Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Grsilva/Archive

Report date April 12 2009, 16:45 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets

Only edits by either user have been to Leon Fresco. Article was tagged wtih autobiography concerns and original user Leonfresco73 was warned of autobiographical editing. Article was then blanked by Leonfresco73 and I thought it might be the end of it but a few minutes later user Grsilva was created and the original text (minus formatting) was copied and pasted back into the article. RadioFan (talk) 16:45, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Evidence submitted by RadioFan (talk)


 * has posted twice to my talk page in the past few minutes. The first post denies the sockpuppet alegation, denies creating the article saying "Someone else put my page up."  (though the the article's history suggests otherwise) and requests assistance getting the article created (I referred him to WikiProject Law to request 3rd party assistance to avoid COI).  The second posting a few minutes later asks that the article be removed.  I suggested he use Helpme to request assistance from another editor.--RadioFan (talk) 17:50, 12 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.

All I wanted to do was to create a page. I then took it down when i saw an objection. I don't know who grslave is. Please just delete everything, that is all i wantLeonfresco73 (talk) 17:51, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Please, I was not trying to commit vandalism, do not block me from Wikipedia. I did not deny creating the article, I denied the sockpuppeteering and vandalism. All I tried to do was to get an article on wikipedia. I followed radiofan's instructions and requested an independent article on wikilaw. Hopefully, this ends the issue.Leonfresco73 (talk) 18:08, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Comments by other users: I see what leon means, but read wiki polices first. Old Al 17:26 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Is there any motive for sockpuppetry? Neither account is blocked, so a second account is unlikely to evade anything. The edits weren't trying to alter or go against consensus. I agree it looks odd, but I'm inclined to believe Leon here. I'm open to further opinions. Peter Symonds ( talk ) 16:14, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments

Assuming good faith, and not wishing to bite the newbie too hard, let us assume for now that nothing has happened here that can't be explained by innocent mistakes, and let Leon get on with becoming a productive editor. Mayalld (talk) 17:45, 15 April 2009 (UTC) Mayalld (talk) 17:45, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Conclusions