Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/AnnaBV/Archive

05 January 2013

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Four SPAs with the apparent singular goal of saving an article from AfD deletetion: WP:Articles for deletion/Oxagile LLC. The three puppet accounts were created after the AfD started, and that has been their only contribution. I've asked for a CU, but I'm not sure if it's necessary since per DUCK. - MrX 14:39, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

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 * I'm not personally convinced about WP:DUCK here. I think a more likely scenario is that AnnaBV works for Oxagile LLC and has fired around an email to her work colleagues saying "Hey - somebody wants to delete all my hard work on Wikipedia! Stop them!" and some, equally unfamiliar with WP policies, have done so. Because they might be using a common internet feed from that company to do this, I suspect a CheckUser will return positive for that reason. I notice that AnnaBV is making an attempt to approve the article by adding sources, to get a proper "Keep" consensus on the AfD (not convinced by any of the sources, but it's making the right moves). -- Ritchie333 (talk)  (cont)   09:41, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * An obvious connection; took a look to see if this was the kind of the disruption that CU could stop. All accounts are in the same city, but the technical data is not especially meaningful. Multiple individuals is probably a better explanation than sockpuppetry, and blocks might be a bit bitey. WilliamH (talk) 15:38, 6 January 2013 (UTC)
 * This looks more like canvassing or perhaps conflicts of interest than sockpuppetry. Closing with no action taken. Reaper Eternal (talk) 17:30, 7 January 2013 (UTC)