User:Webmaster6, Francesco Fucilla et al
There have been several previous threads on this noticeboard about the Telesio - Galilei Academy of Science, a web organization either down a back lane in East Croydon or somewhere in Hungary. (It is connected with The Alpha Institute for Advanced Study, a web organization either in a village on the outskirts of Swansea or somewhere in Hungary.) This organization is devoted to pseudoscience and awards prizes mostly to those who have contested well-established parts of theoretical physics. Prizewinners include Myron Evans, Jeremy Dunning-Davies, Diego Lucio Rapoport, Alwyn Van der Merwe, Lawrence Paul Horwitz, Florentin Smarandache, other editors of Progress in Physics and Franco Selleri, whose BLP is currently up for deletion here.
The organization at first bore the name of Ruggero Santilli; it appears to be financed by Francesco Fucilla, who has edited wikipedia himself (his editing style is instantly recognizable because he uses capitalization and exclamation marks, London IPs and often adds his own signature, a tell-tale sign). Webmaster6 (talk · contribs) has been slowly adding pages to wikipedia connected with Fucilla and this organization. Several articles on promotional videos have been deleted (starting with "The Universe of Myron Evans"; here's a video of Dunning-Davies extolling Santilli's theories [22]).
Both Evans and Fucilla run off-wiki commentary on the BLPs they wish to add to wikipedia and the deletion process: Evans on his blog at www.aias.us [23] and Fucilla on the Telesio-Galilei website [24]. I believe that Myron Evans actually threatened WMF with action over his BLP (later confirmed by User:Daniel), which resulted in his own biographical stub being put up for deletion by me some time back. (A neutral description of his eponymous theory took its place.) I think more eyes are needed on this little walled garden of articles and in particular the contributions of Webmaster6 who appears to have a WP:COI. No need for wikipedia to become a mirror site for pseudoscientific websites, even if there is a slightly comical aspect to the whole thing (Santilli's magnegas - an alternative fuel based on his own new molecule, made from reprocessed human waste, tested on a Ferrari). Mathsci (talk) 10:33, 29 September 2009 (UTC)
Just to remind everyone that the first step in handling a suspected conflict of interest is "direct discussion of the issue with the editor, referring to this guideline". There is no evidence that Mathsci has troubled to do that, or even had the courtesy to notify Webmaster6 of this discussion about his contributions.
A further reminder: "Using COI allegations to harass an editor or to gain the upper hand in a content dispute is prohibited, and can result in a block or ban." 213.48.162.2 (talk) 21:14, 29 September 2009 (UTC)
213.48.162.2 (talk · contribs) appears to be a sockpuppet account. There seem to be too many around at the moment. Their statements are inaccurate, because of previous deletion discussions of Webmaster6's contributions (here for example) and threads on this noticeboard. Perhaps when 213.4.162.2 has a moment to spare, they can consult with their twin 213.48.162.4 (talk · contribs) on how to stalk me in a slightly less obvious way. Mathsci (talk) 21:23, 29 September 2009 (UTC) Note: this editor also seems to be Quotient group (talk · contribs), probably a new account of A.K.Nole (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log).
