Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Hinduja Group/Archive

22 February 2014

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Each user has a declared or behavioral single-purpose interest in the article Hinduja Group and continues adding crummy non-encyclopedic promotional and/or copyvio content to the article. Signature change is adding the phrases "the saga of the Hinduja Group" to the "history" section and the phrase "traditional family values" to a "philosophy" section. Cheers — Brianhe (talk) 04:55, 22 February 2014 (UTC)
 * - .32 IP, "saga"
 * - NileshSingh01, "saga"
 * - Hinduja Group, "traditional family values"
 * - HindujaGrp, puffing up headcount
 * - SMM123485, puffing up headcount

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I don't think taking this issue to SPI was necessarily the right thing to do, though this is a problem that requires attention. Sockpuppetry is a situation where one person creates multiple accounts and uses them abusively. I think what we're dealing with here are role accounts, accounts which represent a corporation rather than a single person. This is a problem of conflicts of interest as well as promotion. But in any case, there is a problem. The accounts "Hinduja Group" and "HindujaGrp" have already been blocked, and "SMM123485" only made a single edit two years ago. The IP has not edited since last year. That only leaves "NileshSingh01", who has already been identified as a problematic editor. I'm blocking that account as a promotional account, and I think that should be enough to close this case. --  At am a  頭 04:59, 2 March 2014 (UTC)