Comparing page titles to page creators Options

[MZMcBride]

I thought this was interesting: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=348854665

The list was generated last month. It's looking at Levenshtein distances and ratios. The selected values for this specific list are rather arbitrary and there are some clear false positives. Still, interesting.

[tarantino]

This list identifies a fraction of the biographies that are started by the subject, a friend or a family member because the creator chose to use an account name that is similar to the article subject. Those accounts may have a "conflict of interest" as the phrase is defined by wikipedians but it would seem they are declaring that "COI" by their choice of user names. What is more disturbing are those users who do not disclose their conflicts and are actively deceptive about them.

Take for example Ash (T-C-L-K-R-D) , who likes to create and expand biographies of minor pornographic actors. On his user page he declares "I am not aware of any conflict of interest with regard to the articles I edit". This statement is demonstrably false. Ashley van Haeften helps maintain the database of Projet Volterra. Ashley wrote the wikipedia article on his husband Simon Corcoran (T-H-L-K-D), who is a fellow of Projet Volterra. He also wrote the articles on some of his other colleagues.

[Somey]

Take for example Ash (T-C-L-K-R-D) , who likes to create and expand biographies of minor pornographic actors. On his user page he declares "I am not aware of any conflict of interest with regard to the articles I edit"...

You'd think he wouldn't do so much work on porn actors, given the fact that he makes no secret of his identity... Though I suppose they'll probably delete that photo now that we've pointed it out to them. (I'm guessing he's also this guy? )

[thekohser]

Take for example Ash (T-C-L-K-R-D) , who likes to create and expand biographies of minor pornographic actors. On his user page he declares "I am not aware of any conflict of interest with regard to the articles I edit"...

You'd think he wouldn't do so much work on porn actors, given the fact that he makes no secret of his identity... Though I suppose they'll probably delete that photo now that we've pointed it out to them. (I'm guessing he's also this guy? )

Weird how this all came back together in November 2011, isn't it?