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I appreciate all the COI issues are not strictly in the remit of CU and that meat-puppeting is much harder to detect than straight socks (unless they all went for an edit session on the same cafe wifi and are logged as IP sharing!). But given the number of new COI accounts, which indicate possibly-coordinated activity on this subject since February and the focussed editing patterns, I would appreciate a CU giving it the once-over for any blatant issues. I suspect there has been a membership mailshot asking members to get involved on WP. Notably, one prolific (and probably COI) editor (UnixBased) has [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:UnixBased#February_2024 already acrued a sockpuppet ban] (albeit they mostly seemed to be undoing Tedgrant1917's edits!). This article has gained the feeling of a battleground. Any feedback is much appreciated as this is my first time submitting a sockpuppet investigation. [[User:Hemmers|Hemmers]] ([[User talk:Hemmers|talk]]) 13:33, 28 May 2024 (UTC)
:I resent the accusation that mine is an "inherently suspicious account". Hemmers has evidently not bothered to check my contributions record very carefully. I became more active in the last year to work on cosmology articles, only later editing political ones. As he seems to realise, in the edits which I made to the Socialist Appeal page, prior to becoming aware of COI, I have been careful to try to make edits that fit to wikipedia's policy. I note that https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest says that COI editing is strongly discouraged but not outright banned. I also note that it says that "When investigating COI editing, do not reveal the identity of editors against their wishes." I felt pressured into stating my COI and resent having to do so. In the UK political opinions are classed as sensitive political data, a special category with additional protections above that of personal data. There is a reason for that. Although I am obviously not using my real name here, my email address is linked and I am not convinced that my data on Wikipedia is necessarily secure.▼
:I would like to be informed about how having a polite discussion can be construed as "bludgeoning" - particularity when it was carried on with someone who, whilst endlessly saying 'drop it' carried on making additional points themselves.▼
:I only became aware of this investigation by checking my watchlist. How are other accused being informed about it? [[User:Hewer7|Hewer7]] ([[User talk:Hewer7|talk]]) 09:01, 29 May 2024 (UTC)▼
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Regards, [[User:Rambling Rambler|Rambling Rambler]] ([[User talk:Rambling Rambler|talk]]) 00:14, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
▲:I resent the accusation that mine is an "inherently suspicious account". Hemmers has evidently not bothered to check my contributions record very carefully. I became more active in the last year to work on cosmology articles, only later editing political ones. As he seems to realise, in the edits which I made to the Socialist Appeal page, prior to becoming aware of COI, I have been careful to try to make edits that fit to wikipedia's policy. I note that https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest says that COI editing is strongly discouraged but not outright banned. I also note that it says that "When investigating COI editing, do not reveal the identity of editors against their wishes." I felt pressured into stating my COI and resent having to do so. In the UK political opinions are classed as sensitive political data, a special category with additional protections above that of personal data. There is a reason for that. Although I am obviously not using my real name here, my email address is linked and I am not convinced that my data on Wikipedia is necessarily secure.
▲:I would like to be informed about how having a polite discussion can be construed as "bludgeoning" - particularity when it was carried on with someone who, whilst endlessly saying 'drop it' carried on making additional points themselves.
▲:I only became aware of this investigation by checking my watchlist. How are other accused being informed about it? [[User:Hewer7|Hewer7]] ([[User talk:Hewer7|talk]]) 09:01, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
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