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===Members of GSoW have coordinated to promote CSI and related entities===

Susan Gerbic [https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/learn-to-edit-wikipedia-like-a-gsow-editorndashbackwards-editing/ states] "We need to do a better job getting our publications, our podcasts, and our spokespeople mentioned in places that people are visiting and hopefully curious to learn more. Wikipedia is the perfect venue; we just need to make sure the edit exists." GSoW has done exactly that; they have added references to CSI publications throughout Wikipedia, they have written articles on CSI entities and affiliates, and they have linked these articles wherever possible, to "improve the exposure of publications like Skeptical Inquirer".

This 2015 post was made when [http://www.csicop.org/si/show/ten_distinguished_scientists_and_scholars_named_fellows_of_committee_for_sk SI hired Gerbic as a consultant], and the evidence I present suggests that GSoW continues to operate in this manner.

====References to CSI Publications====

[[Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Skepticism_and_coordinated_editing/Preliminary_statements#Statement_by_BilledMammal|Reviewing 100 of the articles with links to Skeptical Inquirer]], 54 were madelinked since 2018. Ofof these,which 42 were added by ana GSoW associate. This disparity, combined with Gerbic's previous statements on this matter where she [https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/editing-backwards-gsow-and-skeptical-inquirer-magazine/ documents] a coordinated effort to add a reference to every article in an edition of SI, suggests a deliberate and coordinated effort to increase the exposure of CSI.

Considering these references, three addressed an existing unaddressed fringe claim, seven added and addressed a fringe claim such as at {{diff2|1001838330|Immune system}}, while eighteen were used within skepticism broadly defined but did were not related to fringe claims. Of the remaining fourteen, two were superfluous references, while twelve were used outside skepticism.

====Articles relating to CSI====

Considering the article [[Committee for Skeptical Inquiry]] and five linked from it that appear to be closely related to CSI, five have significant collective contributions from various coordinated groups of GSoW associates - the sixth, CSI's parent entity, has some contributions, but these are not significant.

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! Article !! Portion contributed by GSoW !! GSoW associate