Talk:Luke Howarth

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COI

It appears this page is being anonymously edited from the Australian Department of Parliamentary Services to remove content they object to by apparently labeling it as "hate speech" when it is about a news report.

Report of the editing as hate speech: https://twitter.com/Asher_Wolf/status/1057561454843355136

The edits were initially reported by a Twitter bot that monitors Wikipedia for edits from Australian government departments.

Instance 1: https://twitter.com/AussieParlEdits/status/1056803967571804160
Instance 2: https://twitter.com/AussieParlEdits/status/1057483004346580992

Csamuel (talk) 10:24, 31 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Based on the history of edits, looks like a lot of anonymous users are involved in edit wars on this page - most likely COI. Powertothepeople (talk) 14:54, 13 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Another edit from Australian Department of Parliamentary Services

Instance 3: https://twitter.com/AussieParlEdits/status/1149103417924698112 (though in this instance, it is minor, correcting ministerial title. Still, should have come to the talk page with a request for someone who does not have a COI to make the edit). Powertothepeople (talk) 15:09, 13 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Instance 4: Saundersashm, the same user as who posted from the above IP, at it again. I previously put a COI message on their talk page but this did not stop them. Powertothepeople (talk) 13:59, 16 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Pope cartoon

I don't see the value of mentioning the Pope cartoon, and think it should be deleted. If anyone objects, please state reasons here. Powertothepeople (talk) 14:47, 13 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]