Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Carbon0901/Archive

28 October 2014

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New editors working on a potentially self-promotional article at AfD right now. Very similar names. Mr. Guye (talk) 01:17, 28 October 2014 (UTC)

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In my opinion the abuse can be seen in the launch of the article Chris Mentillo by Carbon0902, side by side with the article Doc Mentillo launched by Carbon0901 and then edited by Carbon0902. Both accounts were active in September 2014, as Carbon0901 edited User:Carbon0901/ChrisMentilloProductions while the Carbon0902 was created on 21 September 2014. Remarkably: Carbon0902 moved a page out of Carbon0901's userspace to the encyclopaedia. The Banner talk 04:51, 30 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Yes, all that is evidence that the two accounts have worked together, but how does it show that they have worked together abusively? I see nothing inconsistent with the possibility of two people who know one another and have agreed to work together, in good faith, on content on a particular topic. If you can see any way in which the use of the two accounts has been abusive, please say in what way. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 08:36, 30 October 2014 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Clearly the two accounts are not independent. However, do you have any reason to regard this as abuse of multiple accounts? The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 12:37, 28 October 2014 (UTC)


 * Since there has been no answer to that question, but Mr. Guye has edited a number of times over a period of about 6 hours since I posted the question, I assume that he has nothing to say on the matter. I see no evidence of abusive use of the accounts, so I am closing this investigation. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 16:21, 29 October 2014 (UTC)