Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/ARTHISTORIAN2010/Archive

26 June 2010

 * Suspected sockpuppets

User:Jamali-Artist Stopped editing after having had a spam and COI article deleted. This account was created the next day and recreated that article. Either a sock or meat-puppet. Harry the Dog WOOF  09:39, 26 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Evidence submitted by Harry the Dog WOOF

I am linked to Jamali-Artist only because I attempted to place a new article for editing and an administrator blocked me and would not unblock me so I could actually edit the document or even submit it to be reviewed again. The administrator was completely unhelpful and to be frank he was a completely rude towards me. I feverishly research how to become unblocked as so I could edit the page I wanted to place on Wikipedia but to no avail I could not find a solid answer and so I created this user. I would like to know if and how I can delete Jamali-Artist user. —Preceding unsigned comment added by ARTHISTORIAN2010 (talk • contribs) 16:08, 26 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.

I think his original block was basically just for a username violation, and so when I saw this new user appear, I didn't really consider it to be socking.  — Soap  —  17:13, 26 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Comments by other users
 * To clear up the confusion, I'm adding an earlier account, . This is the only one which is blocked currently.  There is also, who in 2008 attempted to create the same articles that have been created under the ARTHISTORIAN2010 account.  However I would like to say that I personally don't think these should be considered block evasion since the original account was a username block only.   —  Soap  —  17:18, 26 June 2010 (UTC)


 * However there were also clear promotion and COI issues, which the new username is attempting to mask. The block message specifically notes that creating a new account in these circumstances is not appropriate if the purpose is to continue making promotional and COI edits. Granted, he was not blocked for recreating deleted articles under different usernames, but the issue is that he has admitted the connection, and has not addressed the COI issues, indeed has continued to act in the ways for which he was blocked.. Harry the Dog WOOF  17:35, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

I am not seeing any blocks or any evidence of admins being rude anywhere. Am I missing something? –MuZemike 16:15, 26 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments
 * Possibly he means me, and possibly he means Orangemike, who blocked him here. My involvement was in answering his edit filter false positives report and in putting his articles up on AfD.   —  Soap  —  17:13, 26 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Looks like an inexperienced user who does not fully understand the purpose of Wikipedia getting a rough start, common enough. Seems like he may have gotten his requisite hard knocks in now though. I'll drop the user a line with a little more explanation; no blocks required here. extransit (talk) 08:00, 27 June 2010 (UTC)