Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/8ight capital Asset Managment/Archive

09 January 2014

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Both of the users created the page 8ight Capital Asset Management LLC and 8eight Capital Asset Management LLC (second seems to be a typo (no 'e' in 8ight)). The sockpuppet account (Tania Zikvashvili) created the page just minutes after the last was deleted (A7) with the same exact content; the sockpuppeteer account was blocked due to violation of the username policy.

Basically, the sockpuppeteer creates promo page, deleted (A7) and blocked, user creates another account to create the same exact article in an attempted block evasion. --MrScorch6200 (t c) 03:28, 9 January 2014 (UTC)

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''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.'' i will say in my defense i had no intention to break any rules with Wikipedia. i am new to this system and i don't know how to use it. when i was told that the first name was not allowed to be used i wanted to switch it but i did not know how. so i opened a new one with a new name. if i wanted to break a rule i would not be so dumb and put my name in open public. so in short i am only trying to comply with the rules of this site i just need a little help that is all... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tania Zikvashvili (talk • contribs)


 * Chain of events:
 * 21:17, January 8, 2014 User account 8ight capital Asset Managment (talk &#124; contribs) was created
 * 21:44, January 8, 2014 (diff &#124; hist) . . (+754)‎ . . Wikipedia:Sandbox -- ONLY edit by User:8ight capital Asset Managment account (may not (likely not) had seen warning yet).
 * [ 21:51, January 8, 2014 Drmies (talk &#124; contribs) blocked 8ight capital Asset Managment (talk | contribs) (autoblock disabled) with an expiry time of indefinite ]
 * 21:55, January 8, 2014 User account Tania Zikvashvili (talk &#124; contribs) was created
 * Has only edited own talk page and this investigation page
 * I would say that AGF is very much in order here... Technical 13 (talk) 06:46, 9 January 2014 (UTC)
 * I would say that AGF is very much in order here... Technical 13 (talk) 06:46, 9 January 2014 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * I'm inclined to accept Tania Zikvashvili's story: let's AGF a little bit here. The story is acceptable since I blocked the first account for a username violation (note: not as a spam account or something like that). Tania, the article was deleted as A7, which means that it did not credibly assert any kind of importance--the first version of the article, for instance, cited no reliable sources that suggested this was a notable outfit by our rules. So I propose we let this SPI go and judge a further version of the article, if one is forthcoming, on its own merits. Drmies (talk) 04:44, 9 January 2014 (UTC)
 * I agree. Since Drmies blocked 8ight capital Asset Managment with uw-ublock which says explicitly "You are welcome to choose a new username... and continue editing", this is not sockpuppetry. I will close this report, apologise to Tania (who has raised an adminhelp, and explain to the reporter. JohnCD (talk) 10:35, 9 January 2014 (UTC)