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Editing the same pages. IP was adding fringe theories to Andromeda Gardens, and DecimusBurton was editing them. Similar behavior also seems present on Iris Bannochie.  Invalid OS talk  15:04, 8 October 2021 (UTC)

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''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.'' I made some additions to two pages Andromeda Gardens and Iris Bannochie having written an article on Iris Bayley later Iris Bannochie and the home she lived in Andromeda  see:  https://www.bajanthings.com/andromeda-a-covert-usa-cold-war-submarine-tracking-station-in-barbados/

I thought I was editing as DecimusBurton. I apologise if I edited without being logged in. I did not mean to do this. I did not mean to infringe the rules.

Thank you for closing the case - I note that the Andromeda Gardens wiki page has the content I added at the bottom removed do I add this back - bit apprehensive having screwed up on my first attempt

I'm a newbie to this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DecimusBurton (talk • contribs) 18:41, 8 October 2021 (UTC)

I confirm DecimusBurton added the following:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iris_Bannochie — Preceding unsigned comment added by DecimusBurton (talk • contribs)

I edited and added the following

Iris Bradshaw was born in Grenada in 1914 of Barbadian parents and apart from her early childhood, lived all her life in Barbados. She married Dr. Harry Bayley in 1935 and she worked closely with him as Hospital Administrator and Laboratory Technologist at the Bayley Diagnostic Clinic. She was a self taught scientist and published the definitive description of the unique embryology of the whistling frog which has no tadpole stage. Based on what Dr. Bayley was seeing in his hospital where he often saw very sick children, he discovered in a lot of cases “the child had caught a cold and was given Bush Tea to make them better”. Iris was dispatched to investigate Bush Teas in Barbados. Her research which is still widely quoted. It showed that most "Barbados Bush Teas" were highly toxic and could kill children. She also published research on the vitamin C content of the Barbadian cherry. She was a founding member of the Barbados National Trust, Chairman of the Parks and Beaches Commission (and its successor the National Conservation Commission) and for many years President of the Barbados Orchid Circle and the Barbados Horticultural Society (BHS). She travelled the world collecting exotic and beautiful plants and led the BHS in repeatedly winning gold and silver medals at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in London and International Flower and Orchid shows. In 1977, she was awarded the Veitch Memorial Medal by the Royal Horticultural Society for her contribution to tropical horticulture. .

In 1952 with her husband Dr. Harry Bayley she built Andromeda on 8 acre of land in Saint Joseph, Barbados that had been in her family since 1740. Andromeda was situated on a hillside overlooking the rugged east coast of Barbados with Bathsheba to one side and Tent Bay the other.

The Bayley family commenced developing Andromeda Gardens in 1954. It started off as Iris Bayley's private botanical garden with flowering plants and tropical trees. The garden was formed around the bed of an ancient stream, surrounded by giant coral stone boulders. This was the inspiration for the house name, after the legend of the Greek maiden Andromeda, daughter of King Cepheus of Ethiopia (she was chained to a rock as a sacrifice to save her country from a monster and was rescued by Perseus who killed the monster and married her).

Iris Bayley's husband Dr. Harry Bayley died suddenly on 14th June 1958. In 1964 she re-married John Bannochie and together they continued to develop Andromeda Gardens.

Bannochie suffered a stroke in the summer of 1988 and died shortly afterwards. She was 73 years old.

On Bannochie's death, Andromeda Gardens was left to the Barbados National Trust.

A heliconia cultivar is named after Bannochie - Heliconia stricta 'Iris Bannochie'.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andromeda_Gardens

I added the following to the bottom

There is more to Andromeda Gardens than just a botanic garden. From 1954 to 1985/87 Dr. Bayley's workshop at Andromeda was used by the US Navy as the location of a secret cold-war Soviet submarine tracking station that used leading edge SOSUS technology. In 1954 the USA Government installed “research” equipment worth US$500,000 (1950s prices). Andromeda was the perfect setting for this covert operation as it had a workshop. It was in the right location overlooking the Atlantic ocean, within easy reach of the Atlantic shelf. Andromeda was also off-the beaten-track. There was a credible cover story. And, Dr. Bayley was a friend of the USA and could be trusted. It was an open secret with the fishermen of Bathsheba and Tent Bay who helped land the SOSUS cable that Soviet submarines were being tracked from Dr. Bayley’s workshop at Andromeda.

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 * Per DecimusBurton's comments above, this appears to be a good-faith mistake and not an attempt at deceptive sockpuppetry. The issue of whether or not the content being added is suitable for the article is out of scope for SPI and can be dealt with through normal editorial processes. Closing without action, recommend G6 rather than archiving (this should have been filed under the named account, but there's not much point in moving it if it's going to be deleted). Thanks, Spicy (talk) 16:53, 8 October 2021 (UTC)