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Report concerning User:Paranoid25

Latest comment: 14 hours ago8 comments4 people in discussion

Paranoid25 🔔 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • SUL (for IP: GUC)) — Reasons: Reverting valid edits, in bulk. ―Iamcarbon (talk) 21:30, 25 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

It's not that I'm not willing to talk, I'm just tired of saying the same things over and over again. Plus you also spread misinformation about Chrysler (I'll reply to you on my talk page). Paranoid25 (talk) 08:57, 26 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

@Paranoid25 Your edits are overriding the work of other contributors and re-introducing conflations that have already been discussed and resolved. You continue to repeat the same argument - that similar (but not identical) items should be merged - and that we're making Wikidata and overly complex place - while undoing efforts to reduce conflations, improve the accuracy of statements, and improve the modeling throughout the project.

Many of these breakouts were the result of prior community discussion, and you are welcome (and encouraged) to participate in those conversations if you believe changes are needed.

At this point, your edits are controversial, and you have not sought wider consensus before making them. By continuing to revert edits in bulk that you disagree with, you are undermining the collaborative nature of this project. Iamcarbon (talk) 21:23, 26 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

Hi @Paranoid25 -- Can you explain why you continue to revert other editors edits, including:

https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q27586&diff=prev&oldid=2437988340

Without explaining why you are deleting these labels or attempting to communicate with the editors? Iamcarbon (talk) 20:10, 5 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

This user is repeatedly reverting large numbers of valid edits — discarding hundreds of correct changes, breaking existing links, and re-introducing conflations into the project. @Bovlb has already asked them to participate in the original discussion, but they have not engaged.

It required many hours to repair these issues the first time, so prompt attention would be greatly appreciated to prevent further disruptive changes.

Many of these reverted changes were also discussed, before being made, in the main project chat, here:

https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat/Archive/2025/10#c-Iamcarbon-20250928033600-Stellantis_North_America_Breakout_Proposal

I don't have time right now to get deep into the weeds but, while this does have elements of content dispute, I'm inclined to say that Paranoid25 is refusing to listen or discuss here, and sanctions against them are likely in order. Bovlb (talk) 22:52, 25 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

Hi @Bovlb. I’m really at a loss with this one. The editor keeps saying they’re tired of repeating themselves, but has not addressed any concerns raised on their talk page. Leaving this here, and hoping another administrator can take a look at their talk page. Iamcarbon (talk) 21:45, 26 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

The situation is chaotic; the mass reverts make the item history hard to follow and also cause chaos in the items linked through properties owned by (P127) and owner of (P1830). It would be good to discuss and resolve this elsewhere and only then proceed with any large-scale changes. For this purpose, you can use Wikidata:WikiProject Companies — either its talk page or even a dedicated subpage if the matter turns out to be more complex.--Jklamo (talk) 12:05, 28 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

Yeah, it's really confusing why these mass reversions keep being made. Particularly when they break so many things. :( Iamcarbon (talk) 00:37, 29 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

Request for review of deletion of prior items relating to Jonathan Ressler

Latest comment: 4 days ago6 comments2 people in discussion

Hello. I am requesting administrator review of previously deleted items Q137004543, Q136899842, and Q136764388. These items were deleted as non-notable, but they represent a real person with significant independent coverage in major reliable sources. Examples of independent coverage include: • The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/05/business/theyre-selling-you-on-their-ability-to-sell.html

• CNN Transcript: https://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0207/18/se.26.html
• AdAge: https://adage.com/article/special-report-marketers-2000/big-fat-inc-takes-ads-streets/55077
• Fast Company: https://www.fastcompany.com/45929/guerrilla-marketing-gets-little-weirder

These sources establish notability under Wikidata’s criteria for humans. I am requesting that an administrator review the deletion rationale and consider restoration or permission to recreate the item with proper sourcing. Thank you. BringdaThunder (talk) 16:16, 28 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

There's an abandoned initial appeal at User talk:BringdaThunder, where I noted that all four of these links are broken.

Before others spend time responding in detail, could you please confirm that you personally stand behind this appeal, are not going to abandon it, and will read and engage with replies? Could you summarise the main point of your request in one sentence? Thanks, Bovlb (talk) 20:53, 28 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

I stand behind this appeal and I will engage fully. The goal is simple. I want my item reinstated so the data attached to my name is accurate, supported, and sourced through verifiable references. BringdaThunder (talk) 21:31, 1 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

The fact that this appeal is supported by four broken links, and OP has no response on that point makes me disinclined to undelete.

Thanks for the guidance. I stand behind this appeal and I will stay engaged. The request is simple. Restore the deleted item because the notability criteria are clearly met through independent, reliable, verifiable coverage.

I audited all sources. Several old URLs were dead. These are the confirmed, working, third-party references that directly cover my professional work in marketing and business:

• The New York Times:

https://www.nytimes.com/1993/01/03/style/rolling-with-the-times.html

• Ad Age:

https://adage.com/article/sound-vision-music/a-roll-jonathan-ressler/56960/

• UC Davis Business Law Journal (analysis of undercover marketing, includes my work and company):

https://blj.ucdavis.edu/archives/6/2/online-undercover-marketing

• BusinessWeek archive via Time:

https://time.com/archive/6667129/its-an-ad-ad-ad-ad-world-2/

All four links load correctly. All four are independent. All four are significant coverage of my work. These satisfy Wikidata’s notability standards for inclusion. I’m requesting the item be restored so it can be rebuilt using only these confirmed sources.

If you want, I can also provide archived versions of older CNN or Fox News coverage, but the four above already meet the requirements. BringdaThunder (talk) 21:48, 1 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

here are some other examples

Fox News feature “Advertisers Go Undercover to Push Products” (2001). This is a national news article about stealth marketing that profiles Big Fat Inc and quotes me extensively as president and CEO, describing the firm’s methods and client work. The article describes Big Fat as “getting a lot of buzz itself” for its strategy.

https://www.foxnews.com/story/advertisers-go-undercover-to-push-products Fox News

Time magazine / Business feature “IT’S AN AD, AD, AD, AD World” by Daniel Eisenberg (2002). This is a long Time article on alternative and stealth marketing. It names Big Fat Promotions as a “stealth marketing pioneer,” describes specific campaigns, and identifies me as the founder of Big Fat, explaining my concept of “brand baiting” and quoting me on the practice.

https://time.com/archive/6667129/its-an-ad-ad-ad-ad-world-2/

TIME

Maisonneuve magazine feature “Are You for Real? Life as a Big Fat victim. Stealth marketing” by Natalie Alvarez (2002). This is an in-depth magazine essay focused almost entirely on Big Fat Inc and my methods. It describes Big Fat’s campaigns, notes that the company operates in 30 cities, and repeatedly quotes and critiques my views on stealth marketing ethics and practice.

https://maisonneuve.org/article/2002/11/18/are-you-real/ maisonneuve.org

PR Watch article “Beware the Fat Man” (2003). This piece in the Center for Media and Democracy’s PR Watch introduces Big Fat Inc as my “guerrilla advertising” company and summarizes Alvarez’s investigation into my methods as an example of controversial stealth marketing.

https://www.prwatch.org/spin/2003/01/1660/beware-fat-man PR Watch

CNN transcript “Live Today” (Aug 30, 2002). National CNN segment where I appear as the industry representative discussing undercover marketing, identified as “Jonathan Ressler, Big Fat Promotions” and asked to explain how these campaigns work.

https://transcripts.cnn.com/show/ltm/date/2002-08-30/segment/15 CNN Transcripts

Bloomberg / BusinessWeek coverage (“Buzz marketing”) and other business press also discussed Big Fat Promotions and cited me as CEO, but the examples above already show repeated, independent coverage in national and international outlets.

Significant coverage in academic and legal analysis

My work and Big Fat’s tactics are not only covered in news. They are used as case studies in academic and legal writing on marketing ethics and law, which indicates lasting, non-trivial significance.

UC Davis Business Law Journal article “Online Undercover Marketing.” This law review article cites me by name as founder of “undercover marketing firm Big Fat Promotions” and quotes my description of why the consumer “can never, ever tell we’re doing it” as part of its legal and ethical analysis.

https://blj.ucdavis.edu/archives/6/2/online-undercover-marketing blj.ucdavis.edu

Brooklyn Law School Journal of Law and Policy article “Undercover Marketing” (BrooklynWorks). This piece discusses Big Fat Promotions and quotes me in the context of whether these practices are deceptive, again treating my work as a notable example in legal scholarship. BrooklynWorks

Lund University student thesis “Buzz marketing and the loss of authentic self.” This thesis discusses the documentary “The Corporation” and explicitly identifies me as CEO of Big Fat Inc, using my interview and methods as a central example of buzz / stealth marketing for a broader critique of consumer culture.

https://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/1318851/file/1318852.pdf Lund University Publications

The documentary “The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit & Power.” In teaching materials around the film, I am cited as CEO of Big Fat Inc explaining “stealth marketing” and how paid actors are used to endorse products in everyday interactions. These materials are widely used in business ethics and media courses.

https://www.hofstra.edu/pdf/academics/colleges/hclas/cld/cld_rlr_bansal_spr06.pdf Hofstra University

These sources treat Big Fat Inc and my role as an example of a distinct, controversial marketing practice. They are independent, analytical works, not routine mentions.

Coverage in industry / business reference sources

My career as a marketing executive is summarized in professional databases such as MarketScreener. That profile lists former positions as Chief Marketing Officer of Oasys Mobile, CEO of Zogo, founder and President of Big Fat Inc, and other senior roles in marketing firms over several decades.

https://www.marketscreener.com/insider/JONATHAN-RESSLER-A0N5QK/ MarketScreener

This is not self-published and is used as a business reference, which supports the existence of a coherent, notable professional career beyond a single event.

Taken together, the sources above satisfy Wikidata’s general notability standard:

The subject can be described using serious and publicly available references that are independent of the subject.

• Multiple national news outlets (Fox News, Time, BusinessWeek via Time, etc.) have published substantial articles where my work is central to the topic. Fox News+1

• Academic and legal analyses in law journals and university theses use Big Fat and my statements as primary examples in discussions of undercover marketing. blj.ucdavis.edu+2Lund University Publications+2

• These are not trivial mentions; they treat the company and its founder as a noteworthy phenomenon in marketing and consumer culture.

The item is also structurally useful.

• Items for Big Fat Inc / Big Fat Promotions, for the documentary “The Corporation,” and for works that already exist or are being created (book and podcast) would normally point to a person item as founder, CEO or author. Using a proper person item instead of repeating plain strings is consistent with Wikidata’s role as structured data.

Requested action

Given the above, I believe the earlier deletion was driven by my failure to provide clear, working links and context, not by an actual lack of notability under WD:N. BringdaThunder (talk) 01:03, 2 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

Subject/Topic: Undeletion Request for Item Q136943232 (NetFM)

Latest comment: 4 days ago2 comments2 people in discussion

Hello Infrastruktur, I am appealing the deletion of Item Q136943232 (NetFM), which was deleted today for "Does not meet the notability policy." The item meets the Wikidata criteria for inclusion as it is clearly identifiable and can be described using a serious and publicly available reference from an authoritative national archive. The notability is established by this independent, reliable source: • Source: Australian National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA) • Link: https://www.nfsa.gov.au/collection/curated/asset/101722-net-fm-broadcasting-first-internet-radio-broadcast This source verifies NetFM's status as a pioneer in media history, specifically noting it as the first internet-only radio broadcast to meet industry criteria. Recognition by a national archive (NFSA) establishes the necessary historical and cultural notability for inclusion. The item contained statements for instance of (Q43229, Q1455248) and inception (P571) which were fully sourced to the above link. Could you please review the NFSA source and consider restoring Item Q136943232? Thank you for your time. Netfmradio (talk) 23:46, 28 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

I agree it does not meet WD:N. Ternera (talk) 14:36, 1 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

Block for block evasion (temporary account) + semi-protection request

Latest comment: 5 days ago3 comments2 people in discussion

Summary: After the IP 2001:F70:AC20:2D00:35B7:6EF9:B52B:E264 was blocked, a temporary account ~2025-33955-77 resumed similar disruptive editing on Japanese descriptions.

Current disruptive behaviours: 1) Replacing sports-specific “監督” (manager/coach) with generic “指導者” (leader) 2) Removing style consistency (introducing/removing variant spellings) 3) Deleting birth/death years from Japanese descriptions

Notes: • In Japanese sports context, “監督” is the correct term for a football manager/coach.

 “指導者” is a generic “leader” and not the standard role name.

• I’m avoiding further reverts (BRD: one revert at most, then discuss).

Requests: • Block the temporary account ~2025-33955-77 for disruption and probable block evasion. • If activity continues from related addresses, please consider a short rangeblock based on prior IP data. • Apply temporary semi-protection (autoconfirmed-only) on affected items; I can add QIDs if needed.

Evidence: • Prior IP contribs: Special:Contributions/2001:F70:AC20:2D00:35B7:6EF9:B52B:E264 • Temp account contribs: Special:Contributions/~2025-33955-77 • I can provide specific diffs on request (collecting them now).

Thanks for reviewing. — ULOOK (talk) 08:33, 30 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

Why did you not start a discussion at the temprory account's user talk? --Lymantria (talk) 06:35, 1 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for following up.

For the record, I had already posted a warning on the previous temporary account’s talk page here:

User talk:~2025-32758-25 (no reply). After that, a new temporary account

~2025-33955-77 resumed the same disruptive pattern.

I have now left a civil note on the new temporary account’s user talk inviting them to discuss first.

Links for context:

• Previous temp account talk: User talk:~2025-32758-25

• Previous temp account contribs: Special:Contributions/~2025-32758-25

• New temp account contribs: Special:Contributions/~2025-33955-77

• (Discussion venue) I’m happy to use an item talk section or Project Chat and will add QIDs on request.

Given the recurrence across temporary accounts, could you please consider blocking the new temp account

(and, if appropriate, a short rangeblock), and applying temporary semi-protection to the affected items?

I will avoid further reverts (BRD) and continue on the talk page. — ULOOK (talk) 10:06, 1 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

Report concerning User:Enriques Da SLN

Latest comment: 3 days ago3 comments2 people in discussion

Enriques Da SLN 🔕 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • SUL (for IP: GUC)) — Reasons: I reverted, but I'd block this account. ―Heylenny (talk) 03:46, 3 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

User warned. You could have done that. Bovlb (talk) 04:38, 3 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

Thanks!. Well, we don't have much patience for single-purpose accounts on Portuguese Wikipedia and we end up blocking them. Heylenny (talk) 04:43, 3 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

IP block exemption

Latest comment: 2 days ago2 comments2 people in discussion

Hello everyone,

My mobile virtual network operator (mobile virtual network operator (Q1058891): mobile telecommunication operator that doesn't operate its own network) apparently also uses open proxies that are blocked globally. In some cases, however, I am forced to use this provider and cannot avoid it. Nevertheless, I would like to make edits on Wikidata, which is why I need a local IP block exception.

I hope you can help me with this. Best regards Kim Kelting (talk) 00:49, 4 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

See Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Other_rights#IPBE and also Wikidata:IP block exemption. Bovlb (talk) 01:04, 4 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

Request the restoration of the deleted item "Winson" (Q136786504).

Latest comment: 1 day ago4 comments4 people in discussion

Hello,

I would like to request the restoration of the deleted item "Winson" (Q136786504).

The company meets Wikidata's notability requirements as it is covered by reliable, independent, and secondary sources. In particular, it is explicitly mentioned in the following article from FashionNetwork, a highly reputable professional media outlet widely used as a source on Wikidata and Wikipedia in the fashion and retail sectors:

FashionNetwork — "Tally Weijl France: two global takeover offers have been submitted" https://fr.fashionnetwork.com/news/Tally-weijl-france-deux-offres-de-reprise-globales-ont-ete-deposees,1590684.html

This article cites Winson as one of the companies involved in a takeover offer for Tally Weijl France. FashionNetwork is considered a trustworthy, independent, and authoritative source, which establishes verifiable notability for the company according to Wikidata inclusion criteria for organizations.

For reference, the official French SIREN number of the company Winson is **532406634**, confirming its legal existence and identity.

I therefore request that the item be restored, or that an admissibility discussion be opened.

Thank you.

--~2025-38433-76 (talk) 17:22, 4 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

@~2025-38433-76, please ask the deleting admin for undeletion first. Ternera (talk) 18:48, 4 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

Relevant items: Q136786504 (Evajamesparis official). CC deleting admins @Ymblanter Bovlb (talk) 03:03, 5 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

I believe the company only has routine coverage as as such is not notable. Ymblanter (talk) 06:30, 5 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

Semi-protection for Q135904036

Latest comment: 19 hours ago3 comments3 people in discussion

Please semi-protect Edmand Lara (Q135904036) - frequent IP vandalism, current event, popular topic, living person. Jklamo (talk) 05:03, 5 December 2025 (UTC)Reply