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The paid political consultancy Ello Creative (ellocreative.com) lists several political clients on their web page. The Ellocreative user account has edited several pages (eg. the DeSantis politicians) who are confirmed clients, though this violates Wikipedia standards for neutrality, conflict of interest, and paid disclosure. Another recent edit concerns that of the page of the banker turned politician Jay Fant (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Fant). When I undid this edit, a newly created account, Floridaone, redid the same edit as the Ellocreative account on the Jay Fant page, in addition to other politicians' pages that are confirmed clients of Ello Creative (eg. Patronis, DeSantis). Floridaone's edits also violate Wikipedia standards for neutrality, conflict of interest, and paid disclosure. This is likely the tip of the iceberg, and Ello Creative plausibly has many more of these subterfuge accounts as part of their political consultancy work.

I made much of these arguments, and more, to administrator Oshwah in an email last week, and on his talk page just recently, though I did not receive a reply, likely because he has been very busy over the past week or so. I am reproducing what I wrote on Oshwah's talk page below to give more context, as well as to call for deletion of the edits of the various Ello Creative accounts, and possibly prevent them from making changes to Wikipedia if their conduct persists.

Here is my original entry on administrator Oshwah's talk page regarding this matter:

The beginning of an edit war with Ello Creative sock puppet accounts

Oshwah I emailed you last week regarding an edit made, which I undid, to the page of Florida banker turned politician Jay Fant ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Fant ) though I did not receive a reply.

Another account just redid the same edit, and I suspect this may be the beginning of an edit war. I am notifying you again so that prompt action may be taken. These accounts have edited similar politicians' pages, and are likely part of the same paid political consultancy, Ello Creative, working on behalf of their clients. These edits violate Wikipedia policies for neutrality, conflict of interest, and paid disclosure. Their edits should be deleted, and if this type of conduct persists then the consultancy's accounts should not be allowed to modify pages.

Here is the content of my original email:

Hi Oshwah,

I just noticed by chance that there was an attempt made today by a paid political consultancy, Ello Creative, to edit the page of a former banker, Jay Fant ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Fant ) in order to remove his culpability* for failing his bank. I undid the consultancy's edit on the Jay Fant page, but I also noticed they made edits to other pages involving clients. I wonder if their edits should be deleted in general, and what steps should be taken to perhaps remove their ability from making changes to the site.

Here is the explanation I wrote when undoing the consultancy's edit:

"The edit was made by a paid political consultancy Ello Creative to "massage" the name and reputation of their client Jay Fant, a banker who became too greedy with commercial real estate loans and failed his bank. The edit violates Wikipedia standards for neutrality. Other work the political consultancy has done on Wikipedia should also be investigated."

https://www.jacksonville.com/business/2012-01-27/story/state-shuts-down-first-guaranty-jacksonvilles-oldest-bank https://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/news/2012/01/27/first-guaranty-bank-and-trust-co-of.html https://www.jacksonville.com/news/metro/2012-02-04/story/first-guaranty-sought-survival-until-its-final-day http://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/buzz/2018/06/20/jay-fant-doesnt-mention-his-bank-failures-in-application-for-banking-regulator/

"Banking regulators at OFR found that under Fant's leadership, the bank started offering riskier commercial real estate loans, including loans to people with questionable backgrounds. When the Great Recession hit, the bank went under. That version of events is nowhere in his application to become OFR commissioner, overseeing the very regulators who shut down his bank. The Florida Cabinet could choose the next OFR commissioner as early as next week. ... "On Tuesday, Fant announced he was dropping out of the attorney general's race and would instead throw in to become OFR commissioner. He blamed his bank's failure on "wayward government policy." NeutralityEnforcer (talk) 08:00, 24 April 2019 (UTC)

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 * I blocked Ellocreative earlier for the promotional username and promotional edits. The account has been renamed to Gotallytime. —DoRD (talk)​ 19:00, 24 April 2019 (UTC)
 * ✅ and blocked. —DoRD (talk)​ 21:17, 24 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Closing per comment by DoRD. The SandDoctor  Talk 22:42, 24 April 2019 (UTC)