jameslefkowitz (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)

The majority of edits of this article are done by an editor with the name User:Dylanverrechia. Most of the editors edits in Dylan Verrechia, Tijuana, and Tijuana Makes Me Happy seem more like advertising for his movie than anything else. XinJeisan 22:39, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

I am unsure if the Dylan Verrechia is notable or not, so I put on the notability tag, however the editor User:Dylanverrechia removed the tag. I don't have anything against this person, and his movie seems to be quite good and important, but he shouldn't be using Wikipedia for advertising for himself. XinJeisan 17:43, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

I've made some edits for style, adding tags and stub-sorting as well. He appears to be notable, but the article may need a re-write. Bearian 01:52, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

User:Jameslefkowitz, who has a user name which is the same as the one listed as a producer for Mr. Verrechia, has deleted the COI and notability templates on Dylan Verrechia without comment.XinJeisan 17:40, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Avatar Records

• Avatar Records (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)
• Avatar2k (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)

The above user is the author and primary editor. Something strange going on also with insertion and removal of criticism, and legal issues. RJASE1 ^Talk 12:48, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

76.80.217.28 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) has posted on Avatar2k's talk page (they may be the same person) admitting to a conflict of interest. However, he says that he is battling 164.47.92.126 (talk · contribs)'s posting of "untrue, unverified, slanderous, libelous material" in the article. nadav (talk) 02:49, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Yes, see also my talk page for more information on this. RJASE1 ^Talk 12:52, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Yes, and it needs to be wikified, so I put a tag on it for that. Bearian 17:01, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Orient Thai Airlines

• Orient Thai Airlines (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)
• One-Two-GO Airlines (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) (a subsidiary)
• Orient-thai (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) - Blocked.
• Fly12go (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) - Blocked.

Apparent PR editing by company rep. RJASE1 ^Talk 13:54, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

All spam reverted. MER-C 03:13, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Blocked, indefinitely, along with Fly12go (talk · contribs). May return, so leaving this open for a while. MER-C 12:56, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Cogswell College

• Cogswell College (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

A few anonymous editors (and even an editor who don't sign in) seem to be making the article into a PR page. I have added a POV-check stamp on the page.

I'm assuming they are not signing in, so they won't be identified, if they are part of the college.--Joel Lindley 03:31, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Which IPs? It's better if they're anonymous, because we can whois and RDNS them. MER-C 13:42, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

First of all, the IP appears to be from a law firm in Chicago while the college is in California. Second of all, it is you Joel Lindley that has the conflict of interest in this it appears. From this link that you keep adding to the article, you'll find this opinion authored by "joel1975" who identifies himself as Joel Kirk. Eerily similar to your user page, Joel Lindley, where you identify yourself as Joel Kirk and that your birth date is in 1975. Further, in that opinion you write that you filed a complaint with the Better Business Bureau which you also kept linking to in the article. So, it appears that you're the one with the conflict here. Metros 14:08, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

I added a couple of tags to this one, too. Bearian 17:05, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Ragging

Noraggingfoundation (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) Wikipedia:WikiProject Spam/UserReports/Noraggingfoundation and Noragging (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) Wikipedia:WikiProject Spam/UserReports/Noragging are performing POV edits on Ragging. Amongst the edits are adding links to their own organisation, deleting information (with references; diff). Some of the edits are really strange, adding facts with fact-tags (diff), or several {{db-spam}} tags diff and undirected attack remarks: diff.

• Ragging (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)
• No Ragging Foundation (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)
• no2ragging.org: Linksearch en - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - Meta: SRB-XWiki - COIBot-XWiki - Eagle's spam report search • Interwiki link search, big: 20 - 57 • Linkwatcher: search • Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: search • Veinor pages • meta • Yahoo: backlinks • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.org • DomainsDB.net • Alexa • OnSameHost.com • WhosOnMyServer.com

Two IPs who may be involved:

• 122.167.105.84 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) (122.167.0.0/17; Broadband service in India)
• 59.93.245.32 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) (59.88.0.0-59.99.255.255, National Internet Backbone of India)

--Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 18:13, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

The links deleted were generated not for reference ( each one takes to a single site www.noragging.com/... )but for increasing their traffic.

Ragging in India is a serious problem that has taken at least 22 lives since 2000. It has also left hundreds injured and many more have been brutally tortured.

Even before the recent order of the Honbl. Supreme Court of India, several organizations were formed by volunteers to stand against ragging. CURE, Stopragging and No Ragging Foundation are those organizations.

Some organizations like CURE, that runs only online works, has earned much site traffic to their site from wikipedia...

whereas No Ragging Foundation has kept itself busy with activities like helping victims or like organizing awareness drives.

Now some volunteers want to let people know that organizations like the No Ragging Foundation is providing Real support to victims, as far as possible... this would help many victims and/or families.

But repeated, intentional and jealous attacks on the information and links provided by the No Ragging Foundation is really unfortunate.

If Wikipedia considers it to be spam, so is Coalition to Uproot Ragging from Education (CURE)... but when it is found that No Ragging Foundation links are replaced by CURE links... it is really unfortunate acts of jealousy.

Warm regards,

Noragging 19:24, 4 June 2007 (UTC)NoRagging

I blocked Noraggingfoundation for its username suggesting a role account before seeing this report. woops -- lucasbfr ^talk 20:34, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

User:Danngala

• Gustave Baumann (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)
• Danngala (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)

I have fired a warning shot over COI & SPAM, plus copyvio of images and text might well be an issue. See bottom here re name, and here re text of Gustave Baumann. contributions here. The gallery also covers Hayter. Incidentally I don't have an issue with the notability of GB. Johnbod 00:09, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Notability looks fine. I've expanded and wikified the Gustave Baumann article, using more sources so that it no longer relies solely on the Annex Galleries. Gordonofcartoon 22:59, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Overton Loyd

→ See also: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Overton Loyd

• Overton Loyd (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)
• Overvision (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)

Extensive autobiographical editing by article subject. RJASE1 ^Talk 21:13, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

• While I don't justify today's COI editing, please don't judge him by the number of his edits because most them have been minor. For example, his 7 edits on June 5 were an effort to create a single external link. In a similar vein, with his first 6 edits today he created 3 references to some of his published work. Since being informed of WP's COI policy, he has reverted all of his edits except 2 external links that I don't think are COI. — Malik Shabazz (Talk | contribs) 22:25, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Agreed. Subject appears quite willing to work within WP:COI now that he has been informed of it. I don't think this notice is necessary, but am unsure of how to "close" it or whether an administrator is required for that. -Pete 20:49, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

New urbanism edits by a marketing person

• Antoinette Panton (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)
• New urbanism (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) - User:Antoinette Panton edited this article, adding a URL and some info for a new development. Panton appears on Google as a press/marketing person for other developments in South Africa, such as [10] and [11] AW 16:28, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

This case is stale. The user has been warned, and the COI edits reverted. YechielMan 03:03, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

Gerson therapy

• Gerson therapy (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)
• Howard Straus (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)
• 71.149.253.70 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) - 1 edit
• 69.225.131.72 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) - removed "criticism" three times

Article on controversial therapy being edited by Gerson's grandson, biographer and promoter. Tearlach 21:50, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

I hvae tagged this again, after an edit war has started. Bearian 19:03, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

No COI edits or edit warring since 5 June. — Athaenara ✉ 23:59, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

Trax FM

→ See also: Trax FM (section 18) in COI/N Archive 9

• Trax FM (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)
• Lincs FM (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)
• 217.33.92.186 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) - I reported this IP to the noticeboard before about edits made to Lincs FM Group articles (the owner of Trax FM) who is deleting verifiable information from the article. The same anon editor has also now deleted information about a rival station from the Worksop article as well. The anon user's IP address is registered to the Lincs FM Group (source). Because of the editors deletion of verifiable information with no explaination or attempt at conflict resolution, and due to what I believed is a continuing conflict of interest, I am resubmitting this to the noticeboard. --tgheretford (talk) 07:42, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

• 86.6.161.91 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) +
• 86.29.236.83 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) +
• 86.151.176.13 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) removed some of the same information. The article has semi-protection until 11 June. — Athaenara ✉ 05:25, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

(Which has expired.) — A. ✉ 11:25, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

User Catanich (2)

→ See also: User Catanich (1) (section #20) in COI/N Archive 8

• Catanich (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)
• See also 71.252.185.90 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)
• See also 71.252.164.87 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)

This user was previously indef-blocked for writing promotional articles as a business, with an indef-block notice on the user page. Received the following comment:

This foolish user has wrecked his reputation. If you Google for "Catanich Internet Marketing," the name of his business, a very ugly result shows up from his Wikipedia user page. It would be a good deed to delete or rename his user page (with permission, of course). Your block will prevent the user from damaging Wikipedia further, but we should not vindictively destroy his business. Do you understand the problem here? For the record, I've never communicated with this person. I don't know him at all. Jehochman ^Talk 04:15, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

Did a quick Google search on "Catanich Internet Marketing" and notice that there are various other references to our action. I am amenable to restoring the status quo ante on this one if possible/appropriate (so long as the outfit doesn't provide paid services involving Wikipedia) but would appreciate input on how to proceed here. --Shirahadasha 04:26, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

Catanich has complained that Wikipedia is wrecking his business. We should listen to this complaint because it is seriously affecting him in real life. I suggest:

1. Get a statement from Catanich that there will be no more abuse of Wikipedia. He now knows the consequences.
2. Unblock Catanich so he can change his user name to something else. This will most likely prevent his user page from showing up in Google searches for his name.
3. I volunteer to monitor this user to make sure there is no more trouble. As a professional SEO, one of the main contributors to the COI guideline, and a frequent contributor to this board, I don't think he will get away with anything while I am watching.

Thank you for considering this. Jehochman ^Talk 04:47, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

"Wrecking his business"? All that's happened is that the search results in Google accurately reflect the fact that he has been using Wikipedia for promotional services. The user was warned repeatedly, and WP:COI mentions the possibility of unintended consequences. Right to vanish doesn't apply to users not in good standing. nadav (talk) 07:47, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

The warnings Catanich actually saw were for copyvio. Catanich didn't make any edits between this COI warning,[12] and his block.[13], so he makes a fair point when he says "Your 'articles on behalf of clients' policy was unknown to me and I will abide to this in the future".[14] If Catanich demonstrates that he understands our content policies, and unequivocally agrees to follow them, he should be unblocked so he can exercise the right to vanish. This would be a great kindness by us. Jehochman ^Talk 14:06, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

Ok, fair enough. nadav (talk) 15:26, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

Note: references to the company (full name) in talk pages discussing the incident would also come up in various internet searches, although only until the various talk pages are archived. Best, --Shirahadasha 17:08, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

The User and User talk pages are his main problem. The keyword, his name, appears in the title of those page, which is the main factor that will drive them to the top of the search rankings. Jehochman ^Talk 17:36, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

Woah woah woah! I have no objection to letting the guy cover his tracks, but you should all be aware that he received a warning for using WP for promotional and advertising purposes a mere 14 minutes after creating his account! It was over a month later that he set about posting / editing about a dozen articles to add references to his paying clients, which elicited to my copyvio tags, which led to his assertion / admission that he had permission to use the copied text because the subjects were clients of his firm. This was not a good faith / novice error, as contended by the editor. Be that as it may, I don't think he'll try it again, and hopefully this will deter others similarly situated from doing the same, so there's no reason to make the guy suffer further. Let's allow him to vanish, not because he's innocent, but because we're reasonable and forgiving people. --Butseriouslyfolks 18:41, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

I have left a note offering this option in User talk:Catanich#Your request to unblock --Shirahadasha 17:23, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

As things currently stand the user has left a message on User Talk:Catanich requesting to vanish, but has not agreed to the statement I've asked him to agree to as a condition for unblocking, so I haven't unblocked. User:Jehochman has left a note reminding the user that agreeing to the condition is needed to proceed further. It might be worth having an outside admin review the statement I've requested this user to make in order to unblock to ensure that this whole approach, and the particular wording, is appropriate. Best, --Shirahadasha 18:36, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

How/where was this resolved? — Athaenara ✉ 14:30, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

I would like to appoligize to Wiki for continuing to edit, but since the Wiki Editors continue to use my name in their article, comments and aggressive statements, I feel you should know what effects it has had on me. May I please state that you have now cost me my job from the company I was working for as their employee (Not the one they continue to reference).

Both User:Butseriouslyfolks and User:Shirahadasha never took the time to verify their facts as being accurate or truthful. Senior editors should review this incident because these editors have used the Wiki as a weapon against some one and has harmed him greatly. Wiki, how can you be so unhuman. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.252.164.87 (talk • contribs)

This is block evasion by User:71.252.164.87. For the record, User:Catanich was offered the right to vanish if he would simply confirm acceptance of Wikipedia's policies. Jehochman ^Talk 23:48, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

He seems to have vanished. Closing this one. Jehochman ^Talk 03:59, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Raritan Computer

→ See also: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Raritan Computer (result was keep)

• Raritan1 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) - November 2006 to present
• 72.236.162.50 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) - June/October 2006, January 2007
• 72.236.162.51 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) - June/September 2006
• 72.236.162.58 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) - December 2006
• Vsevolod4 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) - Wrote first version June 2006

• Raritan Computer (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) - I recently gave a 3O on this article related to 'advertising'. It was written by the company VP and is being edited by a company employee and at least one outside (neutral) editor. The article is almost 1 year old and there are no external/verifiable sources provided in the article. It was suggested that I post this here to obtain additional eyes-on. Lsi john 23:07, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

• The editor seems to have stopped making COI edits. I've prod'ed the article because there's nothing there except a regurgitation of the corporate website. Jehochman ^Talk 19:55, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

• Oops, it had survived AfD a while back. How did that happen? This article should probably be nominated a second time because there's nothing there worth keeping. Jehochman ^Talk 20:04, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Charles Bennison

→ See also: Charles Bennison section in BLP/N Archive 18

• Barbaraalton (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)

Charles Bennison (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) - User:Barbaraalton is apparently* under the employ of the church and been tasked to eliminate negative information in this biography[15] - an activity she has undertaken repeatedly.[16]. She's received several talk page warnings.

• This assumes that this account isn't just a Joe job. Rklawton 00:45, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

I archived the Charles Bennison BLP/N section because the last post in it (twelve days ago) said BLP issues had been resolved. This report suggests that they were not. Should I return it from the archive to the active BLP noticeboard? — Athaenara ✉ 04:44, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Judging by the post-rewrite edit history and talk page discussion, I don't see an active dispute about the content of this article -- a least not any that would require relisting at WP:BLP/N. It appears User:Barbaraalton is the only editor actively opposing the inclusion of this material, but she (presuming she's who she appears to be): a) has an apparent WP:COI, and b) doesn't participate in the talk page discussion or respond to messages on her user talk page, and so would be unlikely to participate in the BLP noticeboard discussion either (I notified her of it when I initiated that discussion and tagged the article BLPC).

As Rklawton points out, the account could be a joe job. I tend to think not, primarily because her first edit[17] doesn't look like something someone trying to discredit the spoofee would undertake. But if it is a joe job, the editor is a vandal; if it isn't, then User:Barbaraalton oughtn't to be editing Charles Bennison because of the WP:COI. Either way, this unresponsive WP:SPA probably has no business editing Charles Bennison. --Rrburke^(talk) 16:45, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

I posted comments/notes on the talk page of Charles Bennison and on User:Barbaraalton's talkpage, regarding edits. I made some wiki edits, and may edit further. I am a member of ECUSA, and happen to agree with him on stances, but I don't know the Bishop personally. Bearian 19:41, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

No edits by Special:Contributions/Barbaraalton since 31 hour block on 14 June. — Athaenara ✉ 23:59, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

Arthur W. (Nick) Arundel

• Arthur W. (Nick) Arundel (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)
• Times Community Newspapers (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)
• Tarundel (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)

I suspect this article is being written/edited by a relative. RJASE1 ^Talk 02:37, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

• I agree. Both articles should probably face the wrath of AFD. I'm not sure I'm in the mood to send them there now. The editor has a long history of COI editing in various articles (not just those two) and needs to be cautioned again. YechielMan 02:50, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

No edits by Special:Contributions/Tarundel in past two weeks. — Athaenara ✉ 23:59, 21 June 2007 (UTC)