Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/AcSIR/Archive

14 May 2013

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On 10 May, AcSIR created Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (aka AcSIR) and was blocked for an inappropriate username and promotional editing (though, to be fair, the article is stubby and neutral). On 14 May, Mishra_6117 created a similarly stubby, neutral article on the same subject: Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR). The version that I nominated for WP:A10 was rather similar to AcSIR's article, of which Mishra_61117 was aware (which could be an innocent explanation for the identical infobox, for example), though Mishra's article has now been extended a little; Mishra_61117 has also edited a couple of other articles on the subject of higher education in India. The behavioural match could be a coincidence so I think checkuser is warranted. Dricherby (talk) 10:15, 14 May 2013 (UTC)


 * OK – thanks for looking into it. Dricherby (talk) 20:25, 15 May 2013 (UTC)

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 * The behavior of AcSIR was not sufficient to block on spam/promotional grounds alone. Therefore it is just a username block, and even if they created a new account, that is fine though they should be warned about WP:COI. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 18:29, 15 May 2013 (UTC)