Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/SighSci: Difference between revisions

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See previous SPIs for information about conflict of interest and SPAs at Cassava Sciences and associated people, and the drug simufilam, now being re-promoted for treating other conditions after failing as an Alzheimer’s treatment.

New SPA Filamin A’s cumulative edits to simufilam: Filamin A twice blanks cited information from simufilam without using talk (edits 1 and 2) that a) removes unfavorable information like retracted studies, and b) mimics edits from SighSci socks (edit 3):

1. Sock Subicculum had a problem with reliable source Stat News and author Adam Feuerstein, accusing him of bias: Filamin A removes Stat News/Feuerstein from the article (edits 1 and 2).
2. Sock Subicculum on FDA, again; Filamin A alters the wording about the FDA in edit 3 from “After the FDA said that the citizen petition was the improper procedure to request an investigation” to “because it did not purport to provide evidence but rather called on FDA to initiate its own investigation”.
3. Sock Sciespy on alpha 7 nicotine receptor; Filamin A on alpha 7 nicotinic receptor
4. Sock Sciespy on toxic signaling; Filamin A on toxic signaling
5. Sock CFRCitation focused on Filamin A (edits 1 and 2)
6. Sockmaster SighSci focused on the STAT news reports that enrollment in Cassava trials had slowed; Filamin A removes information about enrollment slowing (edits 1 and 2).
7. Socks SighSci and Mnachtrab focused on allegations about short sellers (again and again) and an article in Compliance week; Filamin A in edits 1, 2 and 3 introduces shortseller content with the claim that “The CUNY investigation concluded in 2025 and found no research misconduct” (reliable sources said they found that research conduct could not be proved) and Compliance Week in edit (lawsuit against the short sellers was dismissed)
8. Filamin A changes reliably sourced wording that “CUNY released a report claiming scientific misconduct by Wang could not be proven” to “CUNY completed their investigation and concluded that Wang had not committed research misconduct”.

@Firefangledfeathers, Smartse, MrOllie, and Bon courage: SandyGeorgia (Talk) 01:40, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I cannot find the checkuser=yes button referred to in the instructions; I think I added it in the wrong place. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 01:42, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Just here to add the CheckUser requested. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 02:16, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry @SandyGeorgia, I hid it, and forgot to remove it from the instructions. — asilvering (talk) 04:57, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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