Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/BalanceRestored/Archive

Evidence submitted by Psychonaut
User:Ganesh J. Acharya is the author of the article on B2C Jewels, a jewelry retailer. The article was nominated for deletion on suspicion that the subject may not be notable. User:Ganesh J. Acharya participated in discussion, both on the deletion discussion page and on the Administrator's Noticeboard. He had elsewhere made a post indicating that he was an employee of the company, thus raising a conflict of interest. The signature on Ganesh's deletion !vote was later changed to that of User:BalanceRestored and the post indicating that Ganesh worked for the company was removed, probably in an attempt to cover up the conflict of interest. Judging from the personal information disclosed on the user pages of the two accounts, and the writing style of their past contributions, they belong to the same individual. (An anonymous IP from Mumbai, where Ganesh claims to live, also edited the !vote, so I am including it here for completion.) —Psychonaut (talk) 11:25, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

Comments by accused parties
See Defending yourself against claims.
 * This is a known well before too. I did those editions by mistake from another id. I think old editors know about this fact. Ganesh J. Acharya (talk) 11:50, 25 February 2010 (UTC)
 * I intend to use Ganesh J. Acharya for a different purpose and BalanceRestored for a different purpose. Ganesh J. Acharya (talk) 11:51, 25 February 2010 (UTC)
 * If the investigations complete, please delete this page. I would like to keep the two Ids separate.Ganesh J. Acharya (talk) 11:58, 25 February 2010 (UTC)
 * So, you admit to using two accounts? f o x   (formerly garden) 12:11, 25 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Well, the problem is that you're not using them for separate purposes. You can't create an article with one account and then use another account to argue against its deletion as if you were a completely uninvolved third party.  That's sockpuppetry. —Psychonaut (talk) 12:12, 25 February 2010 (UTC)
 * That happened by an accident. I forgot i was logged in with my old id.Ganesh J. Acharya (talk) 12:17, 25 February 2010 (UTC)
 * That doesn't make sense. Why would you have made this edit, where the only change was to alter an existing signature from the COI account to the other?  That doesn't seem like an accident. —Psychonaut (talk) 12:42, 25 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, I admit, I have 3 accounts here, I have retained only these 2 and have not misused them.Ganesh J. Acharya (talk) 12:18, 25 February 2010 (UTC)
 * What is the third account? —Psychonaut (talk) 12:42, 25 February 2010 (UTC)
 * I switched the IDs immediately. Ganesh J. Acharya (talk) 12:21, 25 February 2010 (UTC)
 * It was User:Ceo, I don't have its password. I forgot about that. BalanceΩrestored Talk 12:54, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

Comments by other users

 * He has said he will purely use the named account, and not edit as BR again, via IRC. The link to this account has been announced on BR's userpage.  f o x   (formerly garden) 13:11, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments
Marking as closed. Nothing else to do here. –MuZemike 02:24, 3 March 2010 (UTC)