Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Aauaccount/Archive

03 January 2012

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Fanousz was created at 20:50, 18 October 2011, shortly after Aauaccount was blocked indefinitely at 14:42, 17 October 2011. Both accounts edited Al-Ahliyya Amman University almost exclusively, adding unreferenced spam largely based on copyrighted text at the intstitution's home page, with no attribution or indication of consent to use.

Aauaccount was warned and informed of why he was blocked in a detailed block notice. His edits were reverted on 3 occasions with clear edit summaries indicating the reason was copyright violation. He is aware of Wikipedia policy in regard to spam and copyrighted material yet persisted with the same type of edits. It appears he created a new account with the deliberate intent to avoid complying with Wikipedia policies he was aware of. The fact that Fanousz uses almost exclusively minor edits – even when introducing major changes – may be an indication of an intent to evade detection.

These accounts pass the duck test for sockpuppetry; please take appropriate action. Many thanks.

Sample copyvio edits:

Aauaccount
 * from http://www.ammanu.edu.jo/en/AAU/aboutaau.aspx
 * from http://www.ammanu.edu.jo/en/AAU/aboutaau.aspx
 * from http://www.ammanu.edu.jo/en/AAU/AAUHistory.aspx?p=1

Fanousz
 * from http://www.ammanu.edu.jo/en/Faculties/Arts/AboutUs.aspx
 * from http://www.ammanu.edu.jo/en/faculties/engineering/AboutUs.aspx
 * from http://www.ammanu.edu.jo/en/Faculties/IT/AboutUs.aspx

Thank you. MegaSloth (talk) 22:56, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Aauaccount was blocked as a username violation, so they're technically allowed to reregister - which they may have done here. If they're still using Wikipedia for promotional purposes, this isn't the right venue for that. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 01:30, 4 January 2012 (UTC)