Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Idolrecords/Archive

Report date June 16 2009, 15:45 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets

Idolrecords is currently blocked for having a potentially promotional username and editing in violation of WP:COI. Idolrecords admitted that Idolusa was an alternate account. Idolusa edited the article where the primary COI exists, Idol Records, at 21:37, June 15, 2009. Idolrecords was blocked at that time, and still is as of the date of this report. The IP listed, 70.244.162.161, is admitted as being used by Idolrecords. Vicenarian (T · C) 15:45, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Evidence submitted by Vicenarian  (T · C)

I'm not sure how to even respond to (or defend) this accusation, but let me try the best I can. I had dialouge 06/15/09 with "Vicenarian" about the fact that the password to one of the accounts was lost and that is why they other had been created. They are both similarly named and there was no hiding of any identity. I also explained to Vicenarian that the account was primarily used to contribute and edit information on music artist and label pages which is obvious (nothing promotional, just legitimate information, like recording credits). Yesterday I added a new Wiki listing (My first) for a label "Exploding Plastic Records" and the music artist "The Crash That Took Me" because the artist was erroneously listed on the Idol Records Wikepedia page and Vicenarian deleted both new listings stating they are "not notable" even thought this is a Grammy nominated recording artist that has toured the world and thousands of less notable artists and labels have listing on Wikipedia. At the same time this happened, a "Request for references" post was added to the Idol Records listing asking to "improve it by submitting reliable sources" and I only respoded to this request and added 2 references sources only because of this request and now Vecenarian is accusing me of promotion and sock puppeteering and requesting this investigation. To Recap: I only added factual data (nothing promotional) and added information that was being requested either by Vicenarian or at the top of the Wiki listing. I don't know if Vicenarian has an axe to grind with the artists or labels that I contributed to in the past 24 hours, but I assure you that nothing was promotional, or done under any kind of "sockpuppet" alias. I was only adding relevant information and correcting mistakes by adding a listing to credit the proper information for a musical artist. I sure hope this clears things up, because I don't know how to explain it any clearer and i also hope that the listing that I created yesterday are reinstated. Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.244.162.161 (talk) 17:59, June 16, 2009 (UTC)
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 * Conclusions

I'm inclined to believe the above statement, and thus I'm closing this as no action taken. Faults with the edits themselves should be addressed at another venue. Best, Peter Symonds ( talk ) 16:07, 19 June 2009 (UTC)