This article must adhere to the biographies of living persons (BLP) policy, even if it is not a biography, because it contains material about living persons. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourcedmust be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libellous. If such material is repeatedly inserted, or if you have other concerns, please report the issue to this noticeboard.If you are a subject of this article, or acting on behalf of one, and you need help, please see this help page.
This article is rated Start-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale. It is of interest to the following WikiProjects:
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography, a collaborative effort to create, develop and organize Wikipedia's articles about people. All interested editors are invited to join the project and contribute to the discussion. For instructions on how to use this banner, please refer to the documentation.BiographyWikipedia:WikiProject BiographyTemplate:WikiProject Biographybiography articles
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Christianity, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Christianity on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.ChristianityWikipedia:WikiProject ChristianityTemplate:WikiProject ChristianityChristianity articles
It appears that Tory Baucum is the author and editor of this article about himself. This fawning article does not include anything in nature of his termination from his previous church. It appears that he has removed any such inclusions. It also appears he himself is interacting with people who are attempting to edit his page. Is this appropriate? Smatherston (talk) 21:31, 9 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
For the record, I am not the subject, I have been following the story for some time, and I am only here to prevent the defamation of the subjects name. I would really like any possible help in resolving this matter in a peaceful way. I am new to editing Wikipedia, and would appreciate any help. The other anonymous individual making edits is currently the pastor of the Truro Anglican church in Fairfax, the subject was a pastor at that church in the past. This individual has been trying to defame the subject since January 2022 "Assburyan", and has since been using anonymous accounts (their ip address location is in Fairfax VA). The reason for this individuals attacks stem from an earlier story about the individuals father I will link from a Washington Post article in 2011 https://www.washingtonpost.com/socialissues-religion-immigration/longtime-truro-church-minister-fired-for-accessing-online-pornograpy-at-work/2011/01/05/aBoT7jD_story.html, this story has deep roots, and there are legal matters masking facts and truth. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Quivira (talk • contribs) 18:18, 10 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
It appears that IP address is simply tied to the Fairfax City zip code. Do you have any proof of your accusation of the current pastor? This may need to be reported further to Wikipedia Smatherston (talk) 19:03, 10 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Wow, what a mess. There's a template on the page about one or more editors of the page having a COI. Then there's a blizzard up above and on related pages which if I understand it correctly, means that one editor with 3-4 different user accounts were sockpuppeting and piling on from an anti-Baucum perspective and specifically were complaining about (perhaps?) someone with a pro-Baucum COI editing the article. They were identified as sockpuppets and all of them blocked from editing on WP. Meanwhile, it seems like the article itself could be cleaned up and straightened around without too much trouble. But just wanted to see if I captured the above situation more or less accurately before diving into just straightforward article improvements. Novellasyes (talk) 11:01, 14 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]