Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/Donna01

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Donna01



 * Code letter: G


 * Supporting evidence: At the Australian politics wikiproject, we've been made aware of a "kit" being distributed offline to Members of Parliament instructing them on what amounts to Wikilawyering and edit warring. Following that, the IP 202.14.81.49, which is owned by Parliament House, has gone on a spree of edits since 21 July to a range of articles. We are currently trying to find out whether the two usernames, which have engaged in similar edits violating WP:EDITWAR and WP:COPY, are linked, and whether we should be looking elsewhere as not every article in the scope is on every person's watchlist (I notice some of the edits, such as to Russell Wortley, aren't even to federal parliamentarians). The supporting evidence, which is not majorly extensive, is simply the contributions log of each of the four accounts/profiles. Feadering's and PReport's requests for page protection almost exactly follow the prescription leaked on the outside blog. Orderinchaos 08:09, 23 July 2008 (UTC)


 * I think the best thing here would be to watch for new editors on parliamentarian's articles and give them some of our own advice, particularly about canvassing and sockpuppetry, as well as reliable sources and the fact that NPOV does not mean MyPOV. (At the same time, of course, articles should not be coatracks for opponents, and legitimate concerns should always be treated respectfully.)  These IPs are obviously highly shared and it is not easy to distinguish sockpuppets from legitimate users.  For this reason, parliamentarians might want to consider editing from home instead of from work.  It could eventually pose a problem if one of these editors started aggressively violating site policies as it might lead to the disclosure and blocking of user names that edit from the same IP.  Caution is needed on both sides of this issue.   for now to answer on specific account names. Thatcher 13:43, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
 * No worries. After the SMH story went to air, the incidence seems to have dropped off drastically anyway. Orderinchaos 14:17, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

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