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29 September 2014

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The suspected sockmaster and the suspected sockpuppet show up at Articles for deletion/2014 Albuquerque Sol FC season and both vote against deletion with more or less the same arguments. Remarkably, this vote of Sativasativa is only his fourth edit in two years. Even more remarkable, is that the user page of Sativasativa is created by Gatomasgordo. Without any visible Wikipedia-history, Gatomasgordo seems to know what the interests of Sativasativa are. Together, I have the feeling that sockpuppets are used to influence a deletion discussion. The Banner talk 23:57, 29 September 2014 (UTC)

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It is the case that I know user SativaSativa outside of Wikipedia, and have encouraged him to become a Wiki contributor. It is true that I created a user page for him to try to get him involved. I think that actually indicates that his account is not a puppet. Why would anyone create a user page for an account he intended to use as a sock puppet?

I did tell SativaSativa today that the 2014 Albuquerque Sol article I created has been nominated for deletion. I did not, however, supply him with arguments or actively recruit his participation in the deletion discussion. I am a relatively new user myself and did not see the potential for the appearance of sock puppetry - a term I was unfamiliar with until today. Having read about the subject in response to this investigation, I now understand that discussion of specific Wiki content disputes should be conducted via talk pages and not via outside communication channels.

User SativaSativa and I have both acted in good faith. I hope this explains the situation. Please let me know here or via my talk page if there are any questions. Gatomasgordo (talk) 04:52, 30 September 2014 (UTC)

Yeah, I'm not a sock puppet. I just don't edit the Wikipedia much. I actually didn't realize that my commenting on the article would create this much controversy. Apparently I have to become well-versed in a bunch of policies and procedures before I get involved in debates like this? Reading the article Sock puppetry I suppose I could see the case for me acting as a meat puppet since I only visited the "articles for deletion" page at Gatomasgordo's request, but beyond that everything expressed has been my own personal opinion. Sativasativa (talk) 16:54, 30 September 2014 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
I've blocked the sock and gave the master a week block. Mike V •  Talk  16:41, 3 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Highly --  DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  16:51, 30 September 2014 (UTC)