Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Brandenhunter

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 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the miscellaneous page below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the page's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the discussion was delete. Spartaz Humbug! 16:40, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

User:Brandenhunter
I am also adding User:Brandengillespie to this nomination. This is another copy of the same page. JamesBWatson (talk) 08:17, 18 June 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not a blog and this user is a copy of the user Brandengillespie seemingly made to avoid scrutiny. It seems he's trying to salvage information from the and  pages that have already been deleted in order to make a self-promotional page. All of his edits to wikipedia, and that of the main contributor (whom I suspect of being the same guy) seem to be strictly dealing with promoting the Bombshell Roulette band. Isn't this violating WP:COI (creating and editing articles about self and band), WP:ADVERT (promoting self and band), and WP:SOCK (contributing as anonymous after registering)? He's been warned many times about self-promotion on each of his sock puppet user pages but he's ignored all the warnings.-- Rick Van Tassel user&#124;talk&#124;contribs 14:33, 16 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete I am substantially in agreement with the above, although as far as I know the sockpuppet policy does not forbid editing as an IP after registering, unless there are other reasons. This is one of a number of spam pages created by a group of several editors who I suspect are in fact all the same person. Apart from those listed above these pages include Branden Gillespie (note that it is User:Brandengillespie which was linked above) and who knows, perhaps more. The page in question is clearly an attempt to get round Wikipedia's policies by keeping an article which would be deleted if it were in article space. Avoiding deletion in this way is not a legitimate use of a user page, and the user page guideline discourages "substantial content on your user page that is unrelated to Wikipedia", which is exactly what this is. JamesBWatson (talk) 09:29, 17 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Taken from WP:SOCK: Registered users who edit without logging in are treated the same as if the IP was an alternate account. -- Rick Van Tassel user&#124;talk&#124;contribs 11:51, 17 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, but using an "alternate account" is not prohibited per se, but only if it is used dishonestly or to circumvent Wikipedia policy (as for example for block evasion). However, this is not really of importance in this case. JamesBWatson (talk) 13:36, 17 June 2010 (UTC)
 * He was warned for violating WP:COI after using the user account to edit the page, so he started editing with his alternate accounts for his bands, then he switched to the IP after those accounts were banned. That's using an alternate account to avoid scrutiny and COI.  Although, I suppose that is more of a ban-the-user argument than one for delete-the-userpage, so it is indeed moot. -- Rick Van Tassel user&#124;talk&#124;contribs 14:23, 17 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I think I did not express myself clearly. I am confident that this is a case of sockpuppetry, all I was saying was that just editing while not logged in did not in itself make it sockpuppetry. But yes, this is not really on topic for delete-the-userpage. JamesBWatson (talk) 08:58, 18 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. Wikipedia is not myspace, this user is not here to build the encyclopedia. MER-C 11:52, 17 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete Per WP:ADVERT and WP:MYSPACE. --Andromedabluesphere440 (talk) 06:34, 18 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment WP:Sockpuppet investigations/Brandenhunter has been raised due to non-legit sock use. Fæ (talk) 08:09, 18 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Note: All of the accounts used in creating these and related pages are now blocked, either because of spam user names or as a result of the above sockpuppet investigation. JamesBWatson (talk) 19:04, 18 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete The user is not here to contribute to Wikipedia. Any other user pages for the multiple socks should be deleted too.  Peacock (talk) 13:14, 22 June 2010 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the page's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.