Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Blurred Edge/Archive

22 May 2012

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An article created by User:Blurred Edge was speedily deleted due to lack of asserted notability, copyvio and COI/autobiography concerns. This new user then popped up and recreated the article. Harry the Dog WOOF  19:01, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

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 * See my comment at [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=493716155 UAA]. There's nothing wrong with registering a new account when people complain that your old name doesn't meet the username policy. Jafeluv (talk) 20:22, 21 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Yes but you must be clear that this is what you are doing, and you must not do it to try to get around COI policies, especially when it's this blatant. The notice on the page makes it clear - if you are editing on behalf of a group or company, it doesn't matter what you change your name to. It will still be a COI issue.. Harry the Dog WOOF  06:28, 22 May 2012 (UTC)


 * There may well be a COI issue that needs resolving (and COIN is probably the place to bring that up), but as I said I don't think it's correct or fair to accuse someone of socking when they create a new account after being explicitly asked to do so. Jafeluv (talk) 07:38, 22 May 2012 (UTC)


 * It is when they are clearly doing it to try to get around an appearance of COI. That is specifically addressed in the warning. "Regardless of whether you change your name or create a new account, you are not exempted from the guidelines concerning editing where you have a conflict of interest." Had this user created a new account and gone on to edit articles with which he had no COI (having left a note on his TP informing us of his new username) that would not be a problem. But he did neither. He created a new account with no linking to his old one and immediately recreated an article that had been deleted and with which he had a COI. All of that taken together leave no alternative but to suspect a sockpuppet. Harry the Dog WOOF  07:58, 22 May 2012 (UTC)

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Concur with Jafeluv. It's unfair to expect a new user to know or understand all of our policies, especially regarding multiple accounts. Let's try to assume good faith and assist them first before we break out the torches and pitchforks. TN X Man 15:41, 22 May 2012 (UTC)

03 August 2012

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Latest account to recreate Chris Green (composer). Only other edits are related edits to Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2012 video game). Hairhorn (talk) 16:10, 3 August 2012 (UTC)


 * added IP 159.153.156.60, which removed speedy tags from Chris Green (composer) and also participated in the AFD in May. Hairhorn (talk) 16:36, 3 August 2012 (UTC)

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 * - - Look like evading scrutiny, and the idea that these all point to EA in Switzerland is a real possibility.   User:Akadiago, while perhaps a simple new account from the previous SPI, may be part of evading scrutiny. Dennis Brown -  2&cent;    &copy;   Join WER 15:18, 4 August 2012 (UTC)
 * and are ✅ (not that that is already obvious),  is, though I advise making sure there is a behavioral connection as this IP looks to be shared. --  DQ  (ʞlɐʇ)  16:19, 4 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Reading between the lines, and based on the Corporate IP, this seems to be clearly meatpuppetry. While Akadiago is likely a rename of the previous spamusername master, it is still coordination, and so everyone gets a 2 week break from editing.  Dennis Brown -  2&cent;    &copy;   Join WER 23:45, 4 August 2012 (UTC)

19 December 2012

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Latest block evasion sock, re-creating deleted article Chris Green (composer) at alternate capitalizations Chris green (composer) and Chris Green (Composer), and linking to them in various articles, , , etc. Altered Walter (talk) 15:08, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

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 * Article and redirects has been CSD'd. Also left a note telling the user not to recreate the article and read up on policy. Bjelleklang -  talk 19:13, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

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 * - ( X!  ·  talk )  · @214  · 04:07, 20 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Obvious sock, no need for a checkuser here. Blocked and tagged the sock, master is banned for a spam username anyway. ( X! ·  talk )  · @214  · 04:07, 20 December 2012 (UTC)