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19 December 2014

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Pattern of editing leads to assumption of puppeteering. At minimum, meat puppeteering. red dogsix (talk) 04:34, 19 December 2014 (UTC)


 * Additional Comments - If you look at Jamie Teachenor the article was tag teamed edited by the two editors around time of creation. This mirrored the editing of since deleted article Jen Teachenor.  That also matches the editing of Lo-Fi (band) at its creation.  The three articles seem to have been edited by the same two accounts at the point of creation.  It appears to be more than a coincidence.   red dogsix (talk) 22:45, 19 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks, reddogsix, that makes it much clearer. It is now perfectly clear that the two accounts are working together. However, for two editors to work together is not in itself unacceptable, unless they do it in abusive ways. (For example, if the two of them edit war together on an article.) I have found only one edit which might be considered dubious, namely this one, where one of the accounts removed a speedy deletion tag from an article created by the other account. Are there any other examples of the two accounts acting together in ways that might reasonably be regarded as abusive? The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 17:54, 20 December 2014 (UTC)
 * I don't believe I have any additional evidence. Thanks for looking into it.   red dogsix (talk) 20:28, 20 December 2014 (UTC)

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 * Reddogsix, can you give us some evidence? Some examples? Vanjagenije (talk) 13:37, 19 December 2014 (UTC)

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A quick look at the editing history of the two accounts shows that they have similar editing interests, but I see nothing else to suggest sockpuppetry. However, I am leaving this case open for now, to allow time for Reddogsix (or anyone else) to provide evidence. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 16:03, 19 December 2014 (UTC)


 * There is enough connection between the accounts for it to be worth keeping an eye on, but nothing that justifies any action at present, so I am closing the investigation. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 14:44, 21 December 2014 (UTC)