Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard/Archive 7

[edit] Roberto Valente (history|Watchlist this article|unwatch) [watchlist?]

A new user, Sygun (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log), has recently created an article on an artist called Roberto Valente. He has also started an article on the Sygun Museum in Wales. There's an ebay seller called museumofwales selling a lot of work by Valente as surplus items from Sygun. I'm concerned there may be a COI here. Another artist mentioned in the Sygun article (Miney Todd) was added to the Viyella article but has now been removed. --HJMG 16:32, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Links added to your post. I'm surprised they've got anything much left in the museum; the chief Google hit (5000+) for "Sygun Museum of Wales" is eBay! I've tidied and tried to source the Sygun articles, and asked User:Sygun what's going on [1]. Tearlach 17:00, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

This one has gone cold. No reply or further edits from User:Sygun, just the talk page blanked and message "not connected, just visited a few times" from an IP. I've sourced Sygun Copper Mine and proposed Roberto Valente for deletion for lack of RS. Tearlach 10:46, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Deletion date is here if any admin cares to oblige. Tearlach 08:15, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Jonathan Langton (history|Watchlist this article|unwatch) [watchlist?]

• Jonathan Langton (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs), an article about an English First Class Cricketer born in 1980, was written by Jlangton80. I have left him a note about the article. Sam Blacketer 14:17, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Since the article has no external sources and a quick Google search turns up nothing, go ahead and speedy as a hoax.[2] Durova^Charge! 21:36, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
    • Likewise nothing in NewsBank (including "Jonathan Langton" and "Jon Langton"). Nominated for speedy delete. Tearlach 22:07, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] CafeJava (talk · contribs)

Adding links to a review website called Cafe Java - see contribs. RJASE1 ^Talk 03:47, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

All already gone, see Special:Linksearch/http://cafejava.co.nr/. MER-C 03:51, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Username indef blocked as promotional. RJASE1 ^Talk 12:47, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sail Labs Technology (history|Watchlist this article|unwatch) [watchlist?]

Saillabs (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) - looks like corporate vanity, but includes notability claims. RJASE1 ^Talk 14:34, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

It turned out to be a copyvio. MER-C 03:54, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bailey C. Moseley (history|Watchlist this article|unwatch) [watchlist?]

Bchrismoseley (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) - suspect article written by article subject or by a family member. RJASE1 ^Talk 04:02, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

Naah: it's straight off the Texas Courts Online bio. I assume that makes it public domain? Tearlach 04:23, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

Only works by the US federal government are public domain. Hence this one is easy to deal with. Not quite a speedy, as not everyone knows the difference between the two. MER-C 04:44, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Rapid Eye Movement Therapy (history|Watchlist this article|unwatch) [watchlist?]

AnetteMartinsen (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) - author created and is sole substantial editor on this subject, in which it seems she is heavily involved. There do seem to be other webpages about it so it may have a case for notability, but I think it needs a lot of cleanup if it not simply to serve as an advert for her own discipline. Lou.weird 15:34, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

I've speedied the page as copyvio from this person's website. Durova^Charge! 16:25, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Michael Jonzun (history|Watchlist this article|unwatch) [watchlist?]

• Michael Jonzun (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) -
• Auditionradio (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) - A massive copyvio edit was made to the above article using material from the website AuditionRadio.com. On the article talk page, the above user admitted to being the spouse of the article subject.//RJASE1 ^Talk 23:51, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

User Auditionradio has not edited since the day of this report. Does the issue need more attention on the noticeboard or may it be archived? — Athænara ✉ 22:16, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Institute of Noetic Sciences (history|Watchlist this article|unwatch) [watchlist?] and Dean Radin (history|Watchlist this article|unwatch) [watchlist?]

• Dradin (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) Editor seems to be Dean Radin, a member of this organiziation and mentioned in the article. He has been revert warring, removing material which is critical to the organization but all completely attributed and sourced. --Minderbinder 15:42, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Editor has been continuing POV edits on both articles, could someone take a look? --Minderbinder 14:15, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Dradin's last edit was April 7. Is there more for COI/N to do? — Athænara ✉ 22:24, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] David Bradstreet (history|Watchlist this article|unwatch) [watchlist?]

David Bradstreet (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) was created and has almost exclusively been edited by Davidbradstreet (talk · contribs). I have asked him whether he is the same as the subject of the article. Sam Blacketer 17:39, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

No edits since the day of this report—more to be done here? — Athænara ✉ 22:28, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

The article has been tagged for {{COI2}} + {{Cleanup}} + {{Wikify}}. These should attract the NPOV editing it needs. — Æ. ✉ 23:49, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sami A. Aldeeb (history|Watchlist this article|unwatch) [watchlist?]

• Sami A. Aldeeb (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)
• Sami aldeeb (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) - User is adding extensive career information to this article, making it look like a resume. RJASE1 ^Talk 04:14, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

• Vanispamcruftisement reverted. MER-C 04:44, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

Second noticeboard section

Sami A. Aldeeb (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)
Sami aldeeb (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) - this article was just removed from the noticeboard not long ago, and he's back editing his own article again. I left him another, more strongly worded, message. RJASE1 ^Talk 04:39, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Full protected the article for one month. This is more serious than the MIT professor example above: continued COI violations after two different editors left cautions at the user talk page, an uploaded image deleted for copyright problems, and generally a lower quality article with no other contributions at all. One week userblock. Durova^Charge! 08:39, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Preston Council election 2007 (history|Watchlist this article|unwatch) [watchlist?]

• Preston Council election 2007 (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)
• RickSeymour (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log), apparently a candidate in this election, is modifying the article - not just his own section, but apparently those of some of his opponents as well. RJASE1 ^Talk 22:03, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

I was updating the names of the other candidates inline with the council quoted names as per in addition to adding a link to my policies http://www.preston.gov.uk/elections/ElectionWard.asp?ward=93

(sorry for the number of posts... i'm just getting used to wiki)

Replied at user's talk page. Probably more his problem than ours. Durova^Charge! 04:40, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Totally agree that any future posts will be put in the talk section... case closed? RickSeymour 07:21, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Sure, as long as there are no further problems. Regards, Durova^Charge! 15:05, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] George Church (history|Watchlist this article|unwatch) [watchlist?]

George Church (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) is the main author of and contributor to this article. Even redirects his user page to his Wikipedia article. RJASE1 ^Talk 13:18, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

The subject of the article is clearly notable. He probably should not redirect his user page in this way. I see that a COI warning has already been placed on his Talk page. For an example of a scientist-contributor who found a good solution for his user page, see User:Felsenst. EdJohnston 00:26, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

Ahhh - I don't know what he's doing now. First he blanked the page (perhaps an attempt to userfy?), which was bot-reverted, then he removed the maintenance tags and added additional reference material. I've re-added the COI tag and left him another message. RJASE1 ^Talk 12:36, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

I left a further message with a longer explanation. EdJohnston 17:20, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Discussions continue. I think he'll go along with our system, once he figures it out. Anyone want to look at the current state of the article and give their opinion? At first glance it seems well-sourced. Though it reads a bit like a resume there is no promotional fluff that I can see. And the references even have PubMed IDs! What more could we ask? EdJohnston 22:56, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Durova has checked the article and removed the COI banner. Good feelings all round. Can we close this COI now? EdJohnston 02:52, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

I agree - please close. RJASE1 ^Talk 02:58, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sail Labs Technology (history|Watchlist this article|unwatch) [watchlist?]

Desertson (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) - This is the second time this article has been up here. The first time the article was speedied and the author's username was blocked as promotional. Now the article has been created for the third time; the speedy deletion is contested and has been for a while. The author admits to being an employee but just cannot seem to understand they should not be doing this (see their talk page). Would appreciate another person weighing in, thanks. RJASE1 ^Talk 15:58, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Deleted once again (three deletions already). Perhaps next time we can add some WP:SALT. MER-C 02:58, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] E6B (history|Watchlist this article|unwatch) [watchlist?]

E6B (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) - I posted an external link to the online E-6B applet that I created. I didn't know about the conflict of interest rules at the time. I recently posted the issue at the discussion page, but it is very inactive. I would like a third party to check if it is an appropriate external link or not. Sancho 16:29, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your candor. It would have been better to have posted that link to the talk page and waited for other editors to evaluate it. Since this doesn't appear to be part of some general self-promotional campaign or traffic-raising attempt I have no objection. Cheers, Durova^Charge! 05:10, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

I agree. MER-C 06:15, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Dr. Richard Aldrich (history|Watchlist this article|unwatch) [watchlist?]

→ See also: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dr. Richard Aldrich

Dr. Richard Aldrich (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) -- Only non-bot edits made by User:Kyle Thomas, and the article talks for more than half its length about Kyle Thomas and his compatriot. Dr. Aldrich is mentioned only tangentially. --HubHikari 09:11, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Harry Partch (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) could also do with some attention, as the user in question claims to have been his next door neighbor. MER-C 12:59, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Aldrich has a malformed article title and this article is the only hit on either the structure or the person. The museum is a private group without its own domain. AfDed as NN and failing BIO. MSJapan 18:04, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

The Partch article is pretty neutral, all things considered. The info matches the externals without being copyvio, and notability is established. It probably only needs some cleanup to remove hyperbole. MSJapan 18:12, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Agreed. I'm familiar with Partch's music (I have a copy of Partch's book Genesis of a Music). The article is in reasonable shape though it could use some polishing and even some expansion in places, e.g., his emphasis on rational scales. Raymond Arritt 20:06, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] National Karate Champions (history|Watchlist this article|unwatch) [watchlist?]

• Jodyjohn (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) - has already been arguing on AfD about Andy Curtiss, and is using this article and others (as evidenced by contribs) to boost "notability" of selfsame articles (basically "X is notable if it is mentioned in another WP article"). A bit messy, but the best solution would be to speedy everything. MSJapan 02:03, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
  • I've issued a 24 hour userblock and recommended WP:ADOPT to this editor. Durova^Charge! 22:00, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Tableau Software (history|Watchlist this article|unwatch) [watchlist?]

• Tableau Software (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)/VizQL (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) - first is clearly a page where the user is self involved, the second one was created by the same user, same style, seems like another program the user is involved in. Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 23:04, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

The editor has already been indef blocked and both articles are being speedied. Durova^Charge! 08:31, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] glacsy (history|Watchlist this article|unwatch) [watchlist?]

• Glacsy (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) - Not sure if notable, speedied. Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 08:10, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

• Yep, it's gone. Spam. MER-C 11:34, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Golden Lane Estate (history|Watchlist this article|unwatch) [watchlist?]

* Goldenlane (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) has written most of this article seeing the edit history of Golden Lane Estate. Coibot caught 18 in the time it was online (m:User:COIBot/UserReports/Goldenlane). Not sure what to do with this. --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 09:59, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Withdrawn. Seems to be a 'fan' editing this article. Could use some references, though. --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 12:32, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Matthew Joseph Harrington (history|Watchlist this article|unwatch) [watchlist?]

→ See also: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Matthew Joseph Harrington.

Matthew Joseph Harrington (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) is reverting perfectly good edits to his own article, which was botlisted here earlier. MSJapan 22:25, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

{{COI2}} and {{wikify}} tags applied. His notability as an SF author looks very weak. Sole output I can find is two stories in a shared-universe book Man-Kzin Wars XI. Tearlach 23:46, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

On reflection, AFD is even more appropriate. Tearlach 00:01, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] James M. Davis (history|Watchlist this article|unwatch) [watchlist?]

→ See also: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James M. Davis.

Jdavisesq (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) is the creator and main editor of this article, which seems extremely vanispamcrufty. It does, however, have claims of notability and references, which seems to rule out a speedy. Sending to AfD. RJASE1 ^Talk 23:16, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Long Way Round (history|Watchlist this article|unwatch) [watchlist?]

• Long Way Round (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) -
• MDennett (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) is extremely keen to include an unsourced reference to "International SOS", a commercial organisation [3] he claims was paid a fee for involvement with the Long Way Round project. MDennet first added this in early November 2006, revisited it later that month, and has returned now. MDennet has asserted that he was involved in said deal [4] , and that the lack of any sources to verify this fact is not a problem, as we can just ring him or his friends up and ask. Neither the 388 page book nor 10 episode TV / DVD series make any mention of this organisation. He came perilously close to 3RR this evening, and continues to argue the point on his talk page. The account is single purpose, with the only edit other than on this issue being creation of a speedily deleted auto-bio in mainspace. His latest rebuttal of my attempt to enforce policy is that as Ewan McGregor and I are both Scottish, perhaps I (and presumably the 4,999,999 other Scots) have the conflict of interest?? // Deiz talk 13:51, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

are both Scottish

So am I, partially, so it's a clear conspiracy. But no, whether there's a COI or not, WP:NOR makes "we can just ring him or his friends up and ask" completely unacceptable as a source. Only a third-party published source will do. Tearlach 15:51, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

I agree that if MDennett (talk · contribs) was involved in the deal then he has a conflict of interest. You might want to leave a note about this issue on the Talk page of the article itself. You might also ask MDennett to clarify further his role in the Long Way Round project. I did not find his name on the longwayround.com web site. EdJohnston 21:39, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Out of interest, there is a Martin Dennett [5], Business Development Director for Energy, Mining and Infrastructure at International SOS. Tearlach 12:51, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

I hope he feels great about this edit then. Deiz talk 13:49, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

I've left a uw-coi warning on User talk:MDennett. Hopefully he will get the message. Jehochman (^Talk/_Contrib) 03:27, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Marko Kitti (history|Watchlist this article|unwatch) [watchlist?]

Marko Kitti (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) is an article about a (seemingly) very minor Finnish author that I removed a couple of POV sentences from shortly after its creation. It was created, and almost exclusively edited, by Mustepullo (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log), to whom I also dropped a line about encyclopedic language etc. Notice that this is a single-purpose account.

I recently checked back to see if this article had been improved and found that Mustepullo had added quite a few interwiki links to it. I checked a few of the other articles to see if they contained any more information that could possibly be translated to make the article less stubbish. It seems that every single one of them, nine non-English languages in all, were created by the same username, Mustepullo. I think we have a case of long-term, cross-language COI abuse. LeaHazel : talk : contribs 01:56, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Well, darn me. A remarkable coincidence that in all the world, in all the online listings of Finnish websites, here at Fennica.net Mustepullo Graphics and Marko Kitti are adjacent. Tearlach 02:14, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Shocker! What are we going to do about this? Issue a cross-language warning? Recruit from Wikipedia:Translation? LeaHazel : talk : contribs 12:25, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Call him with a saucer of milk? Tearlach 23:18, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

I copyedited and wikified it today. The {{Unreferenced}} tag remains—English language reviews of Finnish books are scarce, though the publisher cited some. This BLP subject (who purportedly has done internet graphic design) is nowhere named on Mustepullo Graphics as far as I could find, though user Mustepullo (no edits since March 5) may have been him or his employer. At any rate, in light of all this, I have provisionally removed the {{COI}} tag. — Athænara ✉ 22:11, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Patricia Vance (history|Watchlist this article|unwatch) [watchlist?]

Resolved.

• Patricia Vance (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)
• Patriciavance (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) - Making extensive unsourced biographical edits to the above article. RJASE1 ^Talk 17:45, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

I am more concerned about what looks like a PR agency job on Entertainment Software Rating Board and a bunch of related articles, including this one. I need to do more digging. This looks like a real mess. Jehochman (^Talk/_Contrib) 19:10, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

I haven't come up with any solid evidence, so I am going to move on to the next case. This article seems to be in reasonable shape and the user seems to be cooperative.Jehochman (^talk/_contrib) 06:55, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Mercio Pereira Gomes (history|Watchlist this article|unwatch) [watchlist?]

• Template:Article:Mercio Pereira Gomes
• Mercio Gomes (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) - Rewrote the above article to remove all criticism, add resume, and link to his own website/blogs. RJASE1 ^Talk 21:41, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

I reverted, and removed an unsourced accusation per WP:BLP from the previous version, which needs a deal of work on neutrality. Tearlach 02:45, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Ugh. It's going to be a difficult one: controversial figure. IP editor 201.9.208.247 (talk · contribs) (tracking to Rio de Janeiro) also seems pretty focused on reverting to the Mercio Gomes version. On balance, it is the more factual version, but completely whitewashes out the criticisms. Tearlach 22:18, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

I've semiprotected the article for a month. Not sure what else to do with this. Durova^Charge! 16:45, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Leviton (history|Watchlist this article|unwatch) [watchlist?]

Resolved.

• Leviton (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)
• Krieglax23 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) - Article has been around since 2004, but I didn't see any non-spamming version of it in the history. Although it is certainly a notable company, I nominated it for speedy deletion per G11 because I really didn't feel that there was anything salvagable without a massive re-write. User removed speedy tag and replaced with {{hangon}}. Now the user has removed that. There has also been recent patent litigation as well. Rookwood^{Dept. of Mysteries} 02:07, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
  • The article probably won't get deleted because the company appears to be notable. Serious concerns to exist on the basis of multiple policies. I've semiprotected it for a month and blocked a single purpose account for a month. Edit ruthlessly to remove the PRese and follow up with additional requests if necessary. Durova^Charge! 21:49, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
• I agree the company is notable - walk down the electrical isle at Home Depot. I have a whole house structured wiring system by them. I dunno how to clean the article tho. — RevRagnarok ^{Talk Contrib} 22:13, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Put the advert and/or cleanup tags on it, delete unsourced information that reads like a PR brochure, reword other stuff to be more neutral and less promotional. Durova^Charge! 00:50, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

I've hacked out the PR and unsourced stuff. A number of good editors seem to be on the scene. Jehochman (^talk/_contrib) 08:56, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Dimitrilaunder (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)

→ See also: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dimitri launder

• Dimitri launder (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)
  
• Area 10 Project Space Peckham (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)
  
• Kollaborators (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)
  

The above user's edits are all to either his own article or to projects with which he is associated (except for wikilinking those articles in other places). The user states here that he is aware of the conflict of interest, but the articles all seem promotional in nature to me. RJASE1 ^Talk 23:00, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

The chief problem is a huge linkfarm that's well in breach of WP:LINKS and WP:NOT. I've moved it to Talk:Area 10 Project Space Peckham for scrutiny. Tearlach 00:20, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Hmmm, it seems he has replied to your concerns by simply adding the linkfarm back into the article. RJASE1 ^Talk 04:50, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

thanks for the feedback guys, what i would prefer to use is a 'box' as such re: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadie_Coles_HQ 'young british artists' rather than what you term as a 'link farm' soory for any offense. I am learning ettiquette as i attempt to engage with wikipedia...Do you think you could help me making such a 'Box' ? In reference to the nature of the article it is all in reference to our applied status as Charity..which is the only way such artist run spaces can exist in the middle of the metropolis. Arguabbly our space is a 'networked', practice: without the people (like wikipedia) it would cease to grow and exist even so this element of the article is essential..(please excuse any typos its 6am) Dimitrilaunder (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)

Deletion discussion here. MER-C 06:16, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Above-listed articles were all deleted at AfD. Does anyone object if we close this issue? EdJohnston 17:06, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Shadowyze (history|Watchlist this article|unwatch) [watchlist?]

• Lojah (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) - this user is an associate of the article subject, and despite showing him a failure to meet WP:N and WP:MUSIC (which he accused me of making up!), keeps asserting notability with trivial coverage, and thinks he can decide which policies apply to him and his article and which don't. Since AfD voting has dropped off all over the AfD pages, this article will probably be kept as no consensus, which is why it needs to be looked at. MSJapan 21:29, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Additionally, he won't even let a heading correction per policy stand. MSJapan 03:15, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

If it gets hardly any votes because of the holiday, you can always relist.

There's a clear COI. Lojah's bio on people.tribe.net says "Lojah's professional debut was writing and performing with Shadowyze on his 2001 SOAR release, Spirit Warrior ... Lojah is currently performing with Shadowyze in the southern circuit".

And Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shadowyze and User talk:MSJapan#Shadowyze shows a lot wrong in his general editing conduct: Original research and failure to abide by WP:COI ("Wikipedia does recognize first-hand resources such as witnesses to an event, which I am also ... There really is no conflict of interest ... simply because I happen to have been fortunate to work with Shadowyze - that’s what makes me a primary resource"); personal attacks; evident belief in article ownership, and canvassing (see edit history Apr 3 20:00 onward) against the Shadowyze AFD.

Check out Tom Bee too. Tearlach 04:15, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Check out Curvedtalk (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) - listed as a suspected sockpuppet here. LeaHazel : talk : contribs 12:59, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

--I have no sockpuppets. This is circumstantial at best and I believe it is slanderous. Lojah 23:04, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Sitution needs watching. AFD closed with "keep and rewrite to avoid COi" as consensus, but Lojah appears to be taking a closing assessment - that there is no specific ban on his editing [6] - as permission to edit. Tearlach 00:24, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Please watch the situation. The FACT that there is no specific ban on my freedom to edit this article is proof of my 'permission,' as you put it to edit the article. Until there is a clear RULE that says I absolutely can not edit the article then I am perfectly within my rights. Lojah 04:09, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Also note this statement, left on my talk page as well as his: I also believe that User:Curvedtalk is a sock puppet of you, created to incriminate me. I now return you to your regularly scheduled 'trolling' on Wikipedia. Lojah 00:50, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

I think we can throw AGF out the window at this point. This situation needs to be nipped in the bud. MSJapan 04:44, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Looking at the latest at User_talk:MSJapan#Shadowyze. I think he's sooner or later going to fall foul of a lot of policies. I think a warning is already due for WP:NPA. Of course it's all our racist bias against against Native American activists - not bias against people who come into a collaborative communirty and think none of its conventions apply to them, and write great screeds arguing the toss about it. Tearlach 16:41, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Rethink. I'm coming round to thinking this may be down to misunderstanding (newcomer meets bite-the-newbie). I did some cleanup on the Shadowyze article, and had some perfectly civil discussion with User:Lojah about it. I'd say see how it goes. Tearlach 06:15, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

Considering Lojah commenced the personal attacks (and the types of statements he has made here), "misunderstanding" is a pretty interesting statement. Willful ignorance of policy is not an excuse to PA. The article was in terrible shape, had nothing meeting NN, and sat for a week with no edits when I AfDed it. There was no "bite-the-newbie" involved - Lojah made the initial post on my talkpage telling me I didn't "know the facts about Shadowyze" and that there were "a lot of resources even if I was ignorant of the subject". He also accused me of trolling, more stuff re: ignorance on my part, and told me I created a sock to discredit him when someone else SSPed one of the AfD voters. I always stayed within the bounds of policy; Lojah didn't. The reason you had a civil discussion is because, as he saw it, you implicitly supported his POV. Prod one of his articles and see how civil he remains. MSJapan 17:41, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

OK. I guess I'm probably being a bit too laid-back, not having been on the receiving end of all that. A softly-softly approach just seems to have calmed down that particular situation. If he turns nasty again, I'm happy to help throw the book at him. Tearlach 00:24, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

And now he's admitted he wrote the official bio on Shadowyze's home page. There's no way to justify his sole editorship of that article, because he has both a business and personal relationship with the subject, and any references from Shadowyze's official bio are technically self-published, since Lojah wrote it. Also, as I noted on your talk page, Tearlach, my abstention from editing Shadowyze per Lojah's request should not give him carte blanche to use the Talk page to continue to attack me because he took the AfD personally. MSJapan 16:25, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

No substantial edits to the article after Tearlach's edits almost a week ago, and Lojah has not been active for a week. The majority of the sources as listed still can't be verified (I'm not convinced the coverage is "nontrivial". Out of the mess of sources pasted to my talk page, none have gone into the article, and many are not substantially different from one another. I think it is very bad faith for a user to war over an article and then leave it when he gets his way. MSJapan 04:20, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Troy Newman (history|Watchlist this article|unwatch) [watchlist?]

See also:
Operation Rescue West (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)
Operation Rescue (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Operationrescue (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) editing article on Troy Newman, the founder of the organization. RJASE1 ^Talk 14:06, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

I've rolled back the edits to Troy Newman. It's an old account (that rarely edits) so semiprotection is pointless. Durova^Charge! 15:04, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] MOCHIP (history|Watchlist this article|unwatch) [watchlist?]

→ See also: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/MOCHIP.

• Jokerst44 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) removed Afd notice (subsequently replaced by another editor).

• MOCHIP (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) - Article about Child Identification Program run by Grand Lodge of Missouri, written by Jokerst44, who is a self-proclaimed regional coordinator for the program. Despite civility on my part and quoting of policy, on both the article talk page and his own page, he has proceeded to attack myself and other editors personally rather than supply the requested criteria for notability. Article is at AfD and will likely be kept, but author is clearly too invested to write or behave objectively, even going as far as make accusations quite unbecoming to a member of the Masonic fraternity. MSJapan 04:36, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Further note as a musing: why is it that editors find it easier to blame the messenger than to heed the message? MSJapan 04:36, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

I would recommend mentoring in addition to whatever other action is taken. It's the case of an overzealous user, and I just happened to be the person who disagreed with him. MSJapan 04:52, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

This is quite laughable. I would like to know how I "attacked" others personally. Apparently the word "attacked" is a very subjective term, but hey, most things here seem to be very subjective in nature. I am curious as to what my "accusations" are also. Very interesting terminolgy being chosen here. Funny how some can have opinions, and some can not without it being an accusation or attack. I feel bad for WP in many regards. My "opinion" in that some users feel they are superior to others because they have been here longer, and they are not afraid to let you know this. I read about assuming good faith, but that does not hold true with MSJapan. Again, I gues it would behoove me to point out that this is an opinion and not an attack or accusation. I simply want MSJapan to harrass someone else and not me. End of story. Let it go. Jokerst44 05:01, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

I will note that the editor has WP:OWN issues in considering comments made on the article talk page to be "personal harassment". MSJapan 16:18, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

I will note for about the 10th time, that this is NOT about any article. It is about the continued and unrelenting harrassment by MSJapan. He thinks I have an issue with the article, I do not. I ask you to tell me when was the last time I made a comment about the article in question, other than in response to his prompting. My issue is with the user MSJapan. I want him to leave me alone and stop trying to bait me with continued posts. Again, stop...and let it go. I think it is clear he can not drop the issue without getting in a last word. Jokerst44 17:00, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

To Jokerst44: Please do not misrepresent editors' adherence to policies and guidelines as harrassment. — Athænara ✉ 23:19, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

I don't understand

You made comments about me misrepresenting policies. Can you clarify what you mean by this. I am not taking issue with what you wrote, I just need clarification as to what you are referencing. Thanks. Jokerst44 23:34, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Oh I believe you are referring to MSJapan and the MOCHIP article. With all due respect, I want to put that behind me. We have all worked out the issue as you can see if you read the talk space. I understand you putting in your 2 cents, but in all honesty, I would rather just let it go and not dwell on it after the fact. Thanks. Jokerst44 23:43, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

I placed the above in the talk of a user and it was moved here. I was told that moving things in this manner was wrong. Could someone please clarify this for me? Jokerst44 00:13, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Aideen Barry (history|Watchlist this article|unwatch) [watchlist?]

• Aideenbarry (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) is creator and most recent contributor, including upload of promotional images. RJASE1 ^Talk 13:38, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

No edits since day of report. — Athænara ✉ 01:02, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] MathsIsFun (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)

• Math Is Fun (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)
  
• mathsisfun.com
  

According to his userpage, the editor maintains the above website. (The website article has survived an AfD.) Also, this editor is apparently adding links to his website in various math-related articles. RJASE1 ^Talk 14:05, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

OK, I removed all the mainspace links (over 40 of them) with the exception of the links on the article above. Personally I think it might be time for another AfD on this one. RJASE1 ^Talk 16:42, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

No edits since day after report. — Athænara ✉ 01:02, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Balmoral Hall School (history|Watchlist this article|unwatch) [watchlist?]

• Balmoralhall (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) making massive spammy edits to the article. RJASE1 ^Talk 02:39, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

Reverted. MER-C 03:59, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

No edits since day before report. — Athænara ✉ 01:02, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Filipe Araújo (history|Watchlist this article|unwatch) [watchlist?]

Blablablamedia (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) - The creator's username is the same as the article subject's production company. Nominated for AfD here. RJASE1 ^Talk 03:56, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

The username was blocked as promotional per WP:U. RJASE1 ^Talk 04:13, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] John Vidale (history|Watchlist this article|unwatch) [watchlist?]

• John Vidale (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)
• Vidale (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) - autobiography. RJASE1 ^Talk 20:27, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

The template that's already at the user talk page is probably enough for this one. Probably satisfies notability requirements as an academic and pretty much a neutral and adequately referenced stub. Durova^Charge! 08:00, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Harry Michell (history|Watchlist this article|unwatch) [watchlist?]

Resolved.

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

More autobiographical editing. Notability seems pretty borderline in this case. RJASE1 ^Talk 04:04, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

He didn't create the article. He just fixed a few facts that he must have noticed were wrong. When somebody sees incorrect info about oneself, it's virtually impossible to resist the urge to edit. I see no promotional activity by the subject, and I think his edits were arguably proper. He's been warned about the risks of COI. Let's leave it at that. Jehochman (^talk/_contrib) 01:05, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] List of basic health science topics (history|Watchlist this article|unwatch) [watchlist?]

Resolved. blocked by Ohnoitsjamie

and many other medical pages, such as

• Sleep disorder (history|Watchlist this article|unwatch) [watchlist?]
• Medical malpractice (history|Watchlist this article|unwatch) [watchlist?]

etc.

Editing as:

• Concerned person (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)
• 67.161.198.45 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)
• Thats what u think (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)
• Lets see now (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)
• I thought so (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)
• Snappy al (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)

And creating more socks by the minute.

The user is spamming his anonymous splog throughout medical topics; has reacted violently against me and User:Ohnoitsjamie when reverted, including vandalization of user pages and various cries of censorship and forthcoming Nazi rule on talk pages. Has yet to make a productive edit; vandalizes HagermanBot signatures to hide when he's left behind rants on user talk pages. // THF 15:12, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

Hasn't returned, Special:Linksearch/nomoremyths.ebloggy.com is still empty. Closing. MER-C 06:25, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] BIG Ben Kennedy (history|Watchlist this article|unwatch) [watchlist?]

see also: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/BIG Ben Kennedy
BIG Ben Kennedy (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)
Very strange situation here - look at the contributions for the above user (particularly this one. This user wasn't even the article creator - Sharpie23 (talk · contribs) was. I'm wondering if this isn't a case of impersonation. RJASE1 ^Talk 03:26, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sutakira (history|Watchlist this article|unwatch) [watchlist?]

• User Sutakira (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) has created and is editing some articles relating to the band Sutakira. I am not sure what to do with this, it seems the person has a COI, but may also be a fan. In all cases, the person does not respond to warnings on his talkpage. Some of the articles are speedied, but contested. The articles:
• Sutakira (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) (the band)
• Katai Shin (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) (album)
• Desinent Records (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) (the label)
• Chance (person) (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) (the leader (?) of the band)
• Category:Music of Las Vegas, Nevada (edit|[[Talk::Category:Music of Las Vegas, Nevada|talk]]|history|links|watch|logs) (created, contains only a link to the band, and the only label is categorised in it)

I could use a second opinion here. Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 07:46, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

Not a fan if his rationales on the pictures are correct (he says he created them all, so he seems to be the owner of the label and main artist). I've deleted all the pages as being non notable speedyable anyway. Fram 11:05, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Helen M. Grace (history|Watchlist this article|unwatch) [watchlist?]

See also:

• Albiepalbie (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)
• 88.110.150.97 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)
• Helengracedirector (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) - More apparent autobiography. RJASE1 ^Talk 01:51, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Editor has also made articles for the movies that she has directed. janejellyroll 01:52, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

• Are You Ready For Love? (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)
  
• Pleasure Pill (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)
  
• A Day Out (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)
  
• Winner Takes All (film) (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)
  

Added additional article links. RJASE1 ^Talk 02:00, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

The author is also uploading numerous promotional images. RJASE1 ^Talk 02:10, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

I have tried to rewrite the articles to remove any possible vanity or self promotion -it is difficult when a director starts their own articles!!! but As a seasoned editor of WP Films I do beleive these articles are worthy on wikipedia the articles now stick to fact rather than a promotional effort. If any body else had started the articles and uploaded the posters no one would have blinked an eyelid. I hope you'll see my efforts here to rmeove any notion of self promtion and turn it into encyclopedic fact ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^{"Expecting you" Contribs} 02:18, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

They are just normal film articles not self indulgent articles Are You Ready For Love? in particular is well worthy of an article. SOme of the films have been nominated for BAFTA awards so notability isn't an issue ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^{"Expecting you" Contribs} 02:21, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Ernst, you've done a great job in mentoring here - I'm just trying to figure out why the 'unreferenced' tags are being removed and no reliable sources are being provided. You have to admit this seems to be tainted by vanity. RJASE1 ^Talk 02:29, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Nor has she stopped editing her own articles. Tearlach 12:23, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

I can see what you mean!! But you can't discourage new articles which are valid just because they seem propelled by vanity!! Although I completely see how it might violate the pollicy of NOT writing about yourself!! If someone else had started them no one would have blinked an eyelid!! If you feel the need to add the reference tag thats fine as long as the articles aren't deleted. I have a check again now see if their are any self promotional comments but from what I saw they are encylcopedic. Regards ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^{"Expecting you" Contribs} 14:25, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Although I completely see how it might violate the pollicy of NOT writing about yourself!!

It's not a policy, but yes, writing about yourself does, funnily enough, violate the guideline about not writing about yourself. As well as the clear instructions against doing so on the intro page whenever you create a new article. Tearlach 19:37, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

I added some comments to her talk page that might help. Hopefully this can be settled easily if she'll only take some time to communicate with other editors about what's going on. --Ronz 20:55, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

The messages to date are apparently not working - she's still editing the articles on her projects. I left yet another message on her talk page. RJASE1 ^Talk 19:03, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Some new editors don't even realize they have a talk page. I've sent the user an email saying that other users are concerned about her editing and asking her to check her talk page. -Will Beback · † · 19:11, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Are you sure about that? Special:Contributions/Helengracedirector doesn't show any contributions after April 8th. Before this thread was started or any messages were left on her talk page. Is using other accounts? -- Siobhan Hansa 20:14, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Gah, I'm an idiot. Someone else edited one of those articles, causing it to pop to the top of my watchlist. Sorry about that. RJASE1 ^Talk 20:16, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

OK, just when I was feeling guilty and drafting my apology, the user is apparently back with a sockpuppet - Albiepalbie (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log). Account was just created today and is editing the exact same articles, in the same style. Is COI editing grounds for a checkuser? If so, I'll draft it. I'm holding off on leaving any messages for now. RJASE1 ^Talk 14:32, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Add to that 88.110.150.97 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log), which appeared immediately after I left a question on Albiepalbie's talk page. RJASE1 ^Talk 14:48, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

This IP and Helen must be the same person. Notice the sequence of edits at User_talk:Helengracedirector, where a comment added by 88.110.150.97 (talk · contribs), was 3 minutes later reformatted and expanded by User:Helengracedirector.

Helen Grace has corresponded with User:Ernst Stavro Blofeld on his Talk page, though she hasn't mastered signing her name, so she knows something about our system. The problem we are trying to solve is that she won't stop editing her own articles.

After her indignant disclaimer to RJASE1, we notice her IP account 88.110.150.97 (talk · contribs) correcting a spelling mistake on one of her films. Perhaps she reasoned that a spelling mistake didn't count. Less creditable are the edits by Albiepalbie (talk · contribs), which also occur this morning just after the indignant disclaimer. I suggest we wait a few hours more before getting all bent out of shape, though.EdJohnston 18:45, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

RJASE1 noticed she removed the 'unreferenced' tag from Helen M. Grace, apparently thinking it was enough to cite IMDB and her own Myspace page. This suggests she doesn't understand our sourcing rules, besides ignoring the COI policies by removing a tag on her own autobiography. Whether the tag should be removed is something for the rest of us to decide. EdJohnston 01:19, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

I've issued a one week block on the registered account and a one month block on the sockpuppet IP address. Please add the sockpuppet templates to userspace, restore the unreferenced tags to the articles, and follow up as necessary. Durova^Charge! 02:46, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Department of Art Education - Virginia Commonwealth University (history|Watchlist this article|unwatch) [watchlist?]

• Vcu art education (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)
• Mbuffington (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)
• Johnstonja (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)
• K80 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)
• Bueno3 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)
• Sereibel (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)
• Sashagonch (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)
• Yoonsh2 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)
• possibly others I may have missed

These users have been creating promotional articles for the art education department of Virginia Commonwealth University, apparently as part of a class project (Mbuffington and Vcu art education are both Melanie Buffington, an assistant professor at VCU). Mbuffington also created Art Education - Virginia Commonwealth University, which I redirected since individual departments of colleges generally do not get their own articles. I'm actually a student at VCU, so I wasn't sure if I should be handling this myself, though I have left notes on User talk:Mbuffington and User talk:Vcu art education. --Coredesat 03:28, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

The footote "The content of this page is under development by students who are learning to use wiki. Please do not delete this page" will raise a few hackles (see Wikipedia:Article ownership). Wikipedia isn't an annexe of their department's Intranet. I don't think it's a speedy-delete candidate, but in its current form it certainly fits WP:NOT#DIRECTORY. Tearlach 04:13, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

I have full protected the main university article for one month, added an advert template, taken out some of the PRese, and added fact templates. Am redirecting the departmental fork to the main article. Inform Professor Buffington that I am willing to discuss this situation. Durova^Charge! 07:29, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

Looking into things a bit more, Jimbo spoke at this university yesterday, which probably explains today's misfired attempts at contribution. Other problems at the article are serious enough to merit protection, though. Durova^Charge! 08:14, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

Indeed, Jimbo spoke at VCU yesterday, and before that there was another seminar on Wikipedia featuring a panelist who seemed to condone and endorse COI, so I was worried something like this would happen. I think a month might be a little too long, though (maybe two weeks?). --Coredesat 08:18, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

I'm composing an e-mail to Cary Bass at this moment. So far no one from the university has responded to my post on the talk page. I'd be willing to reduce this if they respond reasonably, but the violations I saw were quite serious and I'm very concerned that a professor appears to have made a class assignment of violating Wikipedia policies. Recommend User:Durova/The dark side to any University personnel who read this thread. Durova^Charge! 13:43, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

The professor who created the assignment left me a polite message that appears to be in good faith. So I've unprotected the university and encouraged its employees to contribute in their areas of academic expertise rather than directly to an article where they have a conflict of interest. Cited material to the university article is also welcome at its talk page where uninvolved Wikipedians can evaluate it and adapt it in standard style. Durova^Charge! 17:22, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Yahoo! Movies (history|Watchlist this article|unwatch) [watchlist?]

• Yahoo! Movies (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)
• Y! Movies (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) - I'm pretty certain this is a Yahoo! rep PR'ing the article. RJASE1 ^Talk 20:04, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

User:Y! Movies's edits are far from professional and look like a young guy's works. Perhaps he or she is just a fan of Yahoo! Movies. I belive that a Yahoo! rep will do a much better job and can do it secretly.--Neo-Jay 00:49, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

The username was blocked as promotional and/or impersonation by WP:RFCN. RJASE1 ^Talk 02:20, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Sounds like a Jo Job. ---J.S (T/C/WRE) 04:45, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] EdFinancial Services (history|Watchlist this article|unwatch) [watchlist?]

• 12.184.166.4 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)
• Kcarlisle (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)
• EdFinancial Services (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) - Several edits have been made deleting information in article from IP address 12.184.166.4, which resolves to EdSouth, part of EdFinancial Services. New editor Kcarlisle has started duplicating the anonymous IP edits, most likely is an employee of the company. // TheRealFennShysa 16:26, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Warnings have been placed. At least two apparently neutral editors are on the scene. There are some assertions of notability. This could be tested at AfD, but my suggestion is that we close this case. Jehochman (^talk/_contrib) 01:08, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Rehan Qayoom (history|Watchlist this article|unwatch) [watchlist?]

RehanQayoom (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) is author and sole editor. RJASE1 ^Talk 14:24, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Prodded. MER-C 03:55, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Appalachian State Cycling Team (history|Watchlist this article|unwatch) [watchlist?]

Appstatecycling (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) is creator and contributor. Puff piece with no sources. RJASE1 ^Talk 17:08, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

• I've got it on AFD now: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Appalachian State Cycling Team. Metros232 13:22, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Scott Swedorski (history|Watchlist this article|unwatch) [watchlist?]

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

See also:
Promaxum (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)
OISV (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)
This user is the article subject, editing his own biography and the articles on some of his ventures. RJASE1 ^Talk 02:06, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

Also removed maintenance tags, I put them back and left a talk page message. RJASE1 ^Talk 02:15, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

The editor seems to be clear on the policies now - we had a conversation on my talk page. Can a third party please review the article for neutrality so we can remove the tag? RJASE1 ^Talk 01:33, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

Jehochman followed up. — Æ. ✉ 07:05, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] From_a_Whim (history|Watchlist this article|unwatch) [watchlist?]

This is Autobiography, but is it notable? Does this pass the Google test? It may just be "a good band I’ve never heard of", quoting [1]. There are 100,000's of sites from a Google Search with "From a Whim", but most of those are about the cliché, not the band. See: http://underscorebleach.net/jotsheet/2006/04/tell-me-a-band Bearian 22:34, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Byron Sharp (history|Watchlist this article|unwatch) [watchlist?]

• Byronsharp (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) - Wrote the article, only editor (m:User:COIBot/UserReports/Byronsharp). Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 10:15, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

• Prodded. MER-C 10:18, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Prod expired, but subject/editor removed the prod tag about 90 minutes ago. Dppowell 03:32, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Either way, it's gone. MER-C 03:24, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sail Labs Technology (history|Watchlist this article|unwatch) [watchlist?]

→ See also: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sail Labs Technology

• Sail Labs Technology (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)
• Desertson (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)
• 62.47.130.34 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)
• 62.178.212.161 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)
• 85.180.174.89 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)
• Vienna angel (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)

This article is back for the fourth time (after 3 speedy deletions) with the same COI editor. He just doesn't get it. The article is up for AfD this time. RJASE1 ^Talk 21:47, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

The article will either be AfD'ed, or else merged. Do you think any of the other participants in AfD are sock puppets? Jehochman (^talk/_contrib) 22:43, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Century1901 (talk · contribs)

• Century1901 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) - This user was brought to my attention when I noticed they had uploaded an image which restricted its use to Wikipedia. I've listed both for speedy deletion and notified the user. However, on looking further at their contributions, I found an image they had uploaded that says that the subject gave "Century Public Relations permission for this photo to be used on Wikipedia". The similarity between the username and the company name made me think about a possible conflict of interests and I have left a message on their userpage to this effect. Upon looking even further through their contributions, I think this edit in which they state that they are publicist for the subject of the article is of particular interest. I trust a user more experienced in these matters can deal with this. Adambro 20:37, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

This is intolerable, especially if you remember MyWikiBiz. Also Centurypr (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log). I've asked the admins to blow these accounts out of the water. MER-C 03:57, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive231#MyWikiBiz style PR accounts need blocking. Don't shove this off to archive yet. MER-C 08:16, 20 April 2007 (UTC)