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Wikipedia:AMA Requests for Assistance/Requests/October 2006/Hbquikcomjamesl

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Have you read the AMA FAQ?

  • Answer: No.

How would you describe the nature of this dispute? (policy violation, content dispute, personal attack, other)

  • Answer: Repeated, persistent insertion of verifiably false information, specifically, a reference to his appearance in the nonexistent Star Trek episode, "Requiem for a Martian."

What methods of Dispute Resolution have you tried so far? If you can, please provide wikilinks so that the Advocate looking over this case can see what you have done.

  • Answer: I have removed the disinformation myself, with appropriate comments.

What do you expect to get from Advocacy?

  • Answer: I would like to see an end to the persistent reinsertion of this particular piece of disinformation.

Summary: edit

I first became aware of the existence of this spurious reference in an annotation web page of the new Star Trek anthology, "Constellations." Attempting to track down where Kiley could have possibly been featured in anything called "Requiem for a Martian," I did a GOOGLE search, which led me to the Wikipedia article on Kiley. Looking through the history, I found that on September 1st, an anonymous user at 4.155.0.38 had added a line referencing the nonexistent episode to the "partial filmography" section. I removed it, anonymously, but with an appropriate comment. Today, a different reference to the spurious appearance was inserted, by an anonymous user at 4.155.233.146, in the main body of the article. I reverted it, again, anonymously but with a comment, only to have it reappear later today, with an anonymous IP of 65.123.16.194. I signed on, and reverted it again.

Discussion: edit

It appears that the vandal has gotten bored. But I'm not entirely ready to close the case. -- Hbquikcomjamesl

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