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It emerged in early December 2011 that accounts operated by
Bell Pottinger , a British PR firm, had been extensively editing Wikipedia to further their clients' interests. This page attempts to identify and remove these edits.
So far, eleven accounts are confirmed to have been operated by the firm, and several more cannot be confirmed but have suspicious editing records. The list is probably not complete - please let us know
on the discussion page if you have found others.
The affected articles are listed below, grouped into clusters by topic. It should not be considered a list of clients, and there may be false positives.
The articles below are the complete contributions to articles by the confirmed Bell Pottinger accounts:
Biggleswiki (
talk ·
contribs ) ;
Charlesstewart99 (
talk ·
contribs ) ;
Diginerd84 (
talk ·
contribs ) ;
Pipsster (
talk ·
contribs ) ;
Smythej (
talk ·
contribs ) ;
GBSewnli (
talk ·
contribs );
Ejbsnow (
talk ·
contribs ) ;
Techboy1900 (
talk ·
contribs ) ;
Illyhawaii (
talk ·
contribs ) ;
Awb44 (
talk ·
contribs ) ;
Slaine1 (
talk ·
contribs ) ; and
109.231.203.194 (
talk ·
contribs ). Other edits are not currently included.
The list does not show deleted edits, or edits to discussion pages, etc. Check individual user contributions for those.
Sorted
Paramount Group
All dealt with
The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it.
Paramount Group : (
Biggleswiki made 6 edits, 1 major, +666)
(+64)
(+666)
(-79)
(-28)
(-18)
(+1) ; (
Diginerd84 made 3 edits, 2 major, +486)
(+310)
(+5)
(+486) Done Deleted. Blatant spam, only content was added by three Bell Pottinger accounts.
HJ Mitchell |
Penny for your thoughts?
19:29, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
reply
South African Army : (
Biggleswiki made 1 edits, 1 major, +174)
(+174) - Done . One edit was reverted within an hour.
Gobonobo
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16:41, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
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Armored car (military) : (
Biggleswiki made 1 edits, 1 major, +558)
(+558) - Done . One promotional paragraph went uncontested.
Gobonobo
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16:14, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
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Armoured fighting vehicle : (
Biggleswiki made 1 edits, 1 major, +761)
(+761) - Done . One edit reverted within 24 hours as off-topic.
Gobonobo
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16:11, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
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Armoured personnel carrier : (
Biggleswiki made 1 edits, 1 major, +1071)
(+1071) - Done . Two promotional paragraphs here were uncontested.
Gobonobo
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16:07, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
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Internal security vehicle : (
Biggleswiki made 1 edits, 1 major, +1795)
(+1795) - Done . Two promotional paragraphs for Paramount were placed here. An editor placed an advert tag on the article, but it was removed by the article's creator.
Gobonobo
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16:01, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
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Marauder (vehicle) : (
Diginerd84 made 2 edits, 0 major, +4)
(-652)
(+4) Done . Deleted.
19:53, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
reply
Matador (mine protected vehicle) : (
Diginerd84 made 1 edits, 0 major, -805)
(-805) Done . Deleted.
19:53, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
reply
Maverick (Internal Security Vehicle) : (
Diginerd84 made 1 edits, 0 major, -789)
(-789) - Done major edit wasn't unduly promotional
Them
From
Space
21:50, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
reply
Mbombe : (
Diginerd84 made 3 edits, 1 major, +5325)
(+5325)
(+6)
(-11) - Done page created wasn't unduly promotional
Them
From
Space
21:50, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
reply
Non-military armored vehicle : (
Biggleswiki made 2 edits, 1 major, +928)
(+928)
(+33) - Done . Promotional addition went uncontested.
Gobonobo
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16:30, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
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Top Gear (2002 TV series) : (
Biggleswiki made 2 edits, 1 major, +1196)
(+1196)
(-37) - Done . Promotional material was deleted as off topic, though it remained on the article for a month and a half.
Gobonobo
T
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16:27, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
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List of companies of South Africa : (
Biggleswiki made 1 edits, 0 major, +35)
(+35) - Done Minor, legitimate edit.
Gobonobo
T
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03:30, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
reply
List of military vehicles : (
Biggleswiki made 1 edits, 1 major, +313)
(+313) Done .
Gobonobo
T
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09:19, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
reply
List of modern armoured fighting vehicles : (
Biggleswiki made 1 edits, 1 major, +216)
(+216) Done .
Gobonobo
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09:19, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
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Abiraterone / Prostate Centre
All dealt with
The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it.
Abiraterone : (
Biggleswiki made 1 edits, 1 major, +845)
(+845) - Done . Only one edit here that was reverted a week after it was placed.
Gobonobo
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14:58, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
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Cancer Research UK : (
Biggleswiki made 1 edits, 1 major, +527)
(+527) (not involved, but collateral damage from the
Abiraterone article) - Done . One edit of a promotional nature added on September 21, remained on article until now.
Gobonobo
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15:12, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
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Abdelbaset al-Megrahi : (
Biggleswiki made 3 edits, 3 major, +1218)
(+1218)
(+1085)
(+908) - Done removed a promotional namedrop
Them
From
Space
21:57, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
reply
Prostate cancer : (
Biggleswiki made 2 edits, 1 major, +718)
(+718)
(+22) - Done Promotional material was deleted as off topic, remained in article for about a week. (
Connolly15 (
talk )
16:40, 8 December 2011 (UTC) )
reply
The Prostate Centre : (
Biggleswiki made 13 edits, 6 major, +1343)
(+1343)
(+68)
(+12)
(-1065)
(+1057)
(+471)
(+186)
(0)
(+60)
(+1040)
(+23)
(+717)
(-5) ; (
Diginerd84 made 1 edits, 1 major, +19359)
(+19359) Done Deleted.
HJ Mitchell |
Penny for your thoughts?
19:08, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
reply
Wimpole Street : (
Biggleswiki made 1 edits, 1 major, +535)
(+535) - Done . Removed promotional inclusion of The Prostate Centre.
Keegan (
talk )
01:15, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
reply
London Clinic : (
Biggleswiki made 1 edits, 1 major, +315)
(+315) - Done . Removed promotional link to The Prostate Centre.
Keegan (
talk )
00:58, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
reply
Prostatectomy : (
Biggleswiki made 1 edits, 1 major, +981)
(+981) - Done . Promotional Notable Surgeons section went uncontested.
Gobonobo
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17:27, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
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Roger Kirby : (
Biggleswiki made 10 edits, 4 major, +12446)
(+12446)
(0)
(+6)
(0)
(+190)
(+38)
(+63)
(+313)
(-59)
(+246) ;
Roger Kirby : (
Diginerd84 made 1 edits, 0 major, -4)
(-4) - Possibly Done Puff piece, but about a genuinely notable individual with his own talent for publicity - cleaned up peacock words and general promotion.
Civis Romanus (
talk )
13:21, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
reply
Individual people (and articles connected to them)
Abdul Taib Mahmud : (
Biggleswiki made 10 edits, 4 major, +619)
(+172)
(-2091)
(+381)
(+39)
(+152)
(+134)
(+14)
(-718)
(+22)
(+619) ; (
Diginerd84 made 1 edits, 0 major, -760)
(-760) Done . Reverted to a version before most of Bell Pottinger's involvement.
HJ Mitchell |
Penny for your thoughts?
21:22, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
reply
Carlyon Bay : (
Diginerd84 made 4 edits, 1 major, +569)
(+569)
(+31)
(-2)
(+2) – Done . Poor response: NPOV violation and puffery remained unnoticed for >5 weeks.
Hans
Adler
19:04, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
reply
Chris Murray (property) : (
Diginerd84 made 1 edits, 0 major, -239)
(-239) Done removal of text describing the spouse of a business partner of Chris Murrey. Legitimate removal, whatever the motives. --
Tagishsimon
(talk)
16:32, 10 December 2011 (UTC)
reply
Clare Rewcastle Brown : (
Biggleswiki made 1 edits, 1 major, +1188)
(+1188) Done by
User:Yk Yk Yk in August.
Kilopi (
talk )
22:12, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
reply
Ridgeford Properties : (
Diginerd84 made 3 edits, 2 major, +711)
(+127)
(+434)
(+711)
Sakto Corporation : (
Diginerd84 made 1 edits, 1 major, +3898)
(+3898) - Done - send to
AfD . Highly positive new article on company with unclear notability left up for 8 months. —
Mr. Stradivarius
♫
11:28, 11 December 2011 (UTC)
reply
Sarawak : (
Biggleswiki made 2 edits, 1 major, +944)
(+944)
(-2) - Done . Copyvio went undetected on page with 54 watchers.
Gobonobo
T
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17:01, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
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Sean Murray (property) : (
Diginerd84 made 1 edits, 0 major, -3)
(-3) Done - formatting, okay. --
Tagishsimon
(talk)
16:46, 10 December 2011 (UTC)
reply
St Austell : (
Biggleswiki made 1 edits, 1 major, +498)
(+498) ; (
Diginerd84 made 2 edits, 0 major, +25)
(+25)
(+10) Done - Information inserted wasn't unduly promotional, and passed muster. However, I have reworded the sentence slightly, just in case.
The Cavalry (
Message me )
16:52, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
reply
Johnny Sandelson : (
GBSewnlim made 4 edits, 2 major, +5948)
(+5948)
(+36)
(+638)
(-43) ; (
Biggleswiki made 4 edits, 1 major, +156)
(0)
(+156)
(+16)
(-30) ; (
Diginerd84 made 19 edits, 1 major, +304)
(+1)
(+122)
(+13)
(+304)
(-1)
(+45)
(0)
(+5)
(+8)
(-20)
(-42)
(+15)
(+1)
(+8)
(+8)
(+30)
(+12)
(+8)
(-7) ; also
Johnny sandelson : (
Biggleswiki made 1 edits, 0 major, +30)
(+30) Done Puff piece, only significant contributions were from BP accounts. Deleted.
HJ Mitchell |
Penny for your thoughts?
01:16, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
reply
Institute of Contemporary Arts : (
Diginerd84 made 1 edits, 0 major, +46)
(+46) Done Promotional name-drop (subject's article also deleted).
HJ Mitchell |
Penny for your thoughts?
01:16, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
reply
Victor Dahdaleh : (
Biggleswiki made 8 edits, 5 major, +988)
(-253)
(+195)
(+732)
(+351)
(-97)
(+542)
(+988)
(-146) ; (
Diginerd84 made 3 edits, 1 major, +759)
(-593)
(+759)
(-915) ; also
Victor Phillip Dahdaleh : (
Biggleswiki made 1 edits, 1 major, +2608)
(+2608) Done both deleted—almost no involvement other than by BP accounts.
HJ Mitchell |
Penny for your thoughts?
18:55, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
reply
London School of Economics : (
Biggleswiki made 1 edits, 1 major, +1593)
(+1593) - Done Removed promotional name-drop.
Them
From
Space
23:08, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
reply
Elizabeth II : (
Biggleswiki made 1 edits, 1 major, +700)
(+700) - Done Material already removed.
Them
From
Space
23:08, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
reply
Fred Halliday : (
Biggleswiki made 1 edits, 1 major, +857)
(+857) - Done Material already removed.
Them
From
Space
23:08, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
reply
Macdonald House, London : (
Biggleswiki made 2 edits, 1 major, +413)
(+413)
(+1) - Done I removed the irrelevant, promotional addition.
Them
From
Space
23:10, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
reply
Barbara, Lady Judge : (
Biggleswiki made 2 edits, 0 major, -4)
(-17)
(-4) ; (
Diginerd84 made 5 edits, 1 major, +6152)
(+6152)
(-1)
(+13)
(0)
(+10) Done . I had to rewrite the article completely based on sources that were hidden between countless clones of her cleansed and sugarcoated CV. Someone has done an excellent job of hiding significant chunks of her history (
Charles Keating scandal and private equity).
Hans
Adler
00:14, 18 December 2011 (UTC)
reply
UK Trade & Investment : (
Biggleswiki made 1 edits, 0 major, +116)
(+116) - Done . Linking article.
Shimgray |
talk |
22:16, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
reply
Securities and Exchange Commission appointees : (
Biggleswiki made 1 edits, 0 major, +25)
(+25) - Done . Linking article.
Shimgray |
talk |
22:16, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
reply
Order of the Coif : (
Diginerd84 made 1 edits, 0 major, +38)
(+38) Not done Not promotional.
HJ Mitchell |
Penny for your thoughts?
20:06, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
reply
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority : (
Biggleswiki made 4 edits, 0 major, +141)
(+141)
(+10)
(+30)
(+4) - Done One of the less subtle links to after dinner speakers for hire. Promotional mention removed.
Yomangani
talk
12:35, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
reply
Individual organizations and products
Aspire Drinks Done . Nominated for deletion; non-notable product, full of dubious health claims and advertising. Community didn't notice this one, although one user did
try and balance the article by pointing out the absurdity of the claims.
The Cavalry (
Message me )
17:05, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
reply
Holland & Barrett : (
Biggleswiki made 2 edits, 1 major, +262)
(+262)
(+135)
Already done by The Cavalry.
HJ Mitchell |
Penny for your thoughts?
23:28, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
reply
Leeds Metropolitan University : (
Biggleswiki made 1 edits, 1 major, +1008)
(+1008) - Done . Promotional insertion lasted 7 months, now removed.
Polequant (
talk )
12:07, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
reply
Selfridges : (
Biggleswiki made 1 edits, 1 major, +335)
(+335) - Done . Promotional edit for Aspire was deleted one month after its introduction.
Gobonobo
T
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08:24, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
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The Earth Awards : (
Diginerd84 made 7 edits, 1 major, +6728)
(+6728)
(0)
(+71)
(+52)
(-1)
(-5)
(-27)
Nicole Ting-Yap : (
Diginerd84 made 3 edits, 1 major, +2455)
(+2455)
(+82)
(+93) - Done Once the Earth Award stuff and unsupported claims were removed it became a one-line stub, so I've redirected it.
Yomangani
talk
12:23, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
reply
Karena Albers : (
Diginerd84 made 4 edits, 1 major, +2399)
(+2399)
(+4)
(+82)
(+96)
Arthur Huang : (
Diginerd84 made 4 edits, 1 major, +1754)
(+1754)
(-2)
(+55)
(+78) - Done article created has no promotional language but borderline notability, now tagged as such.
Them
From
Space
22:37, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
reply
The Biomimicry Institute : (
Diginerd84 made 3 edits, 1 major, +2766)
(+2766)
(+41)
(+80) - Done Most of the article was copyvio, but the institute looks notable at least.
Yomangani
talk
00:37, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
reply
Michael Ramage : (
Diginerd84 made 4 edits, 2 major, +2852)
(+2852)
(+160)
(+87)
(+37) Nominated for deletion
here .
Jamie Lim (designer) : (
Diginerd84 made 4 edits, 1 major, +2267)
(+2267)
(+65)
(+90)
(+62)
David Wendell : (
Diginerd84 made 8 edits, 2 major, +2553)
(+2553)
(+2)
(+238)
(-55)
(-14)
(+33)
(+43)
(+19)
Uncontentious changes
All dealt with
The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it.
tagging, cleanup, etc. - normal editorial work.
A Cream Cracker under the Settee : (
Biggleswiki made 1 edits, 0 major, +34)
(+34) - Done . Article tagged for cleanup.
Shimgray |
talk |
21:00, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
reply
Alan Valentine : (
Biggleswiki made 1 edits, 0 major, +37)
(+37) - Done minor edit wasn't promotional
Them
From
Space
22:01, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
reply
Amathinidae : (
Biggleswiki made 1 edits, 0 major, -91)
(-91) - Done minor edit wasn't promotional
Them
From
Space
22:01, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
reply
The Ashes : (
Diginerd84 made 4 edits, 0 major, +145)
(+18)
(+1)
(+145)
(-145) - Done . Minor change.
Shimgray |
talk |
22:24, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
reply
Bromley : (
Diginerd84 made 1 edits, 0 major, +18)
(+18) - Done minor edit wasn't promotional
Them
From
Space
22:22, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
reply
Central Bank of Sri Lanka : (
Diginerd84 made 1 edits, 0 major, +16)
(+16) - Done . Minor edit.
Gobonobo
T
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17:16, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
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Charles Champlin : (
Biggleswiki made 1 edits, 0 major, +34)
(+34) - Done . Tagging.
Shimgray |
talk |
22:40, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
reply
Cowan, New South Wales : (
Biggleswiki made 1 edits, 0 major, +136)
(+136) - Done . cite added (admittedly a little spammy, but...)
Shimgray |
talk |
22:40, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
reply
Damian Green : (
Awb44 made 4 edits, 0 major, +60)
(+60)
(-3)
(0)
(+2) - Done . Links fixed.
Shimgray |
talk |
22:40, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
reply
Derrick Evans : (
Biggleswiki made 1 edits, 0 major, +60)
(+60) - Done . Wikilinks.
Shimgray |
talk |
22:40, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
reply
Dick Brooks (entertainer) : (
Biggleswiki made 1 edits, 0 major, +7)
(+7) - Done . Wikilinks.
Shimgray |
talk |
22:40, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
reply
John Baldwin Neil : (
Biggleswiki made 1 edits, 0 major, +4)
(+4) . Done - link.
Shimgray |
talk |
22:43, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
reply
Launceston, Tasmania : (
Biggleswiki made 1 edits, 0 major, +8)
(+8) . Done - minor.
Shimgray |
talk |
22:53, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
reply
Manuel Tolsá : (
Biggleswiki made 1 edits, 0 major, +31)
(+31) . Done - minor.
Shimgray |
talk |
22:53, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
reply
Mark Simmonds : (
Awb44 made 2 edits, 0 major, -2)
(-4)
(-2) . Done - minor.
Shimgray |
talk |
22:53, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
reply
Matthew Offord : (
Awb44 made 1 edits, 0 major, -8)
(-8) . Done - minor.
Shimgray |
talk |
22:53, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
reply
Methyl butyrate : (
Biggleswiki made 1 edits, 0 major, +4)
(+4) . Done - minor.
Shimgray |
talk |
22:53, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
reply
Millennium Seed Bank Project : (
Biggleswiki made 1 edits, 0 major, +72)
(+72) . Done - minor.
Shimgray |
talk |
22:53, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
reply
Richard Harrison (actor) : (
Biggleswiki made 1 edits, 0 major, +17)
(+17) . Done - minor.
Shimgray |
talk |
22:53, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
reply
Santo Cattaneo : (
Biggleswiki made 1 edits, 0 major, +32)
(+32) . Done - tagging.
Shimgray |
talk |
22:53, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
reply
William R. Stewart : (
Biggleswiki made 1 edits, 0 major, +29)
(+29) - Done . Minor (though probably incorrect) change.
Shimgray |
talk |
22:24, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
reply
Wimbledon, London : (
Diginerd84 made 1 edits, 0 major, +2)
(+2) - Done . Minor change.
Shimgray |
talk |
22:24, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
reply
Unsorted
Big Hole : (
109.231.203.194 made 3 edits, 0 major, +45)
(0)
(+45)
(-41) Done - correcting a typo, wikilinking extant content. --
Tagishsimon
(talk)
16:19, 10 December 2011 (UTC)
reply
Bell Pottinger Group : (
Diginerd84 made 3 edits, 1 major, +5501)
(+5501)
(+2)
(-121)
Canadian Affair : (
Biggleswiki made 1 edits, 0 major, +118)
(+118) ; (
Diginerd84 made 5 edits, 2 major, +3481)
(+1809)
(+3481)
(+40)
(+14)
(+40)
Cash for Honours : (
Biggleswiki made 4 edits, 0 major, +135)
(-20)
(+135)
(+84)
(+19) ; (
Diginerd84 made 1 edits, 1 major, +157)
(+157) - Done Correction:
This edit sneakily removed mention of
Henry Angest of Arbuthnot Banking from the Cash for Honours scandal, labelling it as an uncontroversial edit with a misleading edit summary.
The Cavalry (
Message me )
08:16, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
reply
Ceawlin Thynn, Viscount Weymouth : (
Biggleswiki made 5 edits, 2 major, +8316)
(-203)
(+8316)
(+25)
(+120)
(+1034)
Chime Communications (United Kingdom) : (
Biggleswiki made 1 edits, 1 major, +262)
(+262) ; (
109.231.203.194 made 2 edits, 0 major, +134)
(-126)
(+134) Done Biggleswiki added referenced info an a Chime acquisition. 109.231 added amended number of staff and details of offices, and added details of two more subsidiaries, without references. Changes remain in the article but appear to me to be benign. --
Tagishsimon
(talk)
16:26, 10 December 2011 (UTC)
reply
Chime Ventures : (
Diginerd84 made 1 edits, 1 major, +3347)
(+3347)
Chris White (saxophonist) : (
Biggleswiki made 1 edits, 1 major, +607)
(+607) - Done . Promotional edit with link for
The 1945 unchallenged since April.
Gobonobo
T
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11:06, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
reply
Dave Courtney : (
Biggleswiki made 9 edits, 1 major, +1282)
(+1282)
(+1)
(+25)
(+2)
(-2)
(-74)
(-5)
(+1)
(+38) ; (
109.231.203.194 made 1 edits, 1 major, +159)
(+159)
Dominic Noonan : (
Biggleswiki made 7 edits, 1 major, +2553)
(+2553)
(+10)
(+13)
(+5)
(+6)
(+4)
(+12)
Ethnography : (
Biggleswiki made 1 edits, 1 major, +401)
(+401) - Done Edit already undone.
Frankie Fraser : (
Biggleswiki made 5 edits, 3 major, +1793)
(+368)
(+12)
(+1793)
(+21)
(+215) - Done Edits attempted to resolve "citation needed" flags, apparently without any other intent. A few dodgy sources now removed, but it's not one of our better articles anyway.
Yomangani
talk
12:12, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
reply
Gerald Howarth : (
Awb44 made 2 edits, 0 major, 0)
(0)
(0) - Done Edit corrected external link.
Yomangani
talk
15:01, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
reply
Gillmor Gang : (
Biggleswiki made 1 edits, 0 major, +34)
(+34) - Done . Minor edit.
Gobonobo
T
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04:12, 10 December 2011 (UTC)
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Guisborough Helmet : (
Biggleswiki made 1 edits, 0 major, +11)
(+11) - Done Unnecessary but harmless wiklink.
Yomangani
talk
14:55, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
reply
Johnny Vegas : (
109.231.203.194 made 2 edits, 0 major, -1)
(-1)
(-1) Done - argument over date of birth, reverted within 9 minutes. --
Tagishsimon
(talk)
16:12, 10 December 2011 (UTC)
reply
KSK Energy Ventures Limited : (
109.231.203.194 made 1 edits, 0 major, +1)
(+1) Done - correcting a typo --
Tagishsimon
(talk)
16:14, 10 December 2011 (UTC)
reply
Lalit Modi : (
Biggleswiki made 3 edits, 2 major, +2148)
(+2146)
(+7)
(+2148) ; (
Diginerd84 made 6 edits, 2 major, +7389)
(-494)
(+7389)
(-535)
(-1698)
(+240)
(+43)
LBG : (
109.231.203.194 made 2 edits, 0 major, +107)
(+107)
(+6) Done - addition of EL to disambiguation page. Removed two days later. --
Tagishsimon
(talk)
16:17, 10 December 2011 (UTC)
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Lease Corporation International : (
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User:Gobonobo .
Rich
Farmbrough ,
14:49, 11 December 2011 (UTC) .
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Libra Group : (
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Gobonobo
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List of University of Pennsylvania people : (
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Tagishsimon
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London Chamber Orchestra : (
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Michael Ancram : (
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(+64) Done - added inline EL to Global Strategy Forum; reverted today thus lasted just less than a year. --
Tagishsimon
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16:41, 10 December 2011 (UTC)
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Mikhail Gorbachev : (
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05:34, 10 December 2011 (UTC)
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Mikheil Saakashvili : (
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Gobonobo
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06:20, 10 December 2011 (UTC)
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Mopani Copper Mine : (
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Mopani mine : (
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Mr. Goemon : (
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(-32) Done - Addition of legit references. Yay! Biggleswiki is an old school games when he's not shilling. Additions remain in the article. --
Tagishsimon
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16:44, 10 December 2011 (UTC)
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Mytrah Energy : (
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(+56) – Done . Suboptimal response: Spammy article on barely notable company superficially wikified and former name added. Copyvio missed.
Hans
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Naked Eye Research : (
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Natures Way Foods : (
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(+1589) - Done . Sounded like an advert.
Polequant (
talk ) 15:38, 8 December 2011 (UTC) I have also AfDed this, for a few more opinions - not sure if it's notable.
The Cavalry (
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16:10, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
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Nidareid train disaster : (
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(-15) - Done . Edit was good.
Thryduulf (
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12:21, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
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North Yorkshire : (
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(+30) - Done . Edit just wikified a link or two.
Yomangani
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12:26, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
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Northwestern University in Qatar : (
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Online reputation management : (
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(-28) - Done You have to admire the barefaced cheek of editing an article to describe your modus operandi . Only some innocuous refs added. Looks fairly accurate, but then it would do.
Yomangani
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01:41, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
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Paul Polman : (
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Gobonobo
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07:09, 10 December 2011 (UTC)
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Pension Protection Fund : (
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Chzz
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08:01, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
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Provident Financial : (
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(+1091) - Done - Information inserted wasn't unduly promotional and some wikilinks improved article. Several spam links to company financial & product details removed
Leaky
Caldron
17:54, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
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WT:Articles for creation/Ravi kailas – Done . OK response: AfC was declined on notability grounds, but copyvo not noticed.
Hans
Adler
15:16, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
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Richard Hamilton (artist) : (
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(+74) Done "Uncontentious" (more correctly, 'unrelated' to this investigation) - added date of death without ref; reverted within half hour; later confirmed as true by others)
Chzz
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07:42, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
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Robert Langmead : (
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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Robert Langmead (2nd nomination) swayed by Pottinger accounts. Not sure about
User:Martinj1973 - editing focused on this article and
Natures Way Foods . Have redirected to article on company.
Polequant (
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15:26, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
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Rob Heanley : (
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Gobonobo
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04:35, 10 December 2011 (UTC)
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Safmarine : (
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Gobonobo
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04:53, 10 December 2011 (UTC)
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Sheikh Hassan Enany : (
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Spencer Compton, 7th Marquess of Northampton : (
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Rmhermen (
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00:26, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
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Standard Life : (14 edits, 4 major, +2714)
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Surbiton : (
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Rmhermen (
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23:53, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
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TYIN Tegnestue : (
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(+87) - Done . Promotional article, but another article on same topic already exists, that doesn't appear to be by BP accounts so have redirected there. I'm still not sure about notability, so may be worth taking to AfD.
Polequant (
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12:17, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
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Umbro : (
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Rmhermen (
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00:00, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
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Vladimir Aleksandrovich Antonov : (
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Possible but unconfirmed articles
These pages may or may not have been edited by Bell Pottinger operated accounts.
Bell Pottinger
Chime Communications (Bell Pottinger parent company)
Unknown, but related
Prguruguru (
talk ·
contribs ) may or may not be related. Blocked indefinitely.
Sussex3 (
talk ·
contribs ) Stale, but behaviourally is a sock. With the following four accounts has only edited
AeroMobile or madelinks to
AeroMobile .
Sussex10 (
talk ·
contribs ) Suspicious edit on
Standard Life . Stale, similar username to Sussex3?
DJBenson (
talk ·
contribs ) Stale, but behaviourally is a sock.
Toolboxuser (
talk ·
contribs ) Stale, but behaviourally is a sock.
AUK Marcomms (
talk ·
contribs )
Likely - Stale, but may be a sock. Done - COI for one article, all edits in
[450782235 =1&oldid=443075301 one chunk] seem innocuous updating of name, and minor detail.
Rich
Farmbrough ,
15:10, 11 December 2011 (UTC) .
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Martinj1973 (
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+ ·
tag ·
contribs ·
deleted contribs ·
logs ·
filter log ·
block user ·
block log ·
CA ·
CheckUser (
log ) ·
investigate ·
cuwiki )
Abenbow (
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+ ·
tag ·
contribs ·
deleted contribs ·
logs ·
filter log ·
block user ·
block log ·
CA ·
CheckUser (
log ) ·
investigate ·
cuwiki ) - Stale, behaviourally is a sock.
Emailed me post-mortem, requesting unblock and granted based on reasonable BP connection and lack of furtherance.
Keegan (
talk )
07:29, 2 March 2012 (UTC)
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Edwardrice87 (
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+ ·
tag ·
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logs ·
filter log ·
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CheckUser (
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investigate ·
cuwiki ) - Probably stale, behaviourally is a sock. RF.
Unrelated
Technically unrelated to the above, but with a South African connection. Needs an experienced CU to check.
I've indef'd all these accounts (and a few others I stumbled across during the cleanup process), with the exception of Martinj1973. Regardless of whether or not they belong to Bell Pottinger, they're all spammers and several of them are very obviously the same person. I left Martinj1973 because I can't be sure there—that account doesn't display the traits that some of the others have.
HJ Mitchell |
Penny for your thoughts?
02:20, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
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Southwiki and Drake ice are Confirmed as each other, and I have very good reason to believe that they are spammers. I also have good reason to believe that
Drake (
talk ·
contribs ) is related, and I've indeffed them. PetersBah is
Unrelated and most of the technical data is Stale , but I endorse the block.
WilliamH (
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07:53, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
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