Talk:John Katzman

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Whoever Graham Jeffrey is, he's not part of this article. Why the hell does it not show up in the edit section so I can delete it?

Obvious COI editing[edit]

There is a long-standing pattern of obvious COI editing on this article. A series of SPA's have edited this article adding nothing but information that is positive to neutral about the subject. One of these accounts is probably linked to a ghostwriter and PR consultant, which makes me believe the policy on paid editing has been violated. IP addresses that edit like SPA's on this article seem to come from the area where the subject lived most of his life. Here is a list of suspects:

People who inspire 2604:2000:F0CB:7300:BDC8:D4FE:2A89:AF76 66.108.150.205 104.13.168.205 Transmissionelement This user has disclosed a COI on another article. They have made no disclosure here and their edits look suspicious. Where there is smoke... Bleek888 166.172.61.246 206.217.117.226 This user even tried to spam Princeton University's article with promotional content on one of Katzman's companies called noodle. 1.52.231.67 104.148.250.86 Silverado60 This user has already been blocked for socking and I see many indicia of paid editing in their contributions. 118.68.208.32 [1] This user appears to share name with a ghostwriter and PR consultant and is making promotional edits. Jwhny [2] 204rm [3] Was blocked for socking. Very clear indicia of paid editing.

This is pretty conclusive but I still have more to add. It will have to wait until later today or tomorrow when I have more time. In any event, you can clearly see the tags I am about to add are clearly justified. Classafelonymonkey (talk) 12:37, 24 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I think you have the wrong person with me or misread an entry, and I don't understand what edit you are referring to as being COI, nor have I admitted (or have) a COI elsewhere. In 2014 I removed promotional material from the article and noted someone else appeared to have a COI, and thereafter the last edits I made on this article were in 2015 and were to change sources, and note there were issues with sources. I politely request you remove any reference to me here Transmissionelement (talk) 17:55, 24 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Sources[edit]

This article should cite more sources. Lots of text is completely unsupported by sources and other parts of the article are supported by low-quality sources. Classafelonymonkey (talk) 12:43, 24 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]