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The page was created by a username that contains the last name of the page subject. Additionally, numerous editors on the page appear to be linked to the subject, having only edited this page in their wiki history. A quick Google search was able to further link editors to the subject. | MK17b | ( talk) 02:03, 23 April 2020 (UTC)
Wikiu08372 says she is a grandchild of the subject, describes herself as a mother in her 70s, and is very upset because we won't let her post a lot of personal information about the subject's non-notable descendants, their trials and tribulations. I advised her to concentrate on improving the article itself; she accuses me of cultural bias. It is also possible that others are using the same account. Orange Mike | Talk 17:11, 25 April 2020 (UTC)
Username of article editing article Idan ( talk) 19:19, 25 April 2020 (UTC)
Promotional editing and COI issues. Editor says " am Albin Saelens, son of the deceased sculptor, artist Kobe (artistic alias of Jacques Saelens) and manage the website 'www.foundationkobe.com' ( link). I would really love to keep this English Wikipedia page about my father" at the AfD for the page. Hasn't disclosed per terms of use at their user page. Continues to massively rewrite the page. Has been warned once, twice to steer clear. No reply on talk page. their edits have definitely improved the page, but that's not the point neutrality-wise. ThatMontrealIP ( talk) 12:09, 24 April 2020 (UTC)
Username matches most edited article. Apparently, all edits to other articles have also been about Hurjet. LetUsNotLoseHear T 18:25, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
User appears to be owner of property. User has edited page over at least a couple of years - attempts to engage user have been unsuccessful. Tacyarg ( talk) 18:23, 24 April 2020 (UTC)
This editor only edits National American University and the most cursory of searches will show a legitimate reason to suspect that this editor is paid to edit this article but refuses to engage with other editors or reveal if there is a connection. ElKevbo ( talk) 17:03, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
Agree 100%. I put a paid1 warning on her talk, but I'd suggest limited blocking of her only on the article in question until she discloses and starts talking. John from Idegon ( talk) 19:27, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
Ive seen stuff like this before, I thought Id post it for once,seems paid/coi. did notify on talk/ [1] and pasted the notification above [2], thank you-- Ozzie10aaaa ( talk) 16:21, 29 April 2020 (UTC)
Creffett She is the chair of a radiology department that I am not affiliated with. I am a resident physician that wants to increase the presence of notable women radiologists on Wikipedia. Secondly, the image was forwarded to me by her administrative assistant. I did not physically take the picture myself but it was given to me with permission to upload it to Wikipedia. DomniqueNewallo ( talk) 23:46, 29 April 2020 (UTC)DomniqueNewallo
This item sounds resolved to me, per the good faith explanation above. ThatMontrealIP ( talk) 03:00, 30 April 2020 (UTC)
I believe that Mkusenba, who created both the page for Greg Neri and for one of his books (and who has done the vast majority of edits on each of those pages) has a major COI with Greg Neri. I stumbled across this potential connection about a month ago, by complete coincidence. Further off-Wikipedia investigation (which I won't go over here, because of WP:OUT) convinced me of this even more (FWIW, the evidence I saw was very, very strong/convincing). As for on-Wikipedia evidence, Mkusenba seems to be a single-purpose account solely devoted to Greg Neri-related topics. In addition, many of their edits of these pages seem to excessively praise Neri, or cast him in a positive light. As an example, this early version of the Greg Neri page (up through that point Mkusenba was the only editor of the page) seems to lavish excessive praise on Neri, with the best parts from each review being cherry-picked and put on the page, and seemingly very positive OR (for example, the section on Surf Mules describes the book, without attribution or quotes, as "harrowing and funny".) On top of that, there's way too many quotes from Neri himself, and every single hyperlink of the book's title is to the Amazon page to buy it.
Now, I do realize that that might be reading into a version from 9 years ago a little too much, but even today, the current version still has many of these problems; there's a large section devoted solely to Neri's "writing approach", filled 95% with quotes from Neri talking about how great his own work is, and in addition, I'm not even sure there's enough reliable sources to justify a page for Neri in the first place, with a large chunk of the references being posts written by him, and some of the references, like the 17th one, not even mentioning Neri once (BTW, some of these criticisms of the page's bias also apply to the page for the book I mentioned. I asked Mkusenba about my suspicions about 3 weeks ago, and they have not responded. So, in conclusion, based on the singular focus that Mkusenba has on this very narrow topic, as well as the seemingly biased edits they've made on those topics, as well as other evidence, I believe that Mkusenba has a large conflict of interest on Greg Neri-related topics. Stavd3 ( talk) 02:00, 1 May 2020 (UTC)
The Andreas Antonopoulos article's subject is a BLP. This subject is a relatively famous advocate of Bitcoin, Blockchain, Ethereum, and an author books on those subjects. A user, who is apparently Antonopoulous himself, pointed out that David Gerard is an advocate against Bitcoin/Blockchain & an author of a blockchain book titled "Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain: Bitcoin, Blockchain, Ethereum & Smart Contracts", and Antonopoulous stated that Gerard (an Admin) should not edit his article due to COI as a "competitor." Antonopoulous stated that Gerard had deleted content, which Gerard has done 1, 2, etc. I will also note that I dont disagree with any of Gerard's edits thus far on this article, I often ping Gerard (maybe to the point of annoyance) to get his input on various blockchain articles as I value his experience and expertise on the subject matter, and I have never noticed in recent memory any sniff of his 'anti-bitcoin views' clouding his edits thus far on any article. I felt that since the article's subject did request a review Talk:Andreas_Antonopoulos#Should_a_competing_(contrarian)_author_be_making_edits_here?, and since Gerard himself did both deny the COI and also suggest COIN review here, I will raise the COI investigation process and welcome comments. I will note that this article is the subject of sanctions WP:GS/Crypto. If I have mis-formatted this COIN post, please feel free to edit it. Thanks! Jtbobwaysf ( talk) 16:19, 30 April 2020 (UTC)
All I know is that all edits of David Gerard were solely destructive. He never added anything but only reverted/deleted, which leaves quite a negative connotation in my opinion.-- Renek78 ( talk) 20:27, 19 June 2020 (UTC)
Hard evidence on possible violation of WP:COI or WP:PAID in regard to this article and Tsolak MLKE-Galstyan, both interconnected subject-wise and created by same user. Tsolak MLKE-Galstyan is currently pending review for deletion for lack of WP:GNG at Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Tsolak_MLKE-Galstyan. I obviously cannot divulge anything else out of privacy concerns but should be an easy find for a seasoned administrator. Please let me know if anything further is expected from my side. Charmanderblue ( talk) 21:06, 3 May 2020 (UTC)
I have been studying contemporary dance and art for already 15 year and during my studies I have found out Mihr theatre. I only attand their performances and I am a follower of their pages in Facebook and in Insatgram, because I want to new nes about them. Sometimes I share their posts, but I have no personal connection with them. As I mentioned, I study contemporary dance in the world and in Armenia, so I have decided to put articles about contemporary dance in Armenia and started with MIHR theatre, as they are one of the developers of contemporary dance, and in my opinion they are important for the contemporary dance scene of Armenia. After them I have decided to represent also other performers in contemporary dance of Armenie in wikipedia platform. I work volunteery on my own initiative, I am not being paid, I have no intention to make promotions and I only want to enrich wikipedia with English articles about Armenian artists and performers to get them recoganizeable, as I am also translator of the English Language and can write in English. Stella Loretsyan ( talk) 21:09, 3 May 2020 (UTC)
I have no personal connection with themand now you say you have exchanged emails and letters with them. Do you have what they say in the email? The images are going to have to be deleted or you need an OTRS permission ticket for each one. There is no "public domain" release on their site, in fact what I see is "© 2019 MIHR Theater" on the bottom of their main page. Please let us know if there are any other connections to them you have not disclosed. ThatMontrealIP ( talk) 22:06, 3 May 2020 (UTC)
Thank you again! I will continue to work in contemporary art and in contemporary dance particularly in Armenia. And with support of the international community of wikipedia editors, there will be more articles about contemporary arts and contemporary dance in Armenia, which will be, of course, useful for professionals who trust and use wikipedia. Stella Loretsyan ( talk) 22:40, 3 May 2020 (UTC)
This user has only ever edited those two articles, the record label being run by Oliver Sean. What triggered this report were
these edits, claiming that his latest mix album reached the Top 40 on the Official UK Charts (No.36) in 2020
, supposedly referenced by a
press release from his record label. What the press release actually claims is The Goa Chillout Zone Vol.9 produced by Oliver Sean and released on Valentines day has hit No.1 in the UK on the iTunes Album Charts in the Electronic Music Genre
. It's possible the editor isn't aware of the various music charts there are in the UK these days (although if they are making the edits it's their responsibility to make sure they are correct), the
UK Albums Chart and the
UK Album Downloads Chart are the ones run by the
Official UK Charts Company. Their electronic album chart for the period 14-20 February can be seen
here and contains no mention of Oliver Sean or the The Goa Chillout Zone Vol.9, neither does the
week after (I checked just to be thorough). I can't find any archive of the iTunes UK Albums Charts in the Electronic Music Genre charts history,
this page lists the current chart but says This site does not store or archive chart positions for genre charts
. They do store the non-specific genre album charts, see
here or
here. This does confirm it reached #36 on 19 February (falling to #83 the following day) the iTunes UK Albums chart (which is a totally different thing from the "Official UK Charts"), but there is no independent source for the #1 in the electronic music genre chart. A question that may belong at RSN but it can just as easily be answered here is whether Oliver Sean's own press release is an acceptable reference for claiming he reached #1 in a particular music chart? Given the number of dance acts in the chart above him in the
overall chart of 19 February, I would suggest it is a highly questionable claim.
FDW777 (
talk) 16:49, 4 May 2020 (UTC)
I am an author and would like to write an article about my own book? Would this violate WP:COI? -- James Miko ( talk) 22:36, 3 May 2020 (UTC)
Thank you, everyone! I will make sure to follow your guidance. James Miko ( talk) 21:44, 4 May 2020 (UTC)
In the article the sole editor writes "We" meaning that he is part of the band. Idan ( talk) 14:01, 6 May 2020 (UTC)
Editor has pretty much flat out admitted they have a COI. Read talk page on article and diffs comments. Thanks! Galendalia CVU Member \ Chat Me Up 00:38, 7 May 2020 (UTC)
Hi. This person has received mentions in Pakistani media lately so maybe other people saw her too. I thought she had notable accomplishments in broadcast media and now being involed in female empowerment and decided to create the article. I removed her page from my Watchlist which is why I have not received any notifications about what's been happening to her page. I left notifications on for when someone mentions my username, which is how I found out about this message. I have not made any edits because I'm afraid to do anything on Wikipedia at the moment. I've had some charged language used against me recently and have been accused of doing things I did not do, so I've stopped editing for the time being. When I do return to editing, I will be focusing my volunteering efforts on the CAT:UP project. Salvatore42 ( talk) 20:38, 6 May 2020 (UTC)
I appreciate assuming good faith. I was just trying to add an article about a woman who seems like she is well known around the world especially in EMEA for her military credentials and recent work in female empowerment. All the information I used had sources from various pubs online I found on search engines and LinkedIn. I realize I over-sourced, but I have a hard time stopping when I keep finding good sources, or at least sources I think are good. I was going to keep track of her page and make corrections and new edits as I found them, but now I don't want anything to do with her page and regret thinking it would be a good idea to create it. If you think this page should be deleted, you won't have any argument from me. Salvatore42 ( talk) 03:23, 7 May 2020 (UTC)
Some COI-related info regarding Carmaker1 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) was posted at WP:ARC, after which an Arb suggested this may rather be handled by COIN than ArbCom. So here we are. -- Francis Schonken ( talk) 08:00, 20 April 2020 (UTC)
[H]aving people editing about a field in which they make their living.By that logic, DocJames, for example, would not be allowed to write about medicine because he makes his living as a doctor. El_C 17:49, 20 April 2020 (UTC)
Will follow up in a bit... ☆ Bri ( talk) 20:30, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
I'm really saddened to see this here, and to have to face the insinuation that the articles are a case of paid-editing. But, then again, I also understand it is in accordance with Wiki policy. So, for the avoidance of any doubt, let me categorically state: I was not paid a single dime to create these articles, nor am I in any way related to anyone at Max Group, or have a vested interested in creating these. I have mainly written and edited arts-related articles, but was spurred on to create articles for Max after reading about Max Hospitals in the news, researching hydroxychloroquine for their staff treating Coronavirus. Noticing that Max Group and its subsidiaries, all very prominent in Indian business space as a quick web search and the used references show, do not have a page, I went on to start them with the most basic NPOV, well-sourced structure they deserved.
I don't know what else to say, but you have me as a willing participant, and my full cooperation, in whatever investigation you would like me to be a part of. Finally, much as I would like to put on a brave face and pretend otherwise, it does hurt a lot (especially, when you're spending extra time on Wiki as an antidote and a coping mechanism for Corona news), to see all your efforts undone in a single click... TerentiusNew ( talk) 04:32, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
Hello all, wondered if anyone has had the chance to see the drafts? Creffett, would it be okay to move them into article space? TerentiusNew ( talk) 17:48, 7 May 2020 (UTC)
Writing their own biography not Wikipedia:Notability (people) Galendalia CVU Member \ Chat Me Up 19:33, 7 May 2020 (UTC)
Per this diff, user admits to being an intern for the Museum and has been adding mentions of their collection to numerous articles on artists. Most of their additions have been reverted for being undue or unsourced, but some have stuck and are helpful. Initially Posting here so we can be sure to get the UPE aspect of things cleared up. Will leave UPE notice on their talk page. ThatMontrealIP ( talk) 14:24, 7 May 2020 (UTC)
User has made the draft Sumesh tripathi which is their username. So a pretty clear COI. Signed, The4lines |||| ( You Asked?) ( What I have Done.) 16:43, 9 May 2020 (UTC)
Created by WP:SPA, reads like a CV or LinkedIni page. Came to my attention when IPs from this range made multiple attempts at inserted links about the subject. Page was prod'd, then resurrected via DRV by User:Mlepisto, who admits to knowing the subject, but denies receiving any compensation for contributing to the article. Posting here for additional eyes/feedback. OhNoitsJamie Talk 00:20, 9 May 2020 (UTC)
Comment I don't know if it is appropriate to respond here so please forgive me if not. I have update my user page to provide some insight and clarity/transparency, and responded to this notice on my talk page. Mlepisto ( talk) 13:35, 10 May 2020 (UTC)
"curprev 00:55, May 11, 2020 Savoir Faire Mgmt talk contribs m 14,712 bytes +571 →Discography: I'm Keren Ann manager and want to reorganize his wiki page with more details and different organisation." The user has been editing the page since May 5, 2020 without disclosing COI. Galendalia CVU Member \ Chat Me Up 08:01, 11 May 2020 (UTC)
The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
Earlier today I removed the word widely pursuant to MOS:NOTE because it presumes the readers' knowledge of the subject and added a "citation needed" template for the rest of the claim. This edit was quickly reverted by Calton ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) for the reason given "Been there, done that" which is a FUD non-reason.
I then attempted to seek out the reason on Calton's talk page which is full of bold, presumptuous FUD language that presumes anyone who has a question about or a problem with anything he has done on wikipedia is either drunk, assume he's stupid or assume he's Montel Williams for some reason.
I then pinged both users on the film's talk page to try to get a consensus about the statement. Femkemiline then undid her previous comment attempting to defend the presence of the statement, so I removed the statement in question from the lead because the film is only widely criticized as being misleading or outdated by people who work and are activists in the climate industry.
Almost immediately, Calton reverts my edit once again, WP:PERSONALATTACKS me for being allegedly "bogus and FUD" with no legitimate rationale for the reversion, then posts the same on the talk page when he could have been discussing the matter in a civil way there when I pinged him three plus hours ago. I have no interest in edit warring, but I reverted Calton's last edit and was about to try to explain that every cited criticism regarding misleading or outdated information in teh film is made by people who work or are otherwise politically invested in the industry being challenged by the premise of the film, but Calton's past behavior leads me to believe that it would only be met with more vitriolic FUD personal attacks against me. I honestly don't care if the statement is left in the lede, but the argument is limited to a specific set of biased activists and employees. To say it is "widely criticized" is misleading. And the statement in the lede should have at least one source to support it per WP:RS. To be accused of FUD for that is just WP:BAIT.
In the half hour or so it has taken to write this complaint, my final reversion has not been edited so I am not sure what kind of action I am requesting other than maybe some advice and a review of the page for a third or fourth opinion about the matter? Kire1975 ( talk) 09:26, 11 May 2020 (UTC)
This seems to be an issue for WP:ANI or dispute resolution, not WP:COIN. SamHolt6 ( talk) 12:08, 11 May 2020 (UTC)
After Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard/Archive 157#Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan, I have found two additional U.S. government documents that prove COI edits on Wikipedia articles:
Create and manage candidate Wikipedia, Facebook, Linked-In and Twitter presence and any other relevant digital content" is one of the services mentioned. It seems to me Akinwumi Adesina is the article in question, but I have no other comments on this.
The Alliance recently created its own Wikipedia page". The article is Azerbaijan America Alliance, which is already tagged with possible COI (since June 2015). It is created on 24 July 2012 based on self-published sources by a user who has made only three edits, all related to this. The subject seems to lack notability criteria.
— Pahlevun ( talk) 21:17, 11 May 2020 (UTC)
Company worker is making an article for his company. Idan ( talk) 10:45, 12 May 2020 (UTC)
The Scracommunications account removed a reference talking about itself from the article. Idan ( talk) 10:57, 12 May 2020 (UTC)
Actor created and edited a draft about itself and User:DGG accepted it. Idan ( talk) 16:18, 13 May 2020 (UTC)
User is using his sandbox to create an article about himself. Idan ( talk) 11:01, 12 May 2020 (UTC)
There appears COI editing in these articles and in the deletion debate.Note Ragy Thomas is the head of Sprinklr which is involved in a controversy. Pharaoh of the Wizards ( talk) 18:30, 13 May 2020 (UTC)
Those IPs are mine I edited both the page and its Afd. I'm a new user who is learning the editing through YouTube videos. I think the user User:Timtempleton has a close connection with the sprinklr company and its founder Ragy Thomas. He Just created a Wikipedia page for Ragy Thomas and uploaded an image of him. It shows he is close to Ragy Thomas and maybe get paid for the page creation. Besides that, the user is also monitoring the Wikipedia page of Sprinklr company page and its subsidiary. He removes anything negative about the company like here, here and here. Akv007 ( talk) 04:51, 14 May 2020 (UTC)
I am suspicious of the pattern of an editor having a sprinkling of edits in 2017, 2018, and 2019, showing up in an AfD that is clearly rife with sockpuppetry. My suspicion is enhanced by the presence of a username basically including the phrase "My wiki", which has been used in commercial efforts before (e.g., User talk:Mywikipediaarticle). BD2412 T 19:25, 5 May 2020 (UTC)
Would welcome a second opinion regarding a series of edits to this article, especially with regard to WP:BLP. Bonusballs ( talk) 22:22, 8 May 2020 (UTC)
This user first edited the page in 2017 but then edited it again right now. Maybe we should wait? But I’ll leave it to the experts. Signed, The4lines |||| ( You Asked?) ( What I have Done.) 15:01, 8 May 2020 (UTC)
This single-purpose account is removing the contents from the article which is not suitable for the subject. The name is also the same as the subject which proves the WP:COI. - The9Man ( Talk) 05:32, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
While looking at the history of 451 Group article, I have noticed some deletion edits made by User:Markharris2000. After a simple Google search, I have observed that the user might be connected to the subject, and his edit history is similarly focused. I would be happy if someone could review those edits. Thank you MP1440 ( talk) 15:59, 14 May 2020 (UTC)
What srikes me about the 451 Group page are the three infoboxes, and the three separate company descriptions. Is having three infoboxes allowable? ThatMontrealIP ( talk) 17:27, 17 May 2020 (UTC)
Please review my edit at [11] where I've added a reference, said reference is to an academic paper (reliable per RS) authored by me. I think the reference is relevant and better than the previous ones (academic, and properly secondary and not primary), and overall should be very useful in expanding this article. If there are no problems, I also plan on adding it as a ref to Tabletop game article. Please ping me if there are any concerns. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 04:40, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
The editor submitted the draft for approval via Articles for Creation and it was declined the first time, and the editor resubmitted it with minimal changes. It was declined again, and a question was asked to whether there was conflict of interest. A statement was made in the decline message that the question about conflict of interest should be answered before resubmitting the draft again. The draft was submitted a third time without answering the question about conflict of interest. Robert McClenon ( talk) 22:52, 17 May 2020 (UTC)
There is no conflict of interest. I have nothing to do with this company. Bluegene18 ( talk) 08:36, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
This is a bunch of long-term hotel editing/promotion? where we are seeing edits reminiscent of WP:List of paid editing companies#3QDigital aka 3Q Digital. Related facts:
not some SEO or PR agency, then in 2018 was notified of a COIN discussion concerning 3Q and did not comment.
Bottom line, this is indistinguishable from UPE despite the editor's protest. ☆ Bri ( talk) 23:58, 11 May 2020 (UTC)
So let's see if I get this. Taking for example the first article in the list, you were so pleased in January by Ibis (hotel) – as an enthusiast, not a connected editor – you decided to improve their article with a list of awards, using material like this press release as a source. ☆ Bri ( talk) 15:09, 15 May 2020 (UTC)
User:Oberman has admitted here that he is Mr. Cimirro. He has made extensive additions to the article including listing his own compositions without declaring a COI. Smerus ( talk) 21:18, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
Mr. Smerus (David Conway), you are clearly a scoundrel of the worst category! Using wikipedia to manipulate things for your taste or to someone's taste/work/company behind you... I'm indeed Artur Cimirro, and all my additions are informative because wikipedia already lists my works. I'm just giving the right information where it is wrong or missing. I'm not selling anything here. On the other hand, you lack any moral because you use your own user page to add amazon link to a book, making propaganda of your work naming it "My magnum opus" (what a opus by the way): /info/en/?search=User:Smerus You are a slag and a coward. I do NOT need Wikipedia for anything. But if this place uses information about me (with permission added in my webpage) and do not let me put it in the right way and accept people like you to deal with other members then I'll probably act in order to remove all the information about me from this rotten and putrid place. I disgust people like you, you are a shame for the arts and I would be happy to remember your full name for the history records Mr.Conway, a pity you are too small for that... Artur Cimirro Composer and pianist from Brazil www.arturcimirro.com.br
Dear user C.Fred, I'll be happy if someone do all the necessary investigation about such matters on conflict of interest for whatever article, but I really want Mr.Smerus out of this. No one from wikipedia called attention of Mr.Smerus because of his ironic approach to the other member, and I'm not even interested in what wikipedia thinks about it - I'm not here to waste my time with these kind of people. All I know is, if my name is there and there are wrong information I'll correct them. When someone claims I'm a sockpuppet and I'm able to prove it that would be enough for any decent website. I'll not accept this "chase" around my name coming from a disqualified member who deals with his personal "5 minutes of God" on internet trying to defame people. I will remain civil while dealing with civils. - I received the claim in my e-mail today. I was not even entering wikipedia since 2018, and you can check this easily. Now I'm updating the missing information in the article about me, and I'll do that from time to time while the article is online - no one better than me to add information about me, since I can send all the necessary links and proves that I'm not fake. If my article is there it is because my work is relevant for many people. I'm not revoking anything, but I know pretty well how to delete forever an article from wikipedia if there is no respect here. As I already said, I do not need wikipedia. - Artur Cimirro — Preceding unsigned comment added by Oberman ( talk • contribs) 22:12, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
Dear Mr. ThatMontrealIP,
I have some questions because I do not understand you deletions from the article:
1 - My list of compositions were deleted because you claim it is "unsourced", but wouldn't it be the right things to ask for the source before deleting (I have seen indicatiosn of this all over wikipedia now)? The source is availabe in my webpage and in Acte Prealable (Poland) CDs catalogue too as some of these were already published.
So, in case it must be deleted anyway, here we can also delete the full list as the only place where all these names are really availabe in full is in Philip Glass site: /info/en/?search=List_of_compositions_by_Philip_Glass is that so?
2 - The "transcriptions section" was deleted by you because you claim they are "unsourced section that does not make sense".
So I wonder what does not make sense? I work making transcriptions (which in musical language is basically the same as a rearrangement) I'm known because of these transcriptions in my concerts and even on youtube, but mentioning them here makes no sense?
Again the source is availabe in my webpage!
So I assume the same happens here: /info/en/?search=Franz_Liszt#Transcriptions And it should be deleted?
3 - You removed this: "In 2011 he was invited by Stuart & Sons Handcrafted Pianos to make recordings and concerts in Australia, the result of this tour is the CD & DVD "Cimirro plays Stuart & Sons in Terra Australis". [1]"
So, can I remove all the references in wikipedia texts of published CDs from all available artists biographies in wikipedia?
By the way, this CD is not available anymore in the market. And you can check this easily. Also this was a special CD made to promote a quite rare piano model with 102 keys and 4 pedals, so I still think it is worth mentioning this.
4 - The source for proving I made the opusdissonus is the website link you removed. There one can read and find my links and words.
5 - why my websites are not references of my work? Why you deleted them?
It is strange that no one updated my article over the last two years and today someone decides to remove part of it. In case i'm not wrong with this, could you kindly undo these edits?
Thank you in advance Artur Cimirro — Preceding unsigned comment added by Oberman ( talk • contribs) 00:32, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
References
Creations of blocked accounts are listed here. I want to say something wry about parasites here, but will refrain. ☆ Bri ( talk) 22:44, 4 May 2020 (UTC)
@ Ivanvector: Am I allowed to make comments here, or is your injunction global? ☆ Bri ( talk) 19:28, 6 May 2020 (UTC)
A new cohort of probable socks was discovered in a new chapter of the 42isthedefiniteanswer SPI thru Checkuser. ☆ Bri ( talk) 02:03, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
User from Spain is changing an article header with a strange text; is likely to a "nicely situation" descriptive title header. Picklespitlizyr ( talk) 01:08, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
Signature -- Picklespitlizyr ( talk) 02:04, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
The editor has submitted a promotional biography of Amitabh Shah in article space and in draft space. The editor has also made edits to Yuva Unstoppable, an organization founded by Amitabh Shah. The editor has been asked twice by User:Sulfurboy whether they have a conflict of interest, and has not answered, but has continued to edit. Robert McClenon ( talk) 01:58, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
Hello I am 2020satiya
Here are the answers to your questions 1. I made the page and then moved to the article and at the same time in another tab, I was editing and adding infobox in the page and didn't checked the realtime notification and submitted again by which the situation was when I was editing the article after publishing the article by the sulfurboy was moved to draft again and after that edited article was published to resulted to become 2 articles one draft and another duplicate published
2. I am in the technical department and handle social media and other similar things so I made this by myself no one asked me to do so. But yes I do have appropriate permissions to do this.
3. Some edits suggested by sulfurboy for reference links has been again revised and Robert McClenon commented on the duplicate page which was created by mistake.
4. I am new to all this please help me in wikipedia community i am ready to learn and follow all guidelines provided by you. Thanks for the support — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2020satiya ( talk • contribs) 02:45, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
The article is now with only 20% of only important content left in it with appropriate references only. If there are any more suggestions please help me with that. Thank you — Preceding
unsigned comment added by
2020satiya (
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contribs) 04:16, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
IP editor (Rajasthan) refspammed all the articles above. Unsure if they have paid for services, possibly related to a single off-wiki covert advertising platform reported to WP:WPSPAM. ☆ Bri ( talk) 18:17, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
Hello
JzG,
Bri,
Creffett and
ThatMontrealIP (apologies for this ping bomb, but covering all involved). I'm sorry if this isn't the right platform for this post, but just wanted to say that the Max discussion couldn't reach a conclusion before its archival. I had further worked on the articles to the best of my ability, using the most reliable sources available. Wanted to inform you all that I'm taking I have taken the liberty of moving the 5 articles into main space:
Max Group,
Max India,
Antara Senior Living,
Max Financial Services and
Max Ventures and Industries. If it wasn't the right thing to do, please feel free to revert or take the necessary course of action.. Regards,
TerentiusNew (
talk) 08:04, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
I'm assuming that Stevenfernandez00 is Steven Fernandez.
Stevenfernandez00 created the article and has used it to promote himself. The article needs a complete rewrite from policy, and the editor needs to respond to the coi concerns.
Stevenfernandez00 is in the process of creating an article about his film producer [14]. -- Hipal/Ronz ( talk) 19:58, 26 May 2020 (UTC)
User:Predictiveteam had made non-promotional edits to PTT Global Chemical on 30 March and 1 April, but today inserted a huge amount of information, including some sections in a first-person, promotional tone, and also created an article about Kongkrapan Intarajang, its CEO. (These are the user's only contributions.) Should the recent additions be reverted? -- Paul_012 ( talk) 20:08, 27 May 2020 (UTC)
User has disclosed that Artadia was a paid editing gig. I am not seeing any disclosure for that anywhere. This started when their recent creation of Sheri L. Pasquarella struck me as promotional work. Off-wiki research confirmed there is a strong COI problem, so I inquired and got the above disclosure. The editor has been employed by them, according to the disclosure. The editor does appear to be an asset, but the way they are operating seems to have violated our WP:COI and WP:PAID policies and the TOS. I have not checked the many other articles they have made. ThatMontrealIP ( talk) 22:57, 27 May 2020 (UTC)
Hi! My apologies for misunderstanding about disclosures. If you can tell me the best way to go about it, I am happy to add them as appropriate. I think these pages are relevant and pertinent to those with interests in contemporary art and the contemporary art market. I am also happy to neutralize language as appropriate, I used a wide amount of citations from reputable sources and tried to keep it balanced. Please let me know how to best move forward. Thank you! ( Drewzeiba ( talk) 23:05, 27 May 2020 (UTC))
Also, to be clear it was not my intent to mislead or be surreptitious. I am relatively new to editing Wiki so I apologize for any unintentional ToS violations. ( Drewzeiba ( talk) 23:07, 27 May 2020 (UTC))
Carolyn Ramo I initially wrote back when I uploaded Artadia, but I updated it recently when there was press related to the COVID grants, so I guess those could be lumped together. Sheri L. Pasquarella I also have a working/employer relationship with so if for simplicity's sake we could say it is paid, sure. I am confident in their relevance and the thoroughness of my citations but am happy to add any disclosures or neutralize language/content as needed. I think most other edits I may have made were just to add links. ( Drewzeiba ( talk) 23:16, 27 May 2020 (UTC))
Thanks all for your patience. I think I did the proper thing on my page and the talk pages. ( Drewzeiba ( talk) 23:28, 27 May 2020 (UTC)) Let me know if we can remove the $$ alert and if I can assist any edits. Thanks again! ( Drewzeiba ( talk) 23:42, 27 May 2020 (UTC))
A person claiming to be a person named in the article as the organisation's chairperson states that he resigned and left the organisation. Various different accounts have been removing mention of this person from the article for several months, though it is referenced. Bastun Ėġáḍβáś₮ŭŃ! 13:34, 28 May 2020 (UTC)
The Bryant Family Vineyard page has been edited by the estate of the Bryant Family, which is a clear Conflict of Interest. Definitely also an WP:SPA as well.
-- OldGalileo ( talk) 21:42, 29 May 2020 (UTC)
we are going to have a ton of cleanup after several sockfarms found by ... well, different investigatory techniques by the fr.wiki admins. You can read more about it in the
admins newsletter.
New upe firms listed on PAIDLIST [15]
Listed just one two a few cross-over users as proof of impact on en.wiki ☆
Bri (
talk) 02:55, 30 May 2020 (UTC)
We have discussed this article at archive 143 and 144. It just keeps getting spammed up with rank churnalism. I did some pruning but the whole post 2010 history is suspicious. IPs listed all have edited this year. ☆ Bri ( talk) 05:09, 29 May 2020 (UTC)
Both articles were put on Wikipedia by a user that was banned for undisclosed paid editing. A person speaking on behalf of the organization admitted they paid someone to place them on Wikipedia but says they weren't aware undisclosed paid editing was disallowed and they're asking the unpaid template to be removed. See this discussion. As I see it, both articles still have a promotional layout and choice of contents selection that embellishes favorable things and a typical paid article layout. I think it would be beneficial to first see if these articles should even be on Wikipedia by evaluating notability and nominating them for AfD as needed. If these articles are actually notable, they would need to be fundamentally rewritten to be encyclopedic. Let's discuss how this should proceed. Graywalls ( talk) 23:11, 30 May 2020 (UTC)
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The page was created by a username that contains the last name of the page subject. Additionally, numerous editors on the page appear to be linked to the subject, having only edited this page in their wiki history. A quick Google search was able to further link editors to the subject. | MK17b | ( talk) 02:03, 23 April 2020 (UTC)
Wikiu08372 says she is a grandchild of the subject, describes herself as a mother in her 70s, and is very upset because we won't let her post a lot of personal information about the subject's non-notable descendants, their trials and tribulations. I advised her to concentrate on improving the article itself; she accuses me of cultural bias. It is also possible that others are using the same account. Orange Mike | Talk 17:11, 25 April 2020 (UTC)
Username of article editing article Idan ( talk) 19:19, 25 April 2020 (UTC)
Promotional editing and COI issues. Editor says " am Albin Saelens, son of the deceased sculptor, artist Kobe (artistic alias of Jacques Saelens) and manage the website 'www.foundationkobe.com' ( link). I would really love to keep this English Wikipedia page about my father" at the AfD for the page. Hasn't disclosed per terms of use at their user page. Continues to massively rewrite the page. Has been warned once, twice to steer clear. No reply on talk page. their edits have definitely improved the page, but that's not the point neutrality-wise. ThatMontrealIP ( talk) 12:09, 24 April 2020 (UTC)
Username matches most edited article. Apparently, all edits to other articles have also been about Hurjet. LetUsNotLoseHear T 18:25, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
User appears to be owner of property. User has edited page over at least a couple of years - attempts to engage user have been unsuccessful. Tacyarg ( talk) 18:23, 24 April 2020 (UTC)
This editor only edits National American University and the most cursory of searches will show a legitimate reason to suspect that this editor is paid to edit this article but refuses to engage with other editors or reveal if there is a connection. ElKevbo ( talk) 17:03, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
Agree 100%. I put a paid1 warning on her talk, but I'd suggest limited blocking of her only on the article in question until she discloses and starts talking. John from Idegon ( talk) 19:27, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
Ive seen stuff like this before, I thought Id post it for once,seems paid/coi. did notify on talk/ [1] and pasted the notification above [2], thank you-- Ozzie10aaaa ( talk) 16:21, 29 April 2020 (UTC)
Creffett She is the chair of a radiology department that I am not affiliated with. I am a resident physician that wants to increase the presence of notable women radiologists on Wikipedia. Secondly, the image was forwarded to me by her administrative assistant. I did not physically take the picture myself but it was given to me with permission to upload it to Wikipedia. DomniqueNewallo ( talk) 23:46, 29 April 2020 (UTC)DomniqueNewallo
This item sounds resolved to me, per the good faith explanation above. ThatMontrealIP ( talk) 03:00, 30 April 2020 (UTC)
I believe that Mkusenba, who created both the page for Greg Neri and for one of his books (and who has done the vast majority of edits on each of those pages) has a major COI with Greg Neri. I stumbled across this potential connection about a month ago, by complete coincidence. Further off-Wikipedia investigation (which I won't go over here, because of WP:OUT) convinced me of this even more (FWIW, the evidence I saw was very, very strong/convincing). As for on-Wikipedia evidence, Mkusenba seems to be a single-purpose account solely devoted to Greg Neri-related topics. In addition, many of their edits of these pages seem to excessively praise Neri, or cast him in a positive light. As an example, this early version of the Greg Neri page (up through that point Mkusenba was the only editor of the page) seems to lavish excessive praise on Neri, with the best parts from each review being cherry-picked and put on the page, and seemingly very positive OR (for example, the section on Surf Mules describes the book, without attribution or quotes, as "harrowing and funny".) On top of that, there's way too many quotes from Neri himself, and every single hyperlink of the book's title is to the Amazon page to buy it.
Now, I do realize that that might be reading into a version from 9 years ago a little too much, but even today, the current version still has many of these problems; there's a large section devoted solely to Neri's "writing approach", filled 95% with quotes from Neri talking about how great his own work is, and in addition, I'm not even sure there's enough reliable sources to justify a page for Neri in the first place, with a large chunk of the references being posts written by him, and some of the references, like the 17th one, not even mentioning Neri once (BTW, some of these criticisms of the page's bias also apply to the page for the book I mentioned. I asked Mkusenba about my suspicions about 3 weeks ago, and they have not responded. So, in conclusion, based on the singular focus that Mkusenba has on this very narrow topic, as well as the seemingly biased edits they've made on those topics, as well as other evidence, I believe that Mkusenba has a large conflict of interest on Greg Neri-related topics. Stavd3 ( talk) 02:00, 1 May 2020 (UTC)
The Andreas Antonopoulos article's subject is a BLP. This subject is a relatively famous advocate of Bitcoin, Blockchain, Ethereum, and an author books on those subjects. A user, who is apparently Antonopoulous himself, pointed out that David Gerard is an advocate against Bitcoin/Blockchain & an author of a blockchain book titled "Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain: Bitcoin, Blockchain, Ethereum & Smart Contracts", and Antonopoulous stated that Gerard (an Admin) should not edit his article due to COI as a "competitor." Antonopoulous stated that Gerard had deleted content, which Gerard has done 1, 2, etc. I will also note that I dont disagree with any of Gerard's edits thus far on this article, I often ping Gerard (maybe to the point of annoyance) to get his input on various blockchain articles as I value his experience and expertise on the subject matter, and I have never noticed in recent memory any sniff of his 'anti-bitcoin views' clouding his edits thus far on any article. I felt that since the article's subject did request a review Talk:Andreas_Antonopoulos#Should_a_competing_(contrarian)_author_be_making_edits_here?, and since Gerard himself did both deny the COI and also suggest COIN review here, I will raise the COI investigation process and welcome comments. I will note that this article is the subject of sanctions WP:GS/Crypto. If I have mis-formatted this COIN post, please feel free to edit it. Thanks! Jtbobwaysf ( talk) 16:19, 30 April 2020 (UTC)
All I know is that all edits of David Gerard were solely destructive. He never added anything but only reverted/deleted, which leaves quite a negative connotation in my opinion.-- Renek78 ( talk) 20:27, 19 June 2020 (UTC)
Hard evidence on possible violation of WP:COI or WP:PAID in regard to this article and Tsolak MLKE-Galstyan, both interconnected subject-wise and created by same user. Tsolak MLKE-Galstyan is currently pending review for deletion for lack of WP:GNG at Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Tsolak_MLKE-Galstyan. I obviously cannot divulge anything else out of privacy concerns but should be an easy find for a seasoned administrator. Please let me know if anything further is expected from my side. Charmanderblue ( talk) 21:06, 3 May 2020 (UTC)
I have been studying contemporary dance and art for already 15 year and during my studies I have found out Mihr theatre. I only attand their performances and I am a follower of their pages in Facebook and in Insatgram, because I want to new nes about them. Sometimes I share their posts, but I have no personal connection with them. As I mentioned, I study contemporary dance in the world and in Armenia, so I have decided to put articles about contemporary dance in Armenia and started with MIHR theatre, as they are one of the developers of contemporary dance, and in my opinion they are important for the contemporary dance scene of Armenia. After them I have decided to represent also other performers in contemporary dance of Armenie in wikipedia platform. I work volunteery on my own initiative, I am not being paid, I have no intention to make promotions and I only want to enrich wikipedia with English articles about Armenian artists and performers to get them recoganizeable, as I am also translator of the English Language and can write in English. Stella Loretsyan ( talk) 21:09, 3 May 2020 (UTC)
I have no personal connection with themand now you say you have exchanged emails and letters with them. Do you have what they say in the email? The images are going to have to be deleted or you need an OTRS permission ticket for each one. There is no "public domain" release on their site, in fact what I see is "© 2019 MIHR Theater" on the bottom of their main page. Please let us know if there are any other connections to them you have not disclosed. ThatMontrealIP ( talk) 22:06, 3 May 2020 (UTC)
Thank you again! I will continue to work in contemporary art and in contemporary dance particularly in Armenia. And with support of the international community of wikipedia editors, there will be more articles about contemporary arts and contemporary dance in Armenia, which will be, of course, useful for professionals who trust and use wikipedia. Stella Loretsyan ( talk) 22:40, 3 May 2020 (UTC)
This user has only ever edited those two articles, the record label being run by Oliver Sean. What triggered this report were
these edits, claiming that his latest mix album reached the Top 40 on the Official UK Charts (No.36) in 2020
, supposedly referenced by a
press release from his record label. What the press release actually claims is The Goa Chillout Zone Vol.9 produced by Oliver Sean and released on Valentines day has hit No.1 in the UK on the iTunes Album Charts in the Electronic Music Genre
. It's possible the editor isn't aware of the various music charts there are in the UK these days (although if they are making the edits it's their responsibility to make sure they are correct), the
UK Albums Chart and the
UK Album Downloads Chart are the ones run by the
Official UK Charts Company. Their electronic album chart for the period 14-20 February can be seen
here and contains no mention of Oliver Sean or the The Goa Chillout Zone Vol.9, neither does the
week after (I checked just to be thorough). I can't find any archive of the iTunes UK Albums Charts in the Electronic Music Genre charts history,
this page lists the current chart but says This site does not store or archive chart positions for genre charts
. They do store the non-specific genre album charts, see
here or
here. This does confirm it reached #36 on 19 February (falling to #83 the following day) the iTunes UK Albums chart (which is a totally different thing from the "Official UK Charts"), but there is no independent source for the #1 in the electronic music genre chart. A question that may belong at RSN but it can just as easily be answered here is whether Oliver Sean's own press release is an acceptable reference for claiming he reached #1 in a particular music chart? Given the number of dance acts in the chart above him in the
overall chart of 19 February, I would suggest it is a highly questionable claim.
FDW777 (
talk) 16:49, 4 May 2020 (UTC)
I am an author and would like to write an article about my own book? Would this violate WP:COI? -- James Miko ( talk) 22:36, 3 May 2020 (UTC)
Thank you, everyone! I will make sure to follow your guidance. James Miko ( talk) 21:44, 4 May 2020 (UTC)
In the article the sole editor writes "We" meaning that he is part of the band. Idan ( talk) 14:01, 6 May 2020 (UTC)
Editor has pretty much flat out admitted they have a COI. Read talk page on article and diffs comments. Thanks! Galendalia CVU Member \ Chat Me Up 00:38, 7 May 2020 (UTC)
Hi. This person has received mentions in Pakistani media lately so maybe other people saw her too. I thought she had notable accomplishments in broadcast media and now being involed in female empowerment and decided to create the article. I removed her page from my Watchlist which is why I have not received any notifications about what's been happening to her page. I left notifications on for when someone mentions my username, which is how I found out about this message. I have not made any edits because I'm afraid to do anything on Wikipedia at the moment. I've had some charged language used against me recently and have been accused of doing things I did not do, so I've stopped editing for the time being. When I do return to editing, I will be focusing my volunteering efforts on the CAT:UP project. Salvatore42 ( talk) 20:38, 6 May 2020 (UTC)
I appreciate assuming good faith. I was just trying to add an article about a woman who seems like she is well known around the world especially in EMEA for her military credentials and recent work in female empowerment. All the information I used had sources from various pubs online I found on search engines and LinkedIn. I realize I over-sourced, but I have a hard time stopping when I keep finding good sources, or at least sources I think are good. I was going to keep track of her page and make corrections and new edits as I found them, but now I don't want anything to do with her page and regret thinking it would be a good idea to create it. If you think this page should be deleted, you won't have any argument from me. Salvatore42 ( talk) 03:23, 7 May 2020 (UTC)
Some COI-related info regarding Carmaker1 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) was posted at WP:ARC, after which an Arb suggested this may rather be handled by COIN than ArbCom. So here we are. -- Francis Schonken ( talk) 08:00, 20 April 2020 (UTC)
[H]aving people editing about a field in which they make their living.By that logic, DocJames, for example, would not be allowed to write about medicine because he makes his living as a doctor. El_C 17:49, 20 April 2020 (UTC)
Will follow up in a bit... ☆ Bri ( talk) 20:30, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
I'm really saddened to see this here, and to have to face the insinuation that the articles are a case of paid-editing. But, then again, I also understand it is in accordance with Wiki policy. So, for the avoidance of any doubt, let me categorically state: I was not paid a single dime to create these articles, nor am I in any way related to anyone at Max Group, or have a vested interested in creating these. I have mainly written and edited arts-related articles, but was spurred on to create articles for Max after reading about Max Hospitals in the news, researching hydroxychloroquine for their staff treating Coronavirus. Noticing that Max Group and its subsidiaries, all very prominent in Indian business space as a quick web search and the used references show, do not have a page, I went on to start them with the most basic NPOV, well-sourced structure they deserved.
I don't know what else to say, but you have me as a willing participant, and my full cooperation, in whatever investigation you would like me to be a part of. Finally, much as I would like to put on a brave face and pretend otherwise, it does hurt a lot (especially, when you're spending extra time on Wiki as an antidote and a coping mechanism for Corona news), to see all your efforts undone in a single click... TerentiusNew ( talk) 04:32, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
Hello all, wondered if anyone has had the chance to see the drafts? Creffett, would it be okay to move them into article space? TerentiusNew ( talk) 17:48, 7 May 2020 (UTC)
Writing their own biography not Wikipedia:Notability (people) Galendalia CVU Member \ Chat Me Up 19:33, 7 May 2020 (UTC)
Per this diff, user admits to being an intern for the Museum and has been adding mentions of their collection to numerous articles on artists. Most of their additions have been reverted for being undue or unsourced, but some have stuck and are helpful. Initially Posting here so we can be sure to get the UPE aspect of things cleared up. Will leave UPE notice on their talk page. ThatMontrealIP ( talk) 14:24, 7 May 2020 (UTC)
User has made the draft Sumesh tripathi which is their username. So a pretty clear COI. Signed, The4lines |||| ( You Asked?) ( What I have Done.) 16:43, 9 May 2020 (UTC)
Created by WP:SPA, reads like a CV or LinkedIni page. Came to my attention when IPs from this range made multiple attempts at inserted links about the subject. Page was prod'd, then resurrected via DRV by User:Mlepisto, who admits to knowing the subject, but denies receiving any compensation for contributing to the article. Posting here for additional eyes/feedback. OhNoitsJamie Talk 00:20, 9 May 2020 (UTC)
Comment I don't know if it is appropriate to respond here so please forgive me if not. I have update my user page to provide some insight and clarity/transparency, and responded to this notice on my talk page. Mlepisto ( talk) 13:35, 10 May 2020 (UTC)
"curprev 00:55, May 11, 2020 Savoir Faire Mgmt talk contribs m 14,712 bytes +571 →Discography: I'm Keren Ann manager and want to reorganize his wiki page with more details and different organisation." The user has been editing the page since May 5, 2020 without disclosing COI. Galendalia CVU Member \ Chat Me Up 08:01, 11 May 2020 (UTC)
The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
Earlier today I removed the word widely pursuant to MOS:NOTE because it presumes the readers' knowledge of the subject and added a "citation needed" template for the rest of the claim. This edit was quickly reverted by Calton ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) for the reason given "Been there, done that" which is a FUD non-reason.
I then attempted to seek out the reason on Calton's talk page which is full of bold, presumptuous FUD language that presumes anyone who has a question about or a problem with anything he has done on wikipedia is either drunk, assume he's stupid or assume he's Montel Williams for some reason.
I then pinged both users on the film's talk page to try to get a consensus about the statement. Femkemiline then undid her previous comment attempting to defend the presence of the statement, so I removed the statement in question from the lead because the film is only widely criticized as being misleading or outdated by people who work and are activists in the climate industry.
Almost immediately, Calton reverts my edit once again, WP:PERSONALATTACKS me for being allegedly "bogus and FUD" with no legitimate rationale for the reversion, then posts the same on the talk page when he could have been discussing the matter in a civil way there when I pinged him three plus hours ago. I have no interest in edit warring, but I reverted Calton's last edit and was about to try to explain that every cited criticism regarding misleading or outdated information in teh film is made by people who work or are otherwise politically invested in the industry being challenged by the premise of the film, but Calton's past behavior leads me to believe that it would only be met with more vitriolic FUD personal attacks against me. I honestly don't care if the statement is left in the lede, but the argument is limited to a specific set of biased activists and employees. To say it is "widely criticized" is misleading. And the statement in the lede should have at least one source to support it per WP:RS. To be accused of FUD for that is just WP:BAIT.
In the half hour or so it has taken to write this complaint, my final reversion has not been edited so I am not sure what kind of action I am requesting other than maybe some advice and a review of the page for a third or fourth opinion about the matter? Kire1975 ( talk) 09:26, 11 May 2020 (UTC)
This seems to be an issue for WP:ANI or dispute resolution, not WP:COIN. SamHolt6 ( talk) 12:08, 11 May 2020 (UTC)
After Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard/Archive 157#Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan, I have found two additional U.S. government documents that prove COI edits on Wikipedia articles:
Create and manage candidate Wikipedia, Facebook, Linked-In and Twitter presence and any other relevant digital content" is one of the services mentioned. It seems to me Akinwumi Adesina is the article in question, but I have no other comments on this.
The Alliance recently created its own Wikipedia page". The article is Azerbaijan America Alliance, which is already tagged with possible COI (since June 2015). It is created on 24 July 2012 based on self-published sources by a user who has made only three edits, all related to this. The subject seems to lack notability criteria.
— Pahlevun ( talk) 21:17, 11 May 2020 (UTC)
Company worker is making an article for his company. Idan ( talk) 10:45, 12 May 2020 (UTC)
The Scracommunications account removed a reference talking about itself from the article. Idan ( talk) 10:57, 12 May 2020 (UTC)
Actor created and edited a draft about itself and User:DGG accepted it. Idan ( talk) 16:18, 13 May 2020 (UTC)
User is using his sandbox to create an article about himself. Idan ( talk) 11:01, 12 May 2020 (UTC)
There appears COI editing in these articles and in the deletion debate.Note Ragy Thomas is the head of Sprinklr which is involved in a controversy. Pharaoh of the Wizards ( talk) 18:30, 13 May 2020 (UTC)
Those IPs are mine I edited both the page and its Afd. I'm a new user who is learning the editing through YouTube videos. I think the user User:Timtempleton has a close connection with the sprinklr company and its founder Ragy Thomas. He Just created a Wikipedia page for Ragy Thomas and uploaded an image of him. It shows he is close to Ragy Thomas and maybe get paid for the page creation. Besides that, the user is also monitoring the Wikipedia page of Sprinklr company page and its subsidiary. He removes anything negative about the company like here, here and here. Akv007 ( talk) 04:51, 14 May 2020 (UTC)
I am suspicious of the pattern of an editor having a sprinkling of edits in 2017, 2018, and 2019, showing up in an AfD that is clearly rife with sockpuppetry. My suspicion is enhanced by the presence of a username basically including the phrase "My wiki", which has been used in commercial efforts before (e.g., User talk:Mywikipediaarticle). BD2412 T 19:25, 5 May 2020 (UTC)
Would welcome a second opinion regarding a series of edits to this article, especially with regard to WP:BLP. Bonusballs ( talk) 22:22, 8 May 2020 (UTC)
This user first edited the page in 2017 but then edited it again right now. Maybe we should wait? But I’ll leave it to the experts. Signed, The4lines |||| ( You Asked?) ( What I have Done.) 15:01, 8 May 2020 (UTC)
This single-purpose account is removing the contents from the article which is not suitable for the subject. The name is also the same as the subject which proves the WP:COI. - The9Man ( Talk) 05:32, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
While looking at the history of 451 Group article, I have noticed some deletion edits made by User:Markharris2000. After a simple Google search, I have observed that the user might be connected to the subject, and his edit history is similarly focused. I would be happy if someone could review those edits. Thank you MP1440 ( talk) 15:59, 14 May 2020 (UTC)
What srikes me about the 451 Group page are the three infoboxes, and the three separate company descriptions. Is having three infoboxes allowable? ThatMontrealIP ( talk) 17:27, 17 May 2020 (UTC)
Please review my edit at [11] where I've added a reference, said reference is to an academic paper (reliable per RS) authored by me. I think the reference is relevant and better than the previous ones (academic, and properly secondary and not primary), and overall should be very useful in expanding this article. If there are no problems, I also plan on adding it as a ref to Tabletop game article. Please ping me if there are any concerns. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 04:40, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
The editor submitted the draft for approval via Articles for Creation and it was declined the first time, and the editor resubmitted it with minimal changes. It was declined again, and a question was asked to whether there was conflict of interest. A statement was made in the decline message that the question about conflict of interest should be answered before resubmitting the draft again. The draft was submitted a third time without answering the question about conflict of interest. Robert McClenon ( talk) 22:52, 17 May 2020 (UTC)
There is no conflict of interest. I have nothing to do with this company. Bluegene18 ( talk) 08:36, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
This is a bunch of long-term hotel editing/promotion? where we are seeing edits reminiscent of WP:List of paid editing companies#3QDigital aka 3Q Digital. Related facts:
not some SEO or PR agency, then in 2018 was notified of a COIN discussion concerning 3Q and did not comment.
Bottom line, this is indistinguishable from UPE despite the editor's protest. ☆ Bri ( talk) 23:58, 11 May 2020 (UTC)
So let's see if I get this. Taking for example the first article in the list, you were so pleased in January by Ibis (hotel) – as an enthusiast, not a connected editor – you decided to improve their article with a list of awards, using material like this press release as a source. ☆ Bri ( talk) 15:09, 15 May 2020 (UTC)
User:Oberman has admitted here that he is Mr. Cimirro. He has made extensive additions to the article including listing his own compositions without declaring a COI. Smerus ( talk) 21:18, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
Mr. Smerus (David Conway), you are clearly a scoundrel of the worst category! Using wikipedia to manipulate things for your taste or to someone's taste/work/company behind you... I'm indeed Artur Cimirro, and all my additions are informative because wikipedia already lists my works. I'm just giving the right information where it is wrong or missing. I'm not selling anything here. On the other hand, you lack any moral because you use your own user page to add amazon link to a book, making propaganda of your work naming it "My magnum opus" (what a opus by the way): /info/en/?search=User:Smerus You are a slag and a coward. I do NOT need Wikipedia for anything. But if this place uses information about me (with permission added in my webpage) and do not let me put it in the right way and accept people like you to deal with other members then I'll probably act in order to remove all the information about me from this rotten and putrid place. I disgust people like you, you are a shame for the arts and I would be happy to remember your full name for the history records Mr.Conway, a pity you are too small for that... Artur Cimirro Composer and pianist from Brazil www.arturcimirro.com.br
Dear user C.Fred, I'll be happy if someone do all the necessary investigation about such matters on conflict of interest for whatever article, but I really want Mr.Smerus out of this. No one from wikipedia called attention of Mr.Smerus because of his ironic approach to the other member, and I'm not even interested in what wikipedia thinks about it - I'm not here to waste my time with these kind of people. All I know is, if my name is there and there are wrong information I'll correct them. When someone claims I'm a sockpuppet and I'm able to prove it that would be enough for any decent website. I'll not accept this "chase" around my name coming from a disqualified member who deals with his personal "5 minutes of God" on internet trying to defame people. I will remain civil while dealing with civils. - I received the claim in my e-mail today. I was not even entering wikipedia since 2018, and you can check this easily. Now I'm updating the missing information in the article about me, and I'll do that from time to time while the article is online - no one better than me to add information about me, since I can send all the necessary links and proves that I'm not fake. If my article is there it is because my work is relevant for many people. I'm not revoking anything, but I know pretty well how to delete forever an article from wikipedia if there is no respect here. As I already said, I do not need wikipedia. - Artur Cimirro — Preceding unsigned comment added by Oberman ( talk • contribs) 22:12, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
Dear Mr. ThatMontrealIP,
I have some questions because I do not understand you deletions from the article:
1 - My list of compositions were deleted because you claim it is "unsourced", but wouldn't it be the right things to ask for the source before deleting (I have seen indicatiosn of this all over wikipedia now)? The source is availabe in my webpage and in Acte Prealable (Poland) CDs catalogue too as some of these were already published.
So, in case it must be deleted anyway, here we can also delete the full list as the only place where all these names are really availabe in full is in Philip Glass site: /info/en/?search=List_of_compositions_by_Philip_Glass is that so?
2 - The "transcriptions section" was deleted by you because you claim they are "unsourced section that does not make sense".
So I wonder what does not make sense? I work making transcriptions (which in musical language is basically the same as a rearrangement) I'm known because of these transcriptions in my concerts and even on youtube, but mentioning them here makes no sense?
Again the source is availabe in my webpage!
So I assume the same happens here: /info/en/?search=Franz_Liszt#Transcriptions And it should be deleted?
3 - You removed this: "In 2011 he was invited by Stuart & Sons Handcrafted Pianos to make recordings and concerts in Australia, the result of this tour is the CD & DVD "Cimirro plays Stuart & Sons in Terra Australis". [1]"
So, can I remove all the references in wikipedia texts of published CDs from all available artists biographies in wikipedia?
By the way, this CD is not available anymore in the market. And you can check this easily. Also this was a special CD made to promote a quite rare piano model with 102 keys and 4 pedals, so I still think it is worth mentioning this.
4 - The source for proving I made the opusdissonus is the website link you removed. There one can read and find my links and words.
5 - why my websites are not references of my work? Why you deleted them?
It is strange that no one updated my article over the last two years and today someone decides to remove part of it. In case i'm not wrong with this, could you kindly undo these edits?
Thank you in advance Artur Cimirro — Preceding unsigned comment added by Oberman ( talk • contribs) 00:32, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
References
Creations of blocked accounts are listed here. I want to say something wry about parasites here, but will refrain. ☆ Bri ( talk) 22:44, 4 May 2020 (UTC)
@ Ivanvector: Am I allowed to make comments here, or is your injunction global? ☆ Bri ( talk) 19:28, 6 May 2020 (UTC)
A new cohort of probable socks was discovered in a new chapter of the 42isthedefiniteanswer SPI thru Checkuser. ☆ Bri ( talk) 02:03, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
User from Spain is changing an article header with a strange text; is likely to a "nicely situation" descriptive title header. Picklespitlizyr ( talk) 01:08, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
Signature -- Picklespitlizyr ( talk) 02:04, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
The editor has submitted a promotional biography of Amitabh Shah in article space and in draft space. The editor has also made edits to Yuva Unstoppable, an organization founded by Amitabh Shah. The editor has been asked twice by User:Sulfurboy whether they have a conflict of interest, and has not answered, but has continued to edit. Robert McClenon ( talk) 01:58, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
Hello I am 2020satiya
Here are the answers to your questions 1. I made the page and then moved to the article and at the same time in another tab, I was editing and adding infobox in the page and didn't checked the realtime notification and submitted again by which the situation was when I was editing the article after publishing the article by the sulfurboy was moved to draft again and after that edited article was published to resulted to become 2 articles one draft and another duplicate published
2. I am in the technical department and handle social media and other similar things so I made this by myself no one asked me to do so. But yes I do have appropriate permissions to do this.
3. Some edits suggested by sulfurboy for reference links has been again revised and Robert McClenon commented on the duplicate page which was created by mistake.
4. I am new to all this please help me in wikipedia community i am ready to learn and follow all guidelines provided by you. Thanks for the support — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2020satiya ( talk • contribs) 02:45, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
The article is now with only 20% of only important content left in it with appropriate references only. If there are any more suggestions please help me with that. Thank you — Preceding
unsigned comment added by
2020satiya (
talk •
contribs) 04:16, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
IP editor (Rajasthan) refspammed all the articles above. Unsure if they have paid for services, possibly related to a single off-wiki covert advertising platform reported to WP:WPSPAM. ☆ Bri ( talk) 18:17, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
Hello
JzG,
Bri,
Creffett and
ThatMontrealIP (apologies for this ping bomb, but covering all involved). I'm sorry if this isn't the right platform for this post, but just wanted to say that the Max discussion couldn't reach a conclusion before its archival. I had further worked on the articles to the best of my ability, using the most reliable sources available. Wanted to inform you all that I'm taking I have taken the liberty of moving the 5 articles into main space:
Max Group,
Max India,
Antara Senior Living,
Max Financial Services and
Max Ventures and Industries. If it wasn't the right thing to do, please feel free to revert or take the necessary course of action.. Regards,
TerentiusNew (
talk) 08:04, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
I'm assuming that Stevenfernandez00 is Steven Fernandez.
Stevenfernandez00 created the article and has used it to promote himself. The article needs a complete rewrite from policy, and the editor needs to respond to the coi concerns.
Stevenfernandez00 is in the process of creating an article about his film producer [14]. -- Hipal/Ronz ( talk) 19:58, 26 May 2020 (UTC)
User:Predictiveteam had made non-promotional edits to PTT Global Chemical on 30 March and 1 April, but today inserted a huge amount of information, including some sections in a first-person, promotional tone, and also created an article about Kongkrapan Intarajang, its CEO. (These are the user's only contributions.) Should the recent additions be reverted? -- Paul_012 ( talk) 20:08, 27 May 2020 (UTC)
User has disclosed that Artadia was a paid editing gig. I am not seeing any disclosure for that anywhere. This started when their recent creation of Sheri L. Pasquarella struck me as promotional work. Off-wiki research confirmed there is a strong COI problem, so I inquired and got the above disclosure. The editor has been employed by them, according to the disclosure. The editor does appear to be an asset, but the way they are operating seems to have violated our WP:COI and WP:PAID policies and the TOS. I have not checked the many other articles they have made. ThatMontrealIP ( talk) 22:57, 27 May 2020 (UTC)
Hi! My apologies for misunderstanding about disclosures. If you can tell me the best way to go about it, I am happy to add them as appropriate. I think these pages are relevant and pertinent to those with interests in contemporary art and the contemporary art market. I am also happy to neutralize language as appropriate, I used a wide amount of citations from reputable sources and tried to keep it balanced. Please let me know how to best move forward. Thank you! ( Drewzeiba ( talk) 23:05, 27 May 2020 (UTC))
Also, to be clear it was not my intent to mislead or be surreptitious. I am relatively new to editing Wiki so I apologize for any unintentional ToS violations. ( Drewzeiba ( talk) 23:07, 27 May 2020 (UTC))
Carolyn Ramo I initially wrote back when I uploaded Artadia, but I updated it recently when there was press related to the COVID grants, so I guess those could be lumped together. Sheri L. Pasquarella I also have a working/employer relationship with so if for simplicity's sake we could say it is paid, sure. I am confident in their relevance and the thoroughness of my citations but am happy to add any disclosures or neutralize language/content as needed. I think most other edits I may have made were just to add links. ( Drewzeiba ( talk) 23:16, 27 May 2020 (UTC))
Thanks all for your patience. I think I did the proper thing on my page and the talk pages. ( Drewzeiba ( talk) 23:28, 27 May 2020 (UTC)) Let me know if we can remove the $$ alert and if I can assist any edits. Thanks again! ( Drewzeiba ( talk) 23:42, 27 May 2020 (UTC))
A person claiming to be a person named in the article as the organisation's chairperson states that he resigned and left the organisation. Various different accounts have been removing mention of this person from the article for several months, though it is referenced. Bastun Ėġáḍβáś₮ŭŃ! 13:34, 28 May 2020 (UTC)
The Bryant Family Vineyard page has been edited by the estate of the Bryant Family, which is a clear Conflict of Interest. Definitely also an WP:SPA as well.
-- OldGalileo ( talk) 21:42, 29 May 2020 (UTC)
we are going to have a ton of cleanup after several sockfarms found by ... well, different investigatory techniques by the fr.wiki admins. You can read more about it in the
admins newsletter.
New upe firms listed on PAIDLIST [15]
Listed just one two a few cross-over users as proof of impact on en.wiki ☆
Bri (
talk) 02:55, 30 May 2020 (UTC)
We have discussed this article at archive 143 and 144. It just keeps getting spammed up with rank churnalism. I did some pruning but the whole post 2010 history is suspicious. IPs listed all have edited this year. ☆ Bri ( talk) 05:09, 29 May 2020 (UTC)
Both articles were put on Wikipedia by a user that was banned for undisclosed paid editing. A person speaking on behalf of the organization admitted they paid someone to place them on Wikipedia but says they weren't aware undisclosed paid editing was disallowed and they're asking the unpaid template to be removed. See this discussion. As I see it, both articles still have a promotional layout and choice of contents selection that embellishes favorable things and a typical paid article layout. I think it would be beneficial to first see if these articles should even be on Wikipedia by evaluating notability and nominating them for AfD as needed. If these articles are actually notable, they would need to be fundamentally rewritten to be encyclopedic. Let's discuss how this should proceed. Graywalls ( talk) 23:11, 30 May 2020 (UTC)