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Background---The Spamming History:
On October 18, 2008, the logo for the film “Welcome Aboard Toxic Airlines” was uploaded to Commons [[1]], by Fact Not Fiction Films, the company that made the movie that is a larger part of this dispute.
![[1]](/wiki/File:Welcomeaboardtoxicairlines.jpg){kind=link}
On October 21, 2008, the Wiki page of “Welcome Aboard Toxic Airlines” was created by Fact Not Fiction Films [[2]], using a new Wiki Editor ID of “FNFFSFTS”.(no user name, but there is a talk page). That first page edit included these links:
Welcome Aboard Toxic Airlines at IMDb
- Welcome Aboard Toxic Airlines, Official film website
- Fact Not Fiction Films, Production company website
- DFT Enterprises, UK distribution company website
And the wiki page plot summary for that film [[3]], is word-for-word identical to the plot summary at IMBd [4], which was written by Tristan Loraine, the owner of FFNF and the writer and producer of that film.
On October 21, 2008 another Wiki page was created: “31 North 62 East.” [[5]] About another FNFF film, written and produced by Tristan Lorain and his brother. The page contained links to:
- 31 North 62 East at IMDb
- 31 North 62 East, Official film website
- Fact Not Fiction Films, Production company website
It was also proposed for deletion the same day, but not on the grounds that it was a spam page, for FNFF, but because the film had not yet been released. But then, the same day FNFFSFTS removed the notice of propsed deletion. No reason given. [[6]] The talk page of FNFFSFTS shows the propsed deletion on the same day, as well as a notice of Conflict of Interest. [[7]] The contributions page for FNFFSFTS, shows nothing but COI spam edits [[8]]
On January 28, 2008, the GCAQE page was created, by none other than the new wiki editor “GCAQE.” [[9]] These tags were added almost immediately:
 | This article contains promotional content. (January 2008) |
 | A major contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject. (January 2008) |
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And then, that new editor was blocked from further posting, on the grounds of “promotional username.” [[10]] Makes me wonder why the same thing didn't happen to FNFFSFTS , when he first created the WATA film page. Speaking of him (most likely Tristan Loraine), he posted on that new page on October 21, 2008, the same day that the WATA film page was created by FNFFSFTS. Since Tristan Loraine sits on the board of GCAQE, I guess none of us should be surprised at that additonal bit of self-promotional spamming.