User:Britishfinance

I am Britishfinance. I came to WP in early 2018 because I was sick of reading misleading taxation articles and had the time to see if I could fix them. Only after about 6 months did I finally grasp how to write in a WP-way (e.g. summarizing verifiable high quality independent secondary sources), and had to re-write most of my earlier stuff. I caught the bug and started doing WP articles on a wide range of subjects, and getting WP rights and tools. In June 2018, I came across the WP:BLP of Martin Shanahan, the CEO of IDA Ireland, which had been tagged by a senior WP admin, Kudpung, as being a WP:COI. As I tried to fix it and remove the WP:PROMO elements (it read like a brochure), I met some aggressive editors, who it would be subsequently revealed worked for IDA Ireland, and who made some nasty allegations about me on the Martin Shanahan Talk Page. They got banned, and I left the article. However, in April 2019 an Irish technology entrepreneur Paddy Cosgrave, tweeted that the IDA had been caught manipulating the BLP of their CEO, and it was picked up by the Irish and UK media. The IDA "spun" the story to journalists that they had to hire editors to combat my "negative" edits and that I was a "paid agent", however, the reality was that they had been using hired editors (probably for some time), to edit WP articles relating to Irish tax (and their CEO). The IDA's misinformation inspired vandalism of Irish tax-related articles E.g. , and a WP ANI case (which cleared me of WP:PAID), and some nasty reddit threads (showing some used WP:SOCK accounts to vandalise these WP articles). Cosgrave then set up a fake-Facebook campaign highlighting issues with Ireland's tax system that linked to some of my articles (e.g. QIAIF, and Section 110 SPV). Cosgrave's campaign was exposed and led to further articles on me  ; some included tax experts who seemed to have no issues with the WP articles (E.g. Mark Gorman, Partner Anderson Tax Dublin). Eventually, the Washington Post reported on the affair: "Politicians, policymakers, and the legal-finance profession responded vigorously and tried to discredit the Wikipedia articles. But none of these critiques have challenged their substantive truth". One of these articles (which I overhauled, not created), Leprechaun economics, was cited by Paul Krugman (major high), while another of these articles (I also overhauled, not created), Double Irish arrangement, was cited by the Council on Foreign Relations as the "best source" for the topic. While stressful, it showed WP works; where the fact-base supports (e.g. quality independent secondary sources), so does the community. However, the IDA/reddit trolling on Irish tax-related articles will carry on. (POSTSCRIPTi: Even more surreal, the above appeared in the Irish Sunday Business Post; albeit with "IDA editing") (POSTSCRIPTii: The affair made it to The Signpost here)


 * Articles I have created, substantially re-written, or saved:


 * BLPs Gemma O'Doherty (journalist) · Philip Treacy (milliner) · Seán Gallagher (politician) · Catherine Blaiklock (politician) · James R. Hines Jr (academic) · Daniel Ivandjiiski (blogger) · John Hussman (investor) · Andrew Lock (climber) · Brad Setser (economist) · Seamus Coffey (economist) · Dhammika Dharmapala (academic) · Joel Slemrod (academic) · Gabriel Zucman (academic) · Feargal O'Rourke (businessman) · Ram Saran Verma (voted delete at AfD, but ended up saving it) · Nadia Marcinko (rescued controversial BLP) · Lurline Champagnie (co-rescue at AfD) · May Zune Win (AfD rescue) · Ned Davis (analyst) · John Authers (journalist) · Desmond Lachman (economist)


 * Mountain related Eight thousanders · Lists of mountains and hills in the British Isles · List of mountains of the British Isles by height (epic undertaking, one of the largest articles on Wikipedia) · Lists of mountains in Ireland · List of Marilyns in the British Isles · List of Corbett mountains in Scotland · List of Graham mountains in Scotland · List of Donald mountains in Scotland · List of Murdo mountains in Scotland · List of Munro mountains in Scotland · List of P600 mountains in the British Isles · List of Hewitt mountains in England, Wales and Ireland · List of Nuttall mountains in England and Wales · List of Birketts in the Lake District · List of Irish counties by highest point · Caher West Top · Ailladie · Ballyryan · Aill na Cronain · MacGillycuddy Reeks · Carrauntoohil · Brandon Group · Mangerton Mountain · Lugnaquilla · Galtymore · Torc Mountain · Purple Mountain · Hag's Tooth · List of Furth mountains in the British Isles · Cnoc an Chuillinn · Cnoc na Péiste · Cnoc na Toinne · Beenkeragh · List of Wainwrights in the Lake District · Mullaghmeen · The Big Gun · Cruach Mhór · The Bones · Maolán Buí · Caher East Top · Brassel Mountain · Fair Head · Dalkey Quarry · Knocknadobar · Djouce · War Hill · Tonduff · Lobawn · Great Sugar Loaf · Sugarloaf (West Wicklow) · Luggala · Mullaghcleevaun · Lugduff · Caherconree · Baurtregaum · Camaderry · Conavalla · Keadeen Mountain · Croaghanmoira · Scarr · Cloghernagh · Benleagh · Slievemaan · Corrigasleggaun · Tonelagee · Prince William's Seat · Slieve Mish Mountains · Mountains of the Central Dingle Peninsula · Derryclare · Benbaun · Bencorr · Bengower · Benlettery · Binn idir an dá Log · Letterbreckaun · Knocknahillion · Binn Chaonaigh · Benbrack · Bencollaghduff · Twelve Bens · Ben Lugmore · Mweelrea


 * Finance related Financial Centre · Offshore financial centre · Qualifying investor alternative investment fund (QIAIF) · Section 110 SPV · Modified gross national income · Leprechaun economics (article was cited by Paul Krugman) · Tax haven · Tax inversion · Bermuda Black Hole · Base erosion and profit shifting · Conduit and Sink OFCs · Corporation tax in the Republic of Ireland · Double Irish arrangement (total re-write; cited by the CoFR as "best source" on topic) · Ireland as a tax haven · EU illegal State aid case against Apple in Ireland · Dutch Sandwich · Orphan structure


 * Random 123Movies (over 60,000 daily views at peak) · Put on the green jersey · The Richest Man in Babylon (saved at AfD) · Building a better legal profession (saved at AfD) · Grand Canal Theatre · Brexit: The Uncivil War · The Himalayan Database · Clochán · Hans Christian Andersen Museum · Brexit Party (save from AfD that I expanded; now taking a life of its own) · Matheson · Wicklow Round · Heraclius (son of Constantine IV) (small stub, but epic save at AfD) · IFAC · Torc Waterfall · Moll's Gap · Ladies View · The Black Valley · Gap of Dunloe · Csilla Molnár (helped save at AfD) · Medtronic · OpenCola (drink) (saved at AfD) · Homa Shaibany (saved at AfD) · Waterford Whispers News · Flying monkeys (psychology) (saved at AfD) · Pilgrim Paths of Ireland · Outrage porn (saved at AfD) · Extinction symbol (rescue from an unplesant situation) · Crone Wood · Lough Tay · Powerscourt Waterfall · Glenmacnass Waterfall · Derryclare Lough · Lough Inagh · FIFA Champions Badge · BorderIrish · Emily Hale (muse of T.S. Eliot) · Megxit (AfD co-save) · European Museum of the Year Award · Wuhan Institute of Virology · Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations · Disease X

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Things I found valuable/insightful on WP:
 * Wisdom on WP-behaviour, amazing read.
 * What a WP article is, helped me. (or TLDR at WP:42)