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Thank you for your help, [[User:Basicbbr|Basicbbr]] ([[User talk:Basicbbr|talk]]) 09:38, 1 July 2018 (UTC)
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:Please share any positive comments I've made about the [[Brave Browser]]; my edits have been objective and neutral. With all due respect, you have repeatedly unsupported claims (Brave is not adware, for instance). Your allegation that I am a ''Marketing Manager'' is also incorrect; I'm an engineer on the product (happy to disclose this, as I have on Reddit, Twitter, and elsewhere). I sincerely would appreciate a neutral third-party to consider the edits, and weigh in on the quality of our contributions.

:I'll address specific faults with the article on the appropriate Talk page, and we can hash out the details there.

:[[User:Jonathansampson|Jonathansampson]] ([[User talk:Jonathansampson|talk]]) 21:11, 1 July 2018 (UTC)

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    David Michigan

    Following up on User talk:Czar#Recreation of David Michigan at David Michigan (fitness trainer)

    This article was previously created twice by a sockpuppet (see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Raju Adhikari/Archive) and was recently recreated at another location to circumvent the page creation restrictions. A checkuser on my talk page says that the recent recreation is unrelated to the socks, but the current copy is promotional enough and the page's creation has closely coordinated with this Commons user's image uploads enough to cause concern. Any input? czar 03:19, 12 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    I would take no action after the user's disclosure here: ([1]). The user should answer on whether or not David Michigan has explicitly asked the user to create a page for him, and whether or not David Michigan has asked other people to create a page for him in the past. In any case, this article should probably be sent to AfD. Alex Shih (talk) 15:46, 12 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Haven't heard back from the user. Article now at AfD: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David Michigan (2nd nomination) (not watching, please {{ping}}) czar 17:10, 23 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Nathanl01444

    (non-admin closure) This entire thread (including the retaliatory follow-up report by a new user) is going nowhere quickly. Being an admin does not give additional authority to make closes like this. All of this should be at the talk page for the relevant articles, WP:NPOV/N, or possibly WP:ANI at this point if the unnecessary bickering and attacks continue. power~enwiki (π, ν) 20:47, 17 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    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.

    Nathanl01444 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) This new editor seems to only edit article associated with Fox News. Some of their edits are fine, but other are indicative of a strong COI, for example this edit to The Ingraham Angle or this one to Hannity ("Fortunately for Hannity, many advertisers have silently put their advertisements back on the show."). - MrX 🖋 16:09, 13 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    This editor does have a COI of Sahuarita Unified School District, per this edit summary. Unclear if is an employee there or a third-party PR agent. DMacks (talk) 15:00, 17 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Mr. X

    NPOV issue, not a COI issue. Not a matter for this board. Jytdog (talk) 16:22, 17 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    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.

    This editor has a partisan mission to change conservative figures/shows into his agenda. For example, he has had warnings with making changes to Kyle Kashuv and has made many changes to the Ingraham Angle following the controversial comments made and has been reverted many times. In regards to my changes, these are factual, if you've watched the channel, you would've seen these differences. - Nathanl01444 Datestamp: 16:32, 13 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    The last sentence demonstrates that the filer is here to use WP:OR and apparently WP:RIGHTGREATWRONGS. See filer's history for evidence that they are here as a COI agent (not yet certain the range of clients). This filing seems to be at least in part retaliation for where MrX filed a COIN against Nathanl01444 half an hour previously. DMacks (talk) 15:06, 17 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    The discussion above 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.
    It's still not a COI issue, and is devolving into a personal attack. --Tryptofish (talk) 19:59, 17 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    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.

    I see no particular reason that this non-admin "close" of this section is appropriate when other sections of this noticeboard are closed only when the account is either banned or declares/handles their COI, but more often are left open indefinitely. Nathanl01444's opening of this may be in part retaliatory, but the same could be said of MrX WP:BITING a newbie by posting here. MrX does seem to involve himself heavily lately in topics of political interest, and it might warrant at least some uninvolved editors to investigate the claim that there could be a COI. His timecard displays a very rigid schedule, his top mainspace and article talk edits are within activist/political areas, and he seems to participate heavily in project dispute/admin noticeboards as a result. Page creations might be worth a look for recent overt activist COI. KODAKCoin may be promotional. -- Netoholic @ 19:33, 17 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    With what organization or entity do I supposedly have a conflict of interest? Don't bother trying to answer that. It's obvious that this is some grudge-motivated posting because of my edits at Ideological bias on Wikipedia that Netoholic objects to. Netoholic I'm not going to tolerate any more of this. I let this go, but next time you cast aspersions like this, I will seek sanctions against you at WP:AE.- MrX 🖋 19:50, 17 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    The discussion above 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.

    A second non-admin closure, this time by Tryptofish is clearly WP:POINTy, disruptive retribution for a separate conflict (see WP:BLPN#Neil Gross).

    @MrX: I don't know if there is, that's why I think this should stay open so uninvolved editors can take a look. Its no more "aspersions" than you cast against the newbie account with no evidence on June 13th. -- Netoholic @ 20:18, 17 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Netoholic cant we get you to stop the combative behaviour voluntarily or is a topic ban the best way forward? So many problems all over need to stop.--Moxy (talk) 20:31, 17 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Its not combative to echo a voice of concern and ask for independent input. If this COI investigation truly ends up in nothing, that'd be fine too. The out-of-process closures, the threats of bans, etc. are what is combative.-- Netoholic @ 20:42, 17 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    The discussion above 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.

    Emily Jane Fox

    The recently-created Emily Jane Fox article has been edited by User:Emilyjanefox. Should someone confirm her identify, add a connected contributor template, or post a user talk page note re: user names in case this is not really Emily Jane Fox? ---Another Believer (Talk) 15:21, 15 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Another Believer. I've left a note about the issue on her talk page with links to guidance pages. I don't blame her for removing that highly inappropriate edit by the IP. I have a feeling this article is going to be a constant target both pro- and anti-trump trolls. I'll also put it on watch, but it may eventually need semi-protection. Voceditenore (talk) 18:01, 15 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks. ---Another Believer (Talk) 22:01, 17 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Langevin family

    Paul-Eric Langevin (talk · contribs) is the son of Paul-Gilbert Langevin. He is creating and editing articles about his family members. — JJMC89 (T·C) 08:38, 16 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    • @JJMC89: I assume to contribute on some pages about my family members, because some of them played a role in a field or another, and even sometimes in scientific and political history. But however, a lot of my Wikipedia contributions are not at all linked to my family members. I created something like a hundred Wikipedia pages on French Wikipedia, and most of it is not about my family members. Only ten percents are. My purpose is to do some transmission considering the fact that the older generations are now passing away more and more. If English wikipedia considers it may represent conflicts of interest, I am sorry about it, but I try to stay as objective as possible, giving for each page a short biography, a short bibliography, references and links. I don't think it may represent conflicts of interest of any sort, especially about deceased personnalities and because there are no money questions related to this work. Paul-Eric Langevin (talk) 11:17, 16 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
      • @Paul-Eric Langevin: A conflict of interest does not necessarily mean that you are being paid to edit; it means that you are connected to the subject matter in a way in which others might question your ability to maintain a neutral point of view and edit in accordance with relevant policies and guidelines. As I tried to explain to you on my user talk page, different language Wikipedias often have different policies and guidelines; this means that if you are going to edit English Wikipedia, you are going to have to comply with English Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. English Wikipedia doesn't expressly prohibit COI editing, but it does highly discourage it. You should follow WP:COIADVICE and use the article talk page to propose any major revisions (any edits which are not WP:MINOR edits) to any of the articles about your family, etc. This will allow other editors to look at your proposals and ensure the content is sutiable for English Wikipedia. So, unless you are making some spelling corrections or formatting fixes, or removing serious WP:BLP violations from an article, you probably should avoid directly editing it and request help on the article's talk page instead. -- Marchjuly (talk) 09:38, 16 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
        • Paul-Eric Langevin, what Marchjuly said; while you are certainly contributing in good faith, it is difficult to stay objective editing on subjects you are closely connected to, which is why it is strongly discouraged. Please use the talk page instead. Alex Shih (talk) 13:37, 16 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
          • @Marchjuly: My father's page, as the pages about other members of the family, may represent a conflict of interest (COI) in English wikipedia policy, because I am a family member, so the frames might be useful. But the frame on "general notoriety guideline" on my father's page is not, because he was a noted musicologist and a specialist about Anton Bruckner and Franz Schubert's works in France, as were his colleagues Harry Halbreich and Pierre Vidal (composer), and as Marc Vignal still is. You can ask for example Marc Vignal himself, or some other English or French musicologist. My advice is to keep the frames about COI active, but to suppress the one about "general notoriety guideline". If you don't look for the right informations and don't suppress it, you can do as you think might be the best, but no doubt it is a mistake. Kind regards, Paul-Eric Langevin (talk) 16:35, 18 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Bitcoin Cash

    This article has been subject before to much attention from people who keep track of COIN. There is a heating up of back and forth editing between these 2 users over the last couple of days. I haven't checked to see whether it technically meets the definition of an editwar or violates the 1RR restriction - that might take a lot of work to prove. But "back and forth editing" is obvious, as are some comments on the talk page.

    I'll note that I've tried to clean up the article a bit, but haven't made an edit there in about 2 weeks. Similarly, @Jytdog: has edited there about a week ago, but I don't see any problem there. I'll inform Ladislav Mecir and Jtbobwaysf of this discussion. Smallbones(smalltalk) 15:24, 16 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Hi, I don't know what to add here on COI other than note that Mecir is subject of this still open ANI Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Archive299#Next_cryptocurrency_topicban relating to actions on this particular Bitcoin Cash article. Thanks! Jtbobwaysf (talk) 08:38, 18 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Draft:Anubha Sourya and User:Srdsom

    User indef'ed, a separate sock pool found and blocked, all articles by the original editor triaged. DMacks (talk) 03:30, 18 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    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.

    Note the statement in the draft talk page, " Page must be published as soon as possible." In Wikipedia there is no deadline, but there are often deadlines for paid editors, and statements that acceptance of a draft is urgently required are a mark of undisclosed paid editing. Robert McClenon (talk) 15:59, 16 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    I have blocked the account indefinitely and deleted/salted the target article. Alex Shih (talk) 16:36, 16 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    What to do with the other page creations? They all look like classic undisclosed paid editing to me. Nominated two for speedy. ☆ Bri (talk) 17:06, 16 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    The discussion above 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.

    Wanderift

    Username appears to be a shortening of aricles founder, "Zachary Burau". Additionally, the page is written with some amount of puffery. Deletion discussion is ongoing here. Xevus11 (talk) 19:07, 17 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Calm and its executives

    Calm pages
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    -- Jytdog (talk) 19:11, 17 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    JUST, Inc. and founder Joshua Tetrick

    pages
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    Unclear to me if Just Mayo should be its own page. Jytdog (talk) 21:22, 17 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    It is a single food. How many food products, individual food products are there, in the billions, probably. I dont think it is wise for WP to be a directory for food products. scope_creep (talk) 21:40, 17 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Patrick Geoffrey Knight

    As per User talk:Patrick Geoffrey Knight, an individual identifying themselves as the leader of the Canadian Economic Party has been making edits to the page "List of political parties in Ontario", updating the information on their own party. This appears to be a conflict of interest, as they are not editing the page from a neutral point of view. Thanks, HamOntPoliFiend (talk) 22:36, 17 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    I made him aware of WP:AFC and WP:ORG. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 15:31, 18 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    User:XxDalekcaanxx/sandbox, User:XxDalekcaanxx, and B Yellow

    This editor has been promoting this non-notable band and using Wikipedia as a web host for it for two years now. An article was speedy-deleted, and a draft was already deleted via Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:XxDalekcaanxx/sandbox, but the sandbox is back, and is at MFD a second time. A block is in order. Robert McClenon (talk) 01:51, 18 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Yet another sockfarm

    Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Donnie Juanito

    I don't have the time to deal with this right now, but there are a few paid for articles that need the flamethrower and some promotional content that needs to be reverted. MER-C 08:14, 18 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    I think it's all been deleted and reverted (mostly by User:The Mighty Glen) apart from maybe the partisan edits to various American politics articles (didn't check those too thoroughly). MER-C 19:44, 18 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Some of these have magically reappeared, after being deleted between 4-7 months ago. scope_creep (talk) 08
    48, 20 June 2018 (UTC)

    Lingsa

    Undisclosed paid editing, takes projects from freealnmcer.com and creates them onto mainspace using throwaway accounts. . 2Joules (talk) 08:28, 18 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    IMO, clear-cut throwaway accounts need not be notified about COI-stuff.Block straight-away. ∯WBGconverse 12:43, 18 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Indeffed. MER-C 19:46, 18 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    David Ibiyeomie

    Rossifichio is a clear WP:SPA editor with a focus on David Ibiyeomie (a Nigerian pastor) and Salvation Ministries which Iniyeomie founded and is the senior pastor. They've added [poorly sourced and highly promotional material, overly detailed lists and just puts back removed material without discussion. I've asked politely on their talk page to declare their obvious COI, but no response. Would appreciate some outside review and suggestions. Ravensfire (talk) 15:17, 18 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    I've noticed this too. I've reverted them before and I thought that I had given them a warning too but looking at the history of their talk page I see that I had not. They don't edit relentlessly but they have been at it for a while. I'm not sure if they are officially retained to edit on behalf of Ibiyeomie's organisation, or whether they are just a fan with a neutrality problem, but either way they need to stop. --DanielRigal (talk) 18:05, 23 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Did a bit of digging. Previous SPI under Jack Nyong,think this guy will turn out to be his sock. Evidence of several other socks in revision history. Leave it to you for reporting, not sure how to do it Lyndaship (talk) 19:10, 23 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    SPI report made. Not sure if I've done it right Lyndaship (talk) 18:32, 24 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Just a heads up, I recently bumped into another likely sock on Salvation Ministries. I have already added them to the SPI report. I've also requested page protection due to socking HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 05:57, 1 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Draft:Moses Godia Shipi

    After being asked about COI, the author has acknowledged that they are an employee of the subject's political committee. The required declarations have not been made. Robert McClenon (talk) 17:39, 18 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Tunego

    Very suspicious advert article made in one-click with reference, formating and everything in order to deflect attention. The only article added in "See also" section was made by the same author one month earlier using similar modus operandi. He also only edited three distinct articles all his stay here. –Ammarpad (talk) 05:05, 19 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    I have disclosed my affiliation to tunego on my user:AzaleeMaslow page. (AzaleeMaslow (talk) 17:14, 19 June 2018 (UTC))[reply]

    You have registered since 2016, that is 2 years ago. Why you have never disclosed that you were paid? until now that I suspected that and opened this thread? Maybe @TonyBallioni or Kudpung: can take a look. –Ammarpad (talk) 17:30, 19 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Tis the season - for summer interns

    Query - in my view somebody doing a paid or unpaid summer internship who is tasked to edit WP, is obligated to follow WP:PAID. If they are paid... well, they are paid, and even if they are not, the internship is a thing done for the resumé line (and of course the experience that the line signifies), and that is the compensation.

    There is no doubt they have a COI; am just asking about PAID in particular. Jytdog (talk) 17:59, 19 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Yup. The last line of Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure#Meaning of "employer, client, and affiliation": Interns are considered employees for this purpose. If they are directed or expected to edit Wikipedia as part of an internship, they must disclose. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 21:37, 19 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Draft:Psy-Dream

    The draft in question is about a variety of electronic music which it says was developed by Daviel (whose external link appears in the draft body). No declaration has been made, but the author is the developer, and the article is just a promotional brochure. Robert McClenon (talk) 21:51, 19 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Digital marketing firm sockfarm

    articles

    CU-confirmed sockfarm, assessed UPE. From known articles, appears to be a PR firm representing authors, CEO, digital media entities. Active since ~2012. Really gross pushing of specific credit cards endorsed by The Points Guy. I'm thinking we should blacklist thepointsguy.com for starters. ☆ Bri (talk) 22:18, 19 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Okay, from off-wiki evidence related to the social media account of one of the socks, plus another on-wiki breadcrumb trail which I won't elaborate on, this is definitely a group working for Red Ventures. Now it gets interesting because one of their subsids is Bankrate. That article is a trove of suspicious editing but this one stood out: Republic683, part of another sockfarm. According to the November 2014 SPI case, they seem to be highly active in U.S. politicians' biographies. ☆ Bri (talk) 00:39, 20 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Draft:Knotel

    Author has been tendentiously resubmitting this draft to AFC, and it is now pending at MFD. Author has declined to answer whether there is a conflict of interest. The purpose of the draft is probably to promote a cryptocurrency. Robert McClenon (talk) 02:48, 20 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Prisoners' Advice Service

    Apparent employee of the service, turning the article into a lengthy press release on its behalf. WP:SPA. The article badly needs paring; I've begun with the introduction. 2601:188:180:11F0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 10:25, 20 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Comment: Geofjarvis is currently blocked for edit warring, and has also been warned about numerous COI and copyright issues. I have trimmed the hospital article from some of the promotional content. Melcous (talk) 22:59, 20 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    User:Yener Koc

    Not sure if this is the proper place to report this. I tagged Yener Koc's userpage for speedy deletion, for being promotional (of themselves) and misusing WP as a web host. The user has now added a COI template, and deleted the CSD template in the process. As I understand it, CSD templates cannot be removed by the page creator; should I just reinstate it? I would also appreciate some help from a more experienced editor in relaying to Yener Koc that WP is not a place for self-promotion. Thank you! –FlyingAce✈hello 19:56, 20 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Draft:Republic (crowdfunding platform)

    Probable undisclosed paid editing. Draft is pending at MFD. Robert McClenon (talk) 02:47, 21 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Thanks for posting User:Robert McClenon but it was disclosed here. The person has disclosed and put through AfC. They have been nonresponsive to reviewers hence the MfD but there is no bigger issue I think. Jytdog (talk) 03:16, 21 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Large farm of query paid editors

    Working on these two topics: Angelique Rockas and Internationalist Theatre. Peoples thoughts? Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 15:27, 21 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Russell A. Brown

    editors
    affected pages

    More (very apparent) academic self-promotion. SPI filed. Oldest account nonresponsive here. Jytdog (talk) 21:03, 21 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Philippe Parreno

    The bio has been owned by apparent COI accounts for a long time--this is merely the most recent attempt to restore promotional content. I've taken this to the BLP noticeboard, and requested assistance with copyright violations, but gather that further steps are necessary now. 2601:188:180:11F0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 12:58, 22 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    A Soldier's Story (2015 film)

    Self-admitted COI. Promoting an unreleased movie and adding unsourced content to an unrelated article. 2601:188:180:11F0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 13:07, 22 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Another round of ACPERM evaders

    I've cast the net somewhat wider this round as the previous heuristic was getting less effective, so expect a few more false positives. Still, there's plenty of spam to go around and quite a bit has been nominated for deletion. MER-C 19:19, 22 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/ErnestCarrot

    And sure enough, there was another large bunch of socks.

    Sigh. MER-C 14:23, 23 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    MER-C holy smokes, thanks for doing this research. I'm a little distracted by other projects now but if a nomination like that for PCO Imaging comes up again, would you ping me? I would have def voted "delete" on that but didn't see it in time. Obviously cutting the legs (paychecks) out from under the paid editing advocacy editors is important. ☆ Bri (talk) 16:58, 23 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    And today we have a new user TheRainMandem whose first meaningful edit is to deprod Fiona Scott Lazareff (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) Lyndaship (talk) 15:20, 25 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Make that two, with another spam page under construction. I prefer not to follow up spam SPIs quickly for BEANS reasons, so I'll keep this in mind next time I run the detection program. I suggest taking the article to AFD. MER-C 18:31, 25 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    I've listed it at AfD. I also PRODed Boulevard (lifestyle magazine) yesterday as it has same creator and one of the socks linked to it from this one as his first edit, today I see a new IP editor has done some work on it but not as yet dePRODed Lyndaship (talk) 18:48, 25 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Draft:Hannuri Law

    Reporting for the record. No action needed at this time as the known socks have been blocked. We can expect that more attempts will be made. Since the draft title is create-protected, standard procedure for an AFC reviewer, which is to move a sandbox draft to draft space, will run into the salt block and alert a reviewer. Robert McClenon (talk) 01:44, 23 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Recommend salting the title in article space also as protection against end run. Robert McClenon (talk) 01:46, 23 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    I'll be watching some variations of the title such as the obvious redlink Hannuri, and looking out for injected junk at Batterygate. ☆ Bri (talk) 17:03, 23 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Another NPPer blocked for sockpuppetry and native advertising

    See Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Seokochin (though not a sock of this farm). The four most suspicious articles are above, but Caldwell Partners looks somewhat dodgy. The politician articles seem to be fine, but you have been warned. MER-C 14:42, 24 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Editor Jakenicholson, possible promotional editing

    While checking out a report of an alleged BLP violation, I came to the opinion that the subject Matthew Tye was not notable and nominated it for deletion, only to discover that it had been delete twice already. An examination of the edits of page creator Jakenicholson (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) indicates a very promotional style of editing. The short edit history of May to October 2017 makes me suspect that there may be other accounts controlled by the same person that have been active before and afterwards. Shritwod (talk) 03:13, 25 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]


    Steve Down

    Scope Creep insists on duplicate content:

    In 2017 Down and The Falls Event Center were under SEC investigation and several of company's centers were in financial straits.[9][10][11][12][13][12][14]

    vs

    Beginning in 2017, Down and The Falls Event Center were under SEC investigation and several of company's centers were in financial straits.[9][10][11][12][13][12][14][16]

    Moresie with 85 edits, altering Steve Down article to remove soften or remove litigation stance against down. scope_creep (talk) 09:49, 25 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Thank you for your note here. I'm happy to "take out" Steve Down if you'd like, using Wikipedia. But a straightforward review of my edits shows:

    1. Grammar is perfected. 2. I remove a duplicate sentence:

    In 2017 Down and The Falls Event Center were under SEC investigation and several of company's centers were in financial straits.[9][10][11][12][13][12][14]

    vs

    Beginning in 2017, Down and The Falls Event Center were under SEC investigation and several of company's centers were in financial straits.[9][10][11][12][13][12][14][16]

    These sentences are a duplicate.

    3. Add reliable sources. QSR magazine etc. I agreed with you on Huffington Post and Forbes not being reliable sources.

    4. I have no COI. Perhaps review WP:OWN or perhaps a third party can weigh in on Steve Down page. Otherwise I Have no bone to pick here. Moresie (talk) 14:09, 25 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Update: still seeing duplicate content and an attempt to WP:OWN the page @ScopeCreep. Moresie (talk) 18:25, 26 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    I removed the duplicate sentence; and left a note on the talk page explaining why. However, you do seem to have made a few more changes than just removing duplicate sentences; I can see that Scopecreep has spelt out his objections on the talkpage to the changes; its your turn to state why the changes you want to make will improve the page. Thats how the Bold, Revert, Discuss thing works. Curdle (talk) 14:17, 27 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Perfect; thanks for weighing in. Where scope_creep (talk) and I 100% agree: Pages like these need more eyeballs. Thanks for your edits Curdle (talk). Moresie (talk) 15:52, 28 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Mr Attempt - GISMA Business School - Head of Berlin Campus

    Hi all.

    I have made an Edit Request on the GISMA Business School page. I have requested the addition of the name of the Head of Berlin Campus. My COI is that I am an employee of Global University Systems - the company that owns GISMA. With thanks, - MrAttempt (talk) 14:01, 25 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Infidgit Consultants

    I reviewed and declined the draft, noting that it had notability issues and tone issues. The submitter thanked me for my "valuable feedback" and wrote: "Already forwarded to my content team." This appears to be clear conflict of interest, more "native advertising" than "undisclosed paid editing", Robert McClenon (talk) 14:23, 25 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    > Infidigit Consultants Pvt. Ltd is an SEO agency
    Clear covert advertising. Deleted. MER-C 17:14, 25 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    National Iranian American Council

    The user's sole edits have been regerading this organisation and has been edit warring with other users. Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 17:35, 25 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Fernando Vendrell

    Persistent addition of unsourced or poorly sourced content, addition of non notable films, building a resume. 2601:188:180:11F0:CDA0:623:849E:B032 (talk) 03:02, 26 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    User:Spectra29485

    Pretty clear WP:COI, WP:PAID. Also, the user's first edit back in 2011 was speaking in the plural first person to remove "slanderous" material on the Spectra Records article -- and look at the username #facepalm. FlamesElite (talk) 19:02, 26 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    The user has denied a paid relationship after I left {{uw-paid1}}. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 16:50, 27 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    I am somewhat doubtful of this denial, for the following reasons:
    --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 22:29, 27 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    @Drm310:There is a definite connection; per the Beacon Publishing Group article, said company is a subdivision of Spectra music. This is corroborated by several sources online, such as this blog (not the best source, I know) [9] which describes Beacon as a subdivision of Spectra. This article [10] indicates that a high-ranking employee at Spectra has a connection to Beacon, and this article [11] directly states "will be distributed to stores across America via Beacon Audiobooks, a division of Spectra Music Group". My holding of Spectra29485 in good faith has suffered some chipping.--SamHolt6 (talk) 23:10, 27 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    @Samholt6: That was enough for me to file a report at WP:UAA. Let the chips fall where they may. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 04:04, 28 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    I have blocked this account indefinitely per this discussion. Alex Shih (talk) 05:07, 28 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Ken Urban

    User:Johnmichaelkennedy states, "I am a public relations practitioner located in Greater Boston and happy to be both a donor and a relatively new editing member of the Wikipedia community. I am compensated by some clients of mine to update facts and correct details on their own Wikipedia pages. I disclose this when editing those pages." He only edits Ken Urban, but cannot see any disclosure of this connection. Posted a COI notice on his talkpage on 30 December 2017, but he continues to edit the article. Edwardx (talk) 21:38, 26 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    User has now posted a disclosure on his userpage. I have added the {{connected contributor (paid)}} template to Talk:Ken Urban. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 02:12, 27 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Do we want anything else to happen here? I see the article is tagged for cleanup as well. ☆ Bri (talk) 21:50, 29 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Poet's Beach

    Should any templates be added to Talk:Poet's Beach per this version of User:Gangstaoflove profile page? There is ongoing discussion re: COI editing and article improvement on the article's talk page, but not sure if more clarification is needed. ---Another Believer (Talk) 21:54, 26 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Recruiting auto-patrolled editor

    Hi, while looking into the problem of blackhat paid editing found an advert on a work ad site looking for an autopatrolled editor to upload precreated and finished articles onto Wikipedia without being reviewed. It said the poster is in Czechlosovakia and is named Vlad, also that they've spent over $4000 on the site so this could have been going on for a while. Another ad was from a new north California legal firm offering $400 for a Wikipedia article on them and if successful to create articles for their clients. Most of the other ads were minor league asking for a wiki article on themselves as individuals or business from $50 to $200, thanks Atlantic306 (talk) 17:48, 28 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Good work so far. Can you identify any specific article at this point? If so does it look like any particular editor has been a paid editor? (this will likely have to be a guess - so just point out your suspicion and ask here for help. Don't go making final, fight-to-the-death accusations.) . If you get to the point where you are afraid of outing somebody, ask an admin for help. I'm particularly interested in the Czech connection. BTW Czechoslovakia is now defunct. Smallbones(smalltalk) 18:18, 28 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Possibly Highstakes00 related: see [12] ☆ Bri (talk) 03:37, 1 July 2018 (UTC) Also involving Mrkoolblu: Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard/Archive 125#Barkaat Ahmad ☆ Bri (talk) 03:42, 1 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    UpFront

    Hi, having trouble here with promo edits including a mass of youtube links to videos with advertising. The 2 editors look like sockpuppeting and on their edit history are probably connected to AlJazeera, thanks Atlantic306 (talk) 20:26, 28 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Atlantic306 I've ran a check and blocked all related accounts accordingly. Alex Shih (talk) 02:54, 29 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Aquaria (drag queen)

    I'll assume User:Giovannipalandrani is not really Giovanni Palandrani / Aquaria (drag queen), so not sure which tags/talk page templates are most appropriate here. ---Another Believer (Talk) 05:41, 29 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    @Another Believer: Maybe consider leaving them a {{Uw-uall}} notice. If they continue to edit their page, then the account should be blocked accordingly. Alex Shih (talk) 11:04, 29 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Vinay Varma

    Single purpose editor whose username is the subject's first name + the subject's company. Editor didn't respond to a message left on their talk page and continued to edit the page in question. The material they've added doesn't seem ~promotional~ per se, but there's probably a COI here. originalmesshow u doin that busta rhyme? 10:51, 29 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]


    Hello, We have declared our COI (Paid COI) in our article talk page, user talk page. Please let us know if anything else required. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vinay_Varma&diff=848176239&oldid=848176177 Thanks Vinay sutradhar (talk)

    Liberty Holdings Limited

    Problem editing seems to be stopped ☆ Bri (talk) 19:03, 30 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    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.

    This article has been extensively edited by IP addresses belonging to "Liberty-life". Cordless Larry (talk) 15:01, 29 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Stubbified by JzG. Not sure if there's anything else to do unless someone wants to undertake deletion. ☆ Bri (talk) 21:45, 29 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    I've now been left a message by one of the IPs above saying that they will stop editing the article, so posting here seems to have done the trick. Cordless Larry (talk) 12:12, 30 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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    Suspicious editing by RemoD007

    Blocked user do to concerns raised here. Article clean up may still be required Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 06:47, 1 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    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.

    At the prompting of another editor, I recently looked into connections between the editing of the blocked User:SudhanshuKumar1 (talk) (a sock of User:Sudhanshu6454 (talk)) and User:RemoD007 (talk), a new editor who joined the project several weeks after SudhanshuKumar1 was banned. For convenience sake I will spit this comment into two parts.

    • The above evidence for some sort of connection is decent, but I was able to do some off-wiki digging and uncover more. For example RemoD007 created 3 Dev (a film) and Ankoosh Bhatt (the director of 3 Dev). Interestingly enough, per these two sources [15] [16] the movie's digital marketing is being handled by our old friends at... Digital Sukoon, the company that employed Sudhanshukumar1 to write Wikipedia articles.

    With all of the above being said, a case of COI editing and likely undisclosed paid editing seems clear.--SamHolt6 (talk) 16:20, 29 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Thank you for looking at this case SamHolt6, pinging SpacemanSpiff who blocked Sudhanshukumar1 and Doc James who blocked his sock Sudhanshu6454 to take a look at this one. GSS (talk|c|em) 16:40, 29 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    It also should be noted that per this facebook post [17] Digital Sukoon is an online marketer for Manmeet Singh, who RemoD007 recently uploaded an image of to the commons [18]. Usually I am able to find that high-quality images have been taken from the internet without attribution, but in this case it seems the photo may have legitimately be RemoD007's own work. This would imply a further connection to them editing clients of Digital Sukoon.--SamHolt6 (talk) 14:44, 30 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    The discussion above 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.

    Zmadeba

    Looks a lot like UPE, especially given Julia Hanzl (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views), which was previously deleted as spam. Guy (Help!) 21:33, 29 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Guy, I just sent the mandatory notification to the editor ☆ Bri (talk) 21:44, 29 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Rasheeda

    Rasheeda is signed to her husband's management company D-Lo Entertainment. The above user only has edits for Rasheeda's page (since 2009). Right now this user has been constantly trying to falsify Rasheeda's birthdate, trying to shave 6 years off her age, despite valid sources confirming her real birth date. Pinchofhope (talk) 01:13, 30 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Also note that Dlo117@gmail.com is Rasheeda's booking email. https://twitter.com/rasheeda/status/623981877733359616?lang=en Pinchofhope (talk) 01:14, 30 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    I've used the COI template on the user's talk page.
    I've also looked at the article, and removed the birthdate altogether. The birthdate was not listed in the source being given for the date. No reliable source was given with a birthdate. There was a claim that there were articles that had another birthdate, but then a judgment in Wikipedia voice as to them being wrong. None of this is acceptable, and it is best that the birthdate remain out of the article unless it can be reliably sourced. --Nat Gertler (talk) 15:49, 30 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Draft:Tigers Limited

    Blocked and deleted by MER-C

    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.

    Fully referenced article made with one or two clicks, well polished. The username clearly suggests they work in PR department. –Ammarpad (talk) 07:47, 30 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Indeed, Ammarpad. Meantime is the name of PR company that specialises in the transport and logistics industry. Tigers Ltd. is one of their clients. See the list here. Voceditenore (talk) 17:26, 30 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Blocked and deleted. MER-C 19:15, 30 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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    Lady Eleanor Holles School

    Could someone take a quick look at this school article, where someone identifying as the husband of the headmistress has been making changes? It seems to be something of a borderline COI, and I've held back from commenting on it; I'd appreciate more eyes. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 10:59, 30 June 2018 (UTC). Full details on Talk:Lady Eleanor Holles School. Rhanbury (talk) 12:21, 30 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    page creation log now live

    It can be found at Special:Log/create. I thought folks at COIN would be interested in this. I am not sure if this should go to the talkpage, or here. So please feel free to move if you think so. Regards, —usernamekiran(talk) 19:28, 30 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Michael S. Smith II again

    accounts

    See prior COIN filings

    The sockmaster had the chutzpah to ask someone else if they had a COI (diff).

    Newest account is obvious sock; have filed SPI. Jytdog (talk) 19:56, 30 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Jordan Fung

    Jordan Fung, User:DragoJ, seems to be exclusively editing pages relating to himself, his school, and his awards/products.220.246.180.24 (talk) 02:56, 1 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Brave (web_browser)

    I have noticed that user Jonathansampson is constantly writing positive text about Brave. When investigating, I discovered that he is Marketing Manager at Brave (source: Google) - paid and undisclosed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Jonathansampson

    User is paid for and working for Brave marketing.

    I have undone the changes until a neutral editor can come in. Thank you for your help, Basicbbr (talk) 09:38, 1 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]


    Please share any positive comments I've made about the Brave Browser; my edits have been objective and neutral. With all due respect, you have repeatedly unsupported claims (Brave is not adware, for instance). Your allegation that I am a Marketing Manager is also incorrect; I'm an engineer on the product (happy to disclose this, as I have on Reddit, Twitter, and elsewhere). I sincerely would appreciate a neutral third-party to consider the edits, and weigh in on the quality of our contributions.
    I'll address specific faults with the article on the appropriate Talk page, and we can hash out the details there.
    Jonathansampson (talk) 21:11, 1 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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