Talk:Mark Haysom

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Possible conflict of interest
The whole article reads like a hagiography and cites no references at all.

As of today, since the article was created in 2009 there have been 81 edits. The following users have only ever edited this article and nothing else on Wikipedia: Biswatch (2), Cheylesmore (3), Cheylesmore1 (9), Phoenix1002 (12), Piatkus1 (5), Zeyey (11).

It's quite amazing this article has surived in this state for so long, but there we are. It's also amazing how those edits so elegantly attempt to reinvent Mark Haysom into primarlily into an author rather than as an business executive. I only came to this article as I'm familiar with the Further Education college rebuilding fiasco that took place during his management of the LSE. Seaweed (talk) 17:44, 24 October 2018 (UTC)
 * See Sockpuppet investigations/Cheylesmore for sockpuppet clarification. Seaweed (talk) 17:20, 19 February 2019 (UTC)

Question for administrator
I think there is possible sock puppet issue going on with editors to this article, but I'm not sure how serious it is or whether I'm right. I've outlined the information more above, but I've noticed there is now another user called RobCoventry who has recently edited this page in a biased way just like the other users named above. I've assumed good faith by leaving a message on User_talk:Cheylesmore1, but there's been no reply. I want to edit this article, but I've got a feeling it'll just get reverted and really don't want to get into that. Can anyone help me about how I should proceed? Thanks.Seaweed (talk) 20:18, 31 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Hi Seaweed. The correct course of action if you suspect that a user is abusing multiple accounts is to file a case at WP:SPI. There are some simple instructions on how to do so at User:Yunshui/SPI for beginners, if you haven't filed a case before. Yunshui 雲 水 11:04, 4 February 2019 (UTC)
 * (just for reference when you do so: RobCoventry and Cheylesmore1 are confirmed by checkuser to be the same user; the other accounts have not edited recently enough for me to be able to check them. Yunshui 雲 水 11:08, 4 February 2019 (UTC))

Message for Seaweed
(This is my first time on Wikipedia other than as a user and I’m not at all sure I’m posting this correctly or indeed in the right place. I’m trying to get the following message to Seaweed and any help in bringing it to his/her attention is appreciated.)

I thought I should let you know that your intervention on this article has been drawn to my attention. If I can be of help in any way, please feel free to email me at mark@mark-haysom.co.uk. In the meantime, you should know that I have been embarrassed about this article since its first appearance. You must, of course, edit it as you see fit or (as has always been my wish) remove it altogether! MARKH1953 (talk) 09:02, 7 February 2019 (UTC)


 * Hello MARK1953, who judging from your message on Red_Director's talk page is Mark Haysom. You will probabably be interested to know that I made a request for sockpuppet checking of some of the various user accounts that have edited this page. That is found at Sockpuppet investigations/Cheylesmore. Various accounts have been blocked except your one, so I now know that your account is not related to those other accounts. In my many years of editing Wikipedia, you can get a sort-of sixth sense when biographical accounts are edited in a unexpectedly postive light which is why I assumed that you were editing the article about yourself. But I was wrong about that. I will edit my comment above to make this clear. I've also now edited this article to simplify it in the way I originally attempted in October 2018. I believe that your biography does meet the notablity requirements of biographical articles on Wikipedia, especially due to your role at the LSC, a very significant UK government agency in its time. Having said that, you may wish to nominate this article for deletion (see Guide to deletion). One final thing I would add though, is that it's not appropriate to ask someone on Wikipedia to communicate with them by personal email outside of Wikipedia. That made me even more alarmed and I igonored your message until the sockpuppet checking was completed. But I can see you're not familiar with the culture of Wikipedia, which can have a steep learning curve.Seaweed (talk) 17:21, 19 February 2019 (UTC)