Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/6badboy77/Archive

25 April 2012

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I submitted the Michael T. Dunn page for deletion because of lack of notability. Twice now, has removed the deletion tag (here and again here.) I subsequently learned that the same person's vanity page was previously deleted here, but the name used then was Michael Thomas Dunn, so it appears to have gone undetected for some time.

The Dunn page was originally created by, who is presumably Dunn based on the user name and the fact that this account was used exclusively to create the Dunn page and to add his own name to the list of notable attendees at his high school (here). 6badboy77, on the other hand, has made numerous edits, primarily to works which were directed by Dunn (none of which are notable, which is why I am going through and requesting that they be deleted.) Beyond that, this user has made a minor edit to the Osteen, Florida page (Dunn primarily works in Central Florida, according to the vanity page.) Most notably, he deleted someone's comment in the Talk section of the University of Central Florida page (Dunn's alma matter) here. The comment was noting that Dunn was not notable and pointed to the previous incarnation of the Dunn page which was deleted. Beyond that, 6badboy77 has edited a company owned by Dunn here (to add info about his works.)JoelWhy (talk) 21:24, 25 April 2012 (UTC) JoelWhy (talk) 21:24, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

Comments by other users
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 * I'd like to add the following name to the investigation, as their sole edits have been to add MTD Entertainment Corporation to Wikipedia.Tokyogirl79 (talk) 05:32, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Just thought it'd be good to add these as well, as their edits were predominantly for Dunn related articles. Some of them appear to be old, but I thought it'd be good to mention them just for the scope of potential socking/meating going on. The promotional editing attempts have been going on for a very, very long time, it seems.Tokyogirl79 (talk) 05:41, 26 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Additional. The more I find, the more I realize that this has been going on for years and years, at least since 2006, as evidenced by this deletion discussion. [Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/MTD Studios] I'm not going to bother linking to all of the socks in the discussion, but I want to emphasize that there's a history of possible sock/meat abuse.Tokyogirl79 (talk) 05:50, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Additional. The more I find, the more I realize that this has been going on for years and years, at least since 2006, as evidenced by this deletion discussion. [Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/MTD Studios] I'm not going to bother linking to all of the socks in the discussion, but I want to emphasize that there's a history of possible sock/meat abuse.Tokyogirl79 (talk) 05:50, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Additional. The more I find, the more I realize that this has been going on for years and years, at least since 2006, as evidenced by this deletion discussion. [Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/MTD Studios] I'm not going to bother linking to all of the socks in the discussion, but I want to emphasize that there's a history of possible sock/meat abuse.Tokyogirl79 (talk) 05:50, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Additional. The more I find, the more I realize that this has been going on for years and years, at least since 2006, as evidenced by this deletion discussion. [Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/MTD Studios] I'm not going to bother linking to all of the socks in the discussion, but I want to emphasize that there's a history of possible sock/meat abuse.Tokyogirl79 (talk) 05:50, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Additional. The more I find, the more I realize that this has been going on for years and years, at least since 2006, as evidenced by this deletion discussion. [Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/MTD Studios] I'm not going to bother linking to all of the socks in the discussion, but I want to emphasize that there's a history of possible sock/meat abuse.Tokyogirl79 (talk) 05:50, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Additional. The more I find, the more I realize that this has been going on for years and years, at least since 2006, as evidenced by this deletion discussion. [Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/MTD Studios] I'm not going to bother linking to all of the socks in the discussion, but I want to emphasize that there's a history of possible sock/meat abuse.Tokyogirl79 (talk) 05:50, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Additional. The more I find, the more I realize that this has been going on for years and years, at least since 2006, as evidenced by this deletion discussion. [Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/MTD Studios] I'm not going to bother linking to all of the socks in the discussion, but I want to emphasize that there's a history of possible sock/meat abuse.Tokyogirl79 (talk) 05:50, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Additional. The more I find, the more I realize that this has been going on for years and years, at least since 2006, as evidenced by this deletion discussion. [Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/MTD Studios] I'm not going to bother linking to all of the socks in the discussion, but I want to emphasize that there's a history of possible sock/meat abuse.Tokyogirl79 (talk) 05:50, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Additional. The more I find, the more I realize that this has been going on for years and years, at least since 2006, as evidenced by this deletion discussion. [Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/MTD Studios] I'm not going to bother linking to all of the socks in the discussion, but I want to emphasize that there's a history of possible sock/meat abuse.Tokyogirl79 (talk) 05:50, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Additional. The more I find, the more I realize that this has been going on for years and years, at least since 2006, as evidenced by this deletion discussion. [Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/MTD Studios] I'm not going to bother linking to all of the socks in the discussion, but I want to emphasize that there's a history of possible sock/meat abuse.Tokyogirl79 (talk) 05:50, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Additional. The more I find, the more I realize that this has been going on for years and years, at least since 2006, as evidenced by this deletion discussion. [Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/MTD Studios] I'm not going to bother linking to all of the socks in the discussion, but I want to emphasize that there's a history of possible sock/meat abuse.Tokyogirl79 (talk) 05:50, 26 April 2012 (UTC)

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Seems like it's more meatpuppetry than straight-up socking, though the attempts at promotion are clearly there. This is clearly evidenced from Articles for deletion/MTD Studios, linked above. --MuZemike 19:16, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
 * With all the accounts having no edits in the past few years, there is no benefit to the project in an examination of whether or not they have the same operator. I am therefore marking this case for closure, without prejudice to re-opening in the event that one or more of the accounts becomes active again. AGK  [•] 22:59, 29 April 2012 (UTC)