Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Futureobservatory

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Description
The user is continually adding content that is copied from his website, material appears to be from books by David Mercer. The user claims to be David Mercer; and while I am enclined to believe him, What's more, he tends to add links to his website on nearly all of his edits.
 * 1) He has not answered when asked to provide some evidence.
 * 2) Even if he is the author, the books were published and the editor may hold the rights.

Evidence of disputed behavior
(Provide diffs. Links to entire articles aren't helpful unless the editor created the entire article. Edit histories also aren't helpful as they change as new edits are performed.)
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Promotion_%28marketing%29&diff=prev&oldid=52487496
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Conviction_Marketing&diff=prev&oldid=51979323
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Price_war&diff=prev&oldid=51671443

... and well, a good chunk (but not all) of Special:Contributions/Futureobservatory

Applicable policies and guidelines

 * Copyrights
 * WP:NOT (not a link farm)
 * Vanity guidelines

Evidence of trying and failing to resolve the dispute

 * http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Futureobservatory&diff=52451473&oldid=52306863
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Tigray_Region&diff=50929483&oldid=50868801
 * Copyright problems/2006 April 28

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 * Flammifer 04:07, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Yom 16:06, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

Other users who endorse this summary

 * RHaworth. I am satisfied that he is David Mercer - who else would want to link to his pages? All his submissions are little more than link-spam. Since he obviously spends very little time on his submissions here, we need not worry about reverting all of them speedily. 04:50, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Response
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Sorry, I have been away from my computer for some time, and have come back to find that my work has been disputed a number of times; and seemingly 'reverted' without much consideration of its merits. As you will see, from my CV, the material I have added was based on more than 15 years research at the highest international level; where I was an acknowledged expert in my various fields. Moreover, almost all the material is directly derived from publications which have achieved widespread acceptance (including 'Marketing' with sales of 50,000 copies and 'IBM' with sales of 20,000 copies). I am sorry that your editors believe this material is so worthless that it should be 'reverted' without any serious consideration of its merits. This is not the sort of academic peer review I am used to. My links to parts of my own website are merely intended to idetify who the author is, and provide a context (and legitimation) as well as a route for the reader to further material. They have no commercial value. In terms of copyright, as I have said a number of times, I hold copyright to all my submissions and have willingly agreed to its use by Wikipedia. A visit to my website will confirm this - or talk to my publishers or simply look at the several dozen books and 60+ papers in a library. What I do not want to do is to waste hours of my time, and years of experience, contributing material which is immediately thrown on the waste heap!Futureobservatory 15:54, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

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