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03 July 2013

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Long term whitewashing of the article University of Atlanta. I now notice that 'cleaned' copies of the article in their preferred style were written, University of Atlanta Dubai and University of Atlanta Georgia. Cleanup on the original, University of Atlanta is also performed by these editors (and likely some of the IPs active on these articles, hard to identify which ones might be sock-IPs). I today noticed the overlap between Wavelight1288 and 2011lang3, which I WP:DUCK-blocked based on a very similar, though just a tiny bit different, edit. I noticed that 2011lang3 has been editing in the past, becoming autoconfirmed, laid silent for quite some time, and now performs an edit similar to the other sock. Other accounts have similar behaviour (e.g. Mh17), leading me to think that there are quite some dormant socks still out there.

Maybe it is time for full protection again for some time .. though they likely do not forget .. Dirk Beetstra T C 12:37, 3 July 2013 (UTC)


 * Note - in the very early history of the page, there were also sockpuppets working on this page. Maybe Sockpuppet investigations/Amithani is of interest to this.  --Dirk Beetstra T  C 14:08, 3 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Note, per Orlady below, I have updated Mh16 -> Mh17. I also agree with the point that this may be meatpuppetry, and/or that SEO companies are involved.  --Dirk Beetstra T  C 14:08, 3 July 2013 (UTC)

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 * These are various SPAs and semi-SPAs (who show up periodically to "whitewash" the article University of Atlanta (i.e., they remove reliably sourced content that puts the university in a negative light, replacing it with unsourced or self-sourced positive content). I was not previously aware of the creation of the pages University of Atlanta Georgia and University of Atlanta Dubai, which seem to be a scheme to divert users from University of Atlanta. I don't think these are just one user; I think there are some meatpuppets involved. In view of (1) the long-term pattern of devious efforts to undermine Wikipedia's quality and (2) the futility of reverting and blocking each new account/IP, I agree with Dirk Beetstra that full protection of the article would be a good idea. Even more importantly, we need to full-protect the redirects at University of Atlanta Georgia and University of Atlanta Dubai and salt other potential variations of the name. --Orlady (talk) 13:58, 3 July 2013 (UTC)
 * NOTE: The listing of Mh16 is a typo; the user of interest is --Orlady (talk) 13:58, 3 July 2013 (UTC)
 * I've boldly made that change as it seems obvious you are correct. Dennis Brown &#124; 2¢ &#124;  WER  14:05, 3 July 2013 (UTC)

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 * - - Looking at the history, it is obviously either a coordinated effort or a single sock master.  I think having a CU performed will help shed some light on the root of the problem. Dennis Brown &#124; 2¢ &#124;  WER  13:27, 3 July 2013 (UTC)
 * For starters, the following are :


 * Next, the following are ✅ socks of one another:


 * Third, the following are ✅ socks of one another, but appear technically ❌ to the above:


 * And of course, with respect to the IPs. Best,  Tiptoety  talk 15:38, 3 July 2013 (UTC)
 * This is a combination of socking as well as meatpuppetry and disruptive editing between the two editors, who are acting in concert.  I've blocked the current accounts, left the stale accounts alone, and the connections should be obvious based on the CU report.  Closing. Dennis Brown &#124; 2¢ &#124;  WER  15:52, 3 July 2013 (UTC)

04 August 2013

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Requests to edit University of Atlanta to remove 'harmfull' content, and to help promote the page (see diff and diff. I've blocked this account (it is a spammer), but please check for sleepers, I'm pretty sure they are generating more throw-away accounts.  Thanks. Dirk Beetstra T  C 05:56, 4 August 2013 (UTC)

Added Ciamsaard. This account was also requested last time, but was then stale. Now they are active here: diff. Good to see that they will use their old autoconfirmed accounts to insist their spamming behaviour. --Dirk Beetstra T C 06:07, 4 August 2013 (UTC)

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 * - Adding official request on behalf of Dirk. NativeForeigner Talk 23:44, 5 August 2013 (UTC)
 * The following are ✅ socks of one another:


 * The rest are given that they are editing from now blocked open proxies.
 * . Tiptoety  talk 23:56, 5 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Thank you tiptoe. Nothing more to do here. Someguy1221 (talk) 01:47, 6 August 2013 (UTC)

03 May 2014

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The 'cleanup' of University of Atlanta is started again. These are also blanking 'negative' part of the story and removing referenced data ( - WP:CRYSTAL violation). Last time there were sleepers, so that maybe should be checked as well. --Dirk Beetstra T C 15:28, 3 May 2014 (UTC) Dirk Beetstra T  C 15:28, 3 May 2014 (UTC)

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 * - - Given last time it's worth having a look, evidence presented and on the University of Atlanta page is convincing enough. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 14:33, 5 May 2014 (UTC)
 * No sleepers/additional accounts found.--Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 22:33, 5 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Markjentw is blocked, there are no other sleepers, so I'm marking this for closure. --  At am a  頭 18:56, 7 May 2014 (UTC)