User talk:Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry/New Archives/2012/March

This Month in GLAM: February 2012
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Paid Editor
Hello! I was watching the AN/I thread, and I saw you tagged this article. The Elance site shows quite clearly that the editor was paid $99 and positively reviewed for this article: and the "references" are mighty shaky. FYI. I very strongly believe, from looking at other evidence on that site, that and WizardlyWho are run by the same user. Cheers :> Doc   talk  10:33, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
 * I suspect you're right - I'll drop a line to a checkuser and see if they can deal with it. The Cavalry (Message me) 10:37, 8 March 2012 (UTC)

Paid $161 for these two edits. The second edit is very odd: how did "Mooshie" get this unreferenced biographical information? Private e-mails, I would bet, instead of RS. That article needs a serious going over for actual notability of the subject, as well. It reads like a resume, complete with a "qualifications" section. Doc  talk  10:58, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
 * He apparently has a "MSc in Performing Arts Medicine". That's an interesting subject! The Cavalry (Message me) 11:00, 8 March 2012 (UTC)

Now that the accounts are blocked and articles deleted or tagged for deletion, I wonder... does this guy have to give the money back to the clients? Or did they just get burned and embarrassed? Caveat emptor, right? I notice that on Mr. Fox's résumé that he offers a "monthly monitoring service that safeguards your Wikipedia entry against vandalism, deletion, and misleading content." If you don't subscribe, I guess you get shafted if the article is deleted (the worst possible outcome). If you do subscribe... now that I'd like to see! Doc  talk  01:06, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Meh... my opinion is that paid editing can be OK, as long as you go about it sensibly and follow the guidelines. There's nothing wrong with safeguarding against "vandalism, deletion, and misleading content", but there are things wrong with running multiple accounts and lying about how new you are to Wikipedia. That was the issue here, I think... The Cavalry (Message me) 09:31, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

Fair enough :> My favorite pizza shop down the street feels they're notable enough for their own article, and I'm gonna get me a few free pizzas to prove just how notable they are! Can't prove a thing when the currency is pizza! I've... said too much, haven't I? Dang! Time for "1789coD" to take over this one. Doc  talk  09:39, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
 * as an aside, for those interested in issues surrounding paid editing, check out WikiProject Cooperation. And No Comment on the use of pizza as currency ;)   Eclipsed   (talk)   (COI Declaration)   21:14, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Eclipsed, are you anywhere near London? Could do with chatting to you about something. The Cavalry (Message me) 17:25, 12 March 2012 (UTC)

Re: World Factoring Yearbook
Thanks for the info. SSZ (talk) 20:17, 16 March 2012 (UTC)

Big Gay Musical AfD
A page you contributed to has been nominated for deletion.--The Devil&#39;s Advocate (talk) 00:00, 26 March 2012 (UTC)

Thank you
As an admin would you mind actually closing the "Zhirinovsky's ass RM per Robofish's BOLD move being fully in line with consensus? In ictu oculi (talk) 00:57, 29 March 2012 (UTC)

Please see here
Deletion of REDIRECT Zhirinovsky's ass

Thanks! Mootros (talk) 08:08, 29 March 2012 (UTC)