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Why are you removing information that has source of reference?. 1keyhole ( talk) 11:34, 25 March 2023 (UTC)
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Volume 12 • Issue 3 • March 2023
Hello, Bilby,
Thank you so much for fixing this article. I don't know how I missed that it was a 20 year old article and shouldn't be moved to Draft space. I just looked at state of the article and it looked like so many of the recent student projects that are getting put prematurely into main space at this time of the school year. Thank you for correcting my error. It's appreciated! Liz Read! Talk! 04:16, 30 April 2023 (UTC)
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Happy adminship anniversary! Hi Bilby! On behalf of the Birthday Committee, I'd like to wish you a very happy anniversary of your successful request for adminship. Enjoy this special day! Din oz1 (chat?) (he/him) 15:24, 1 June 2023 (UTC) |
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Hello there, and happy adminship anniversary! Since a template was put by you on the respective page saying it might have been created against undisclosed payments, I am afraid if if my account is at risk. MrAnmol ( talk) 17:28, 1 June 2023 (UTC)
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I'm reviewing an unblock request for this editor. It looks like they were blocked for socking, but I don't see any record of them at SPI or who the master is in the block log, and I'm not immediately familiar with the sockmaster. Could you clarify who you blocked them as a sock of? Seraphimblade Talk to me 20:18, 15 June 2023 (UTC)
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For Hans Bosse, I'm surprised that a dead social sciences researcher could be paid content. What's the evidence that it was paid?
I think we can try to clean it up if that's really the case.
He recently died, and it was pretty big news for ethnologists/anthropologists working in certain areas of social psychology. Noelicneon ( talk) 23:10, 15 July 2023 (UTC)
Hello Bilby,
I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Stoked On Fishing for deletion, because it's a redirect from an article title to a namespace that's not for articles.
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Hi, you reverted my edit on this page. If you'd like to discuss the page, please could you do so at Talk:Contemporary fantasy. Looking forward to hearing from you. CohenTheBohemian ( talk) 16:18, 6 August 2023 (UTC)
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Hi, you reverted an edit of mine that I had done as requested by an editor on the article talk page. Your edit summary was "needs to be added by someone independent of the subject". Was that aimed at me or at the editor who had made the request? Equine-man ( talk) 18:53, 10 August 2023 (UTC)
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the tag only says that there is reasonable suspicion of such. I have reasonable supicion of such.
I realized that the discussion formerly at Talk:Edward Forman wasn't really appropriate at that venue, as it is a behavior/policy issue about placement of banners, and not really anything to do with improving the article itself; hence, it belongs here, and not on the article Talk page. Apologies for the wrong venue. As far as your issue, concerning the COIN discussion, I'll monitor it with interest. Thanks, Mathglot ( talk) 19:25, 16 August 2023 (UTC)
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Hello dear Bilby, I came across with a tag of undisclosed payment in one of the articles I created which is totally against the truth. I kindly ask you to review my previous contributions before claiming this! Thanks in advance! Worldviewfrom ( talk) 10:46, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
Hi @ Bilby! I noticed that you recently deleted Draft:Together Price, and I understand that it was due to my failure to comply with the necessary actions. I have already disclosed it on my user page using the PAID template. I've been away for a few weeks and just returned, so I wasn't able to disclose it sooner. I though that after submission, it would take four months for a review and didn't check afterward. I sincerely apologize for this. I'm hoping you could assist me in recovering the draft since I would like to work on it further. If it is not possible, could I still recreate the same page using AfC? Moving forward, I will ensure to disclose any paid contributions. Thank you for your understanding, and I look forward to your response.~~~~ Sydneycindy ( talk) 08:03, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
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Hello. Why do you keep deleting my changes? My version might not be perfect but it certainly is 1000 times better than the current one since at least it is truthful. You haven't fixed the article that states lies in months, and seem to defend it from saying the truth whenerver I try. Feel free to add sources; but only the last section I added is "uncited", since I could only cite examples. Besides, citebombing is useless and stupid. Adding multiple citations from cringe sources such as philosophy.org or something like that can never be better than quoting Locke. My article is definitely not "completely unsourced" at all; I just didn't abuse of it like the previous version that has 5 citations on each word.
Whatever change is for better should be kept even if it momentarily lacks of citations. Adolphitus ( talk) 15:44, 25 October 2023 (UTC)
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Hi, I am complaining about the freelancer continuously publishing spams in return of payments. She is from Dubai and below is her Upwork profile where you can find the evidence:
https://www.upwork.com/freelancers/~01bfb4d3cfe85e7304
Below are the pages, she published in return of payments:
Also, you can see the feedback on her profile which means she is continuously violating Wikipedia TOS. Also, she is created many accounts for publishing spams. 39.48.3.223 ( talk) 21:28, 23 November 2023 (UTC)
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Regarding the account you've been asking about paid contributions, I had already come close to blocking it as a duck before the explicit claim that it is the only account of that editor, per the suspicious overlap in the history at Tom Malloy and at the deleted history of Jonathan Melton. In the case of Tom Malloy, the currently active account added a headshot and apparently also e-mailed VRT about it after the previous editor added a since-deleted headshot. There is also overlap in the style of talk page messages (grammatically rare use of the word "detail" in several instances). This could be taken to SPI if necessary or to look for sleepers, but I think it could also just be acted upon if you see the same things I see.
I was also bemused by the characterization of Quentin Bryce as uncited and of questionable notability.... Dekimasu よ! 13:21, 25 November 2023 (UTC)
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I have a conflict of interest for this article on Wikipedia and have been hired to request edits so that it meets all rules and guidelines of Wikipedia. The history shows you as the highest ranking person who edited the article. I was told by client that previous editors have attempted but did not disclose an affiliation so I am wondering if you can confirm that I did the proper disclosure. I made it to my userpage per the rules in PAYDISCLOSE. I am wondering if the article itself can be removed from Wikipedia and put into my sandbox space so that I can make improvements necessary for the Wikipedia community to review. GrantFortyNine ( talk) 23:56, 25 January 2024 (UTC)
I played around with Wikipedia when it first launched but that was more than 20 years ago. From what I see, it has developed quite a bit since then so will take me a minute to get acquainted. Also to be fair, I am not technically being paid (per se). I am working on another marketing project for client and when this was mentioned I told him that I would see what I could do to assist. If I read the terms of use correctly, I would still be considered a paid editor since I am being compensated overall. Thank you for the advice on the sandbox. I will start there and see how to move forward. -- GrantFortyNine ( talk) 03:48, 29 January 2024 (UTC)
Am I allowed to edit Wikipedia outside of the Joseph Phua article? If there is something you recommend to help me get a better feel for editing I would appreciate the advice. -- GrantFortyNine ( talk) 03:56, 29 January 2024 (UTC)
I have requested the replacement of the current article with the one I edited in my sandbox. I think I did it correctly. Hopefully. Feedback is appreciated. -- GrantFortyNine ( talk) 00:45, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
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Volume 13 • Issue 1 • January 2024
I am a colleague of James Bailleau and noticed that
This article may have been created or edited in return for undisclosed payments, a violation of Wikipedia's
terms of use. It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia's
content policies, particularly
neutral point of view. (January 2024) |
had been added to the article.
Noting that there has been no edits since September 2023, I wondered why this has been added four months later.
It detracts from what is otherwise an interesting and well designed article.
What is needed to have it reverted?
CutiePieFYA ( talk) 02:00, 2 February 2024 (UTC)
Hi Bilby, regarding your revert on my source addition. Can we come to a compromise? I believe the source I included added context to the original source for that sentence. The original only cited the Australian Skeptics as the source for the claim that Coulthart believed that governments around the world including the Vatican had suppressed information regarding UAPs. My source confirms that he believes that certain governments are suppressing UAP knowledge and, in my interpretation, he appears to support the claim that the Vatican was involved too. At the very least he didn't push back on his interviewee and carefully reiterated the interviewee's claim regarding the Vatican later on. True, it doesn't support anything regarding the bent spoon but it does help add context to the second half of the sentence. What do you think, is there room for compromise here? OneUpOnUs ( talk) 14:39, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
Hi Bilby, They're back at it again, removing sourced material from the article with no explanation and no prior discussion. See Special:Diff/1208676162.
Regards, TarnishedPath talk 13:13, 18 February 2024 (UTC)
You've tagged both of these articles as "undisclosed paid", based on the record of the now-blocked creator/editor. However, they are both close translations of the pre-existing articles (on the Polish and Swedish Wikipedias respectively), and they would not be much different, if at all, if an unpaid editor had translated / created them. What needs to be done to remove the tags? Thanks, Ingratis ( talk) 16:10, 24 February 2024 (UTC)
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Hello, Bilby. Thank you for your recent edits to this article. I would like to draw your attention to this edit, where Jamesthepilot has posted similar material again. It looks like a POV rant to me, but I won't edit the article myself, because as a member of GSoW my judgement may not be impartial. I would be grateful if you take a look at it, and use your own judgement about what you think is appropriate. Gronk Oz ( talk) 23:09, 5 March 2024 (UTC)
Could you check out @ Adarshalphons9's to Adarsh Alphons? He removed a COI template you added, and I'd just like your opinion. Cheers! 🇺🇲JayCubby✡ plz edit my user pg! Talk 14:20, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
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Why are you removing information that has source of reference?. 1keyhole ( talk) 11:34, 25 March 2023 (UTC)
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Volume 12 • Issue 3 • March 2023
Hello, Bilby,
Thank you so much for fixing this article. I don't know how I missed that it was a 20 year old article and shouldn't be moved to Draft space. I just looked at state of the article and it looked like so many of the recent student projects that are getting put prematurely into main space at this time of the school year. Thank you for correcting my error. It's appreciated! Liz Read! Talk! 04:16, 30 April 2023 (UTC)
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Volume 12 • Issue 4 • April 2023
Happy adminship anniversary! Hi Bilby! On behalf of the Birthday Committee, I'd like to wish you a very happy anniversary of your successful request for adminship. Enjoy this special day! Din oz1 (chat?) (he/him) 15:24, 1 June 2023 (UTC) |
Din oz1 (chat?) (he/him) 15:24, 1 June 2023 (UTC)
Hello there, and happy adminship anniversary! Since a template was put by you on the respective page saying it might have been created against undisclosed payments, I am afraid if if my account is at risk. MrAnmol ( talk) 17:28, 1 June 2023 (UTC)
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I'm reviewing an unblock request for this editor. It looks like they were blocked for socking, but I don't see any record of them at SPI or who the master is in the block log, and I'm not immediately familiar with the sockmaster. Could you clarify who you blocked them as a sock of? Seraphimblade Talk to me 20:18, 15 June 2023 (UTC)
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For Hans Bosse, I'm surprised that a dead social sciences researcher could be paid content. What's the evidence that it was paid?
I think we can try to clean it up if that's really the case.
He recently died, and it was pretty big news for ethnologists/anthropologists working in certain areas of social psychology. Noelicneon ( talk) 23:10, 15 July 2023 (UTC)
Hello Bilby,
I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Stoked On Fishing for deletion, because it's a redirect from an article title to a namespace that's not for articles.
If you don't want Stoked On Fishing to be deleted, you can contest this deletion, but don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.
You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Thanks!
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Hi, you reverted my edit on this page. If you'd like to discuss the page, please could you do so at Talk:Contemporary fantasy. Looking forward to hearing from you. CohenTheBohemian ( talk) 16:18, 6 August 2023 (UTC)
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Hi, you reverted an edit of mine that I had done as requested by an editor on the article talk page. Your edit summary was "needs to be added by someone independent of the subject". Was that aimed at me or at the editor who had made the request? Equine-man ( talk) 18:53, 10 August 2023 (UTC)
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the tag only says that there is reasonable suspicion of such. I have reasonable supicion of such.
I realized that the discussion formerly at Talk:Edward Forman wasn't really appropriate at that venue, as it is a behavior/policy issue about placement of banners, and not really anything to do with improving the article itself; hence, it belongs here, and not on the article Talk page. Apologies for the wrong venue. As far as your issue, concerning the COIN discussion, I'll monitor it with interest. Thanks, Mathglot ( talk) 19:25, 16 August 2023 (UTC)
CNMall41 ( talk) 04:52, 17 August 2023 (UTC)
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YOU ROCK!!! Keep on editing :]
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Hello dear Bilby, I came across with a tag of undisclosed payment in one of the articles I created which is totally against the truth. I kindly ask you to review my previous contributions before claiming this! Thanks in advance! Worldviewfrom ( talk) 10:46, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
Hi @ Bilby! I noticed that you recently deleted Draft:Together Price, and I understand that it was due to my failure to comply with the necessary actions. I have already disclosed it on my user page using the PAID template. I've been away for a few weeks and just returned, so I wasn't able to disclose it sooner. I though that after submission, it would take four months for a review and didn't check afterward. I sincerely apologize for this. I'm hoping you could assist me in recovering the draft since I would like to work on it further. If it is not possible, could I still recreate the same page using AfC? Moving forward, I will ensure to disclose any paid contributions. Thank you for your understanding, and I look forward to your response.~~~~ Sydneycindy ( talk) 08:03, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
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Hello. Why do you keep deleting my changes? My version might not be perfect but it certainly is 1000 times better than the current one since at least it is truthful. You haven't fixed the article that states lies in months, and seem to defend it from saying the truth whenerver I try. Feel free to add sources; but only the last section I added is "uncited", since I could only cite examples. Besides, citebombing is useless and stupid. Adding multiple citations from cringe sources such as philosophy.org or something like that can never be better than quoting Locke. My article is definitely not "completely unsourced" at all; I just didn't abuse of it like the previous version that has 5 citations on each word.
Whatever change is for better should be kept even if it momentarily lacks of citations. Adolphitus ( talk) 15:44, 25 October 2023 (UTC)
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Hi, I am complaining about the freelancer continuously publishing spams in return of payments. She is from Dubai and below is her Upwork profile where you can find the evidence:
https://www.upwork.com/freelancers/~01bfb4d3cfe85e7304
Below are the pages, she published in return of payments:
Also, you can see the feedback on her profile which means she is continuously violating Wikipedia TOS. Also, she is created many accounts for publishing spams. 39.48.3.223 ( talk) 21:28, 23 November 2023 (UTC)
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Regarding the account you've been asking about paid contributions, I had already come close to blocking it as a duck before the explicit claim that it is the only account of that editor, per the suspicious overlap in the history at Tom Malloy and at the deleted history of Jonathan Melton. In the case of Tom Malloy, the currently active account added a headshot and apparently also e-mailed VRT about it after the previous editor added a since-deleted headshot. There is also overlap in the style of talk page messages (grammatically rare use of the word "detail" in several instances). This could be taken to SPI if necessary or to look for sleepers, but I think it could also just be acted upon if you see the same things I see.
I was also bemused by the characterization of Quentin Bryce as uncited and of questionable notability.... Dekimasu よ! 13:21, 25 November 2023 (UTC)
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I'm wishing you a Merry Christmas, because that is what I celebrate. Feel free to take a "Happy Holidays" or "Season's Greetings" if you prefer. :) BOZ ( talk) 00:15, 23 December 2023 (UTC)
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I have a conflict of interest for this article on Wikipedia and have been hired to request edits so that it meets all rules and guidelines of Wikipedia. The history shows you as the highest ranking person who edited the article. I was told by client that previous editors have attempted but did not disclose an affiliation so I am wondering if you can confirm that I did the proper disclosure. I made it to my userpage per the rules in PAYDISCLOSE. I am wondering if the article itself can be removed from Wikipedia and put into my sandbox space so that I can make improvements necessary for the Wikipedia community to review. GrantFortyNine ( talk) 23:56, 25 January 2024 (UTC)
I played around with Wikipedia when it first launched but that was more than 20 years ago. From what I see, it has developed quite a bit since then so will take me a minute to get acquainted. Also to be fair, I am not technically being paid (per se). I am working on another marketing project for client and when this was mentioned I told him that I would see what I could do to assist. If I read the terms of use correctly, I would still be considered a paid editor since I am being compensated overall. Thank you for the advice on the sandbox. I will start there and see how to move forward. -- GrantFortyNine ( talk) 03:48, 29 January 2024 (UTC)
Am I allowed to edit Wikipedia outside of the Joseph Phua article? If there is something you recommend to help me get a better feel for editing I would appreciate the advice. -- GrantFortyNine ( talk) 03:56, 29 January 2024 (UTC)
I have requested the replacement of the current article with the one I edited in my sandbox. I think I did it correctly. Hopefully. Feedback is appreciated. -- GrantFortyNine ( talk) 00:45, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
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Volume 13 • Issue 1 • January 2024
I am a colleague of James Bailleau and noticed that
This article may have been created or edited in return for undisclosed payments, a violation of Wikipedia's
terms of use. It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia's
content policies, particularly
neutral point of view. (January 2024) |
had been added to the article.
Noting that there has been no edits since September 2023, I wondered why this has been added four months later.
It detracts from what is otherwise an interesting and well designed article.
What is needed to have it reverted?
CutiePieFYA ( talk) 02:00, 2 February 2024 (UTC)
Hi Bilby, regarding your revert on my source addition. Can we come to a compromise? I believe the source I included added context to the original source for that sentence. The original only cited the Australian Skeptics as the source for the claim that Coulthart believed that governments around the world including the Vatican had suppressed information regarding UAPs. My source confirms that he believes that certain governments are suppressing UAP knowledge and, in my interpretation, he appears to support the claim that the Vatican was involved too. At the very least he didn't push back on his interviewee and carefully reiterated the interviewee's claim regarding the Vatican later on. True, it doesn't support anything regarding the bent spoon but it does help add context to the second half of the sentence. What do you think, is there room for compromise here? OneUpOnUs ( talk) 14:39, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
Hi Bilby, They're back at it again, removing sourced material from the article with no explanation and no prior discussion. See Special:Diff/1208676162.
Regards, TarnishedPath talk 13:13, 18 February 2024 (UTC)
You've tagged both of these articles as "undisclosed paid", based on the record of the now-blocked creator/editor. However, they are both close translations of the pre-existing articles (on the Polish and Swedish Wikipedias respectively), and they would not be much different, if at all, if an unpaid editor had translated / created them. What needs to be done to remove the tags? Thanks, Ingratis ( talk) 16:10, 24 February 2024 (UTC)
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Hello, Bilby. Thank you for your recent edits to this article. I would like to draw your attention to this edit, where Jamesthepilot has posted similar material again. It looks like a POV rant to me, but I won't edit the article myself, because as a member of GSoW my judgement may not be impartial. I would be grateful if you take a look at it, and use your own judgement about what you think is appropriate. Gronk Oz ( talk) 23:09, 5 March 2024 (UTC)
Could you check out @ Adarshalphons9's to Adarsh Alphons? He removed a COI template you added, and I'd just like your opinion. Cheers! 🇺🇲JayCubby✡ plz edit my user pg! Talk 14:20, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
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