User talk:GenieEdits

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Sockpuppet investigation
pseudonym Jake Brockman talk 10:40, 7 May 2019 (UTC)

Hi Jake Brockman

Please can you confirm why my account has been blocked? It looks like you have linked me to a JamesMAHarrison. I work at Caxton, saw this page and thought I would tidy it up and make some corrections.

Thanks, Jane
 * Hi Jane. There are two points here. 1) The other user has engaged in undisclosed paid editing which contravenes Wikipedia's terms. 2) A behavioural and technical analysis, which includes server logs and other such items (see WP:CHK), has concluded that it is likely both editors are related. When users appear related, Wikipedia calls this sockpuppetry (when the same person uses two or more accounts to make controversial edits) or meatpuppetry (when two people work in coordination to make controversial edits). Both are prohibited. If you work at Caxton, the same rules apply about WP:PAID editing. pseudonym Jake Brockman talk 16:04, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

Hi Jake,

I have not made any controversial edits. I simply tidied up the page (grammatical mistakes) and checked all the references. Surely you should look at the quality of my amends before you go ahead and block me. I also made an update to one other page which again was backed up with evidence - I see those changes have now disappeared. I can understand if I was making all the information up and there was nothing to substantiate the claims, but this seems rather odd to me.

I hope you will reconsider this.

Thanks, Jane
 * Hi Jane, the kind of edits are in a way secondary here. Any edit made by a connected editor (e.g. if you work for the company) that is undisclosed is inherently "controversial" as it contravenes Wikipedia's terms. The block is not my decision to make, this is being decided on by a team of administrators who have reviewed the case in the first instance when the block was put in place based on the evidence I submitted and other information they have at hand. If you wish to appeal to the block, please read the guide to appealing a block. In your appeal you should state clearly your understanding of WP:COI and WP:PAID and take required action. pseudonym Jake Brockman talk 08:28, 14 May 2019 (UTC)