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03 April 2013

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Bsuinfosys was blocked indefinitely in 2006 for repeated disruption at Breyer State University, mainly attempts at astroturfing/whitewashing and deleting all negative information whether cited or not, and in spite of being reverted many times and being warned. Bsuinfosys appears to contain an acronym of the online school itself. Since being blocked, multiple new accounts, SPA spam accounts, and IPs have appeared to engage in the same editing patterns as the original blocked account. Diffs include:, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Note that the Romulus33 account was blocked for making legal threats, just as the current IP is blocked for. 

The IP 50.53.149.122 and SPA account Csholsberry are the most recent, as of March 2013. - Who is John Galt? ✉ 15:12, 3 April 2013 (UTC)

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It looks like there may be meatpuppets involved. It wouldn't be surprising if there's an internal university-wide campaign asking staff to remove negative content about BSU from the Wikipedia article. — DragonLord ( talk / contribs ) 22:58, 3 April 2013 (UTC)

It must come as a surprise that a 'unrelated' was drawn. However this just furthers Dragon's MeatPuppetry theory in my book. MIVP - (Can I Help? ◕‿◕) (Maybe a bit of tea for thought?) 10:07, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

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Most of these suspected socks' edits are stale, but some (Scriptedforedit, Csholsberry, and 50.53.149.122) have recent enough edits to do something with. — Rich wales (no relation to Jimbo) 03:33, 13 April 2013 (UTC)
 * - - Recommending CU for Scriptedforedit and Csholsberry.  Check the other, old accounts too, and also check for sleepers. —  Rich wales (no relation to Jimbo) 03:36, 13 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Csholsberry is ❌ to Scriptedforedit. . -- DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  10:05, 14 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Looks like the IP was already blocked for edit warring, and the article has been fully protected for a month. Most of the accounts listed haven't edited for years.
 * Csholsberry and Scriptedforedit seem like SPAs, but the former has made one edit and the latter's last edit was in January. If they become active a block may be needed at some point, but given the unclear evidence it's probably better to base that on disruption instead of socking/meatpuppetry claims. If new IPs or SPAs keep popping up, extending protection can of course be considered.
 * I'd close the SPI at this point, although feel free to take the necessary action if another admin or clerk feels differently. Jafeluv (talk) 10:13, 23 April 2013 (UTC)


 * I'd largely have to concur - if these accounts start editing again we can do a more fresh CU and block if needed. Rschen7754 07:03, 29 April 2013 (UTC)