Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Jodimardesich/Archive

Evidence submitted by Caknuck
This appears to be an orchestrated sock/meatpuppet campaign of employees of Fusion-IO to create articles for the company and one of its executives.

The editing has been centered around and.

On David Bradford (businessman), there has been continuous introduction & replacement of the same dubious sources. Compare edits by Manuginobili20 and Shannonheward.

David Bradford (businessman) was created by, whose Google profile page lists as the social media manager at Fusion-io. Additionally, Woogee determined that Shannon Heward is Bradford's assistant (as per her Plaxo profile page).

Manuginobili20 has been editing in tandem with the other two accounts. 174.52.41.238 is a Utah-based Comcast IP that has contributed to the Fusion-io article. Fusion-io, per the article, is based in Salt Lake City.

If we can determine that the accounts originate from the same IPs, then this will seal up the COI/puppetry concerns.

Comments by accused parties
See Defending yourself against claims. I created an account and began creating David Bradford's article. I updated the Bradford article from work without realizing I hadn't logged in. I am new to Wikipedia and am not trying to do anything dishonest. I am trying to be a good citizen by establishing notability, using a neutral point of view, and adding reliable sources. Jodimardesich (talk) 06:12, 2 March 2010 (UTC) I work for Fusion-io. So does Shannon Heward. I registered on Wikipedia using my real name. Shannon Heward did the same. There is no "orchestrated attempt" to be sock puppets or meat puppets by employees of Fusion-io. Who is Wogee? Who is Caknuck? I am being transparent and not using a pseudonym. We get a lot of traffic from Wikipedia and we wanted to update the Fusion-io entry to make it more complete and accurate. We also added an article about David Bradford, Fusion-io's CEO because he is a notable person. If that was wrong, I apologize. For the record, I don't know who Manuginobili20 is. Jodimardesich (talk) 19:18, 2 March 2010 (UTC) I just learned that Manuginobili20 is Shannon Heward's husband. Can we be sock puppets if we are transparent, using our names? Please advise. Jodimardesich (talk) 00:42, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments
Requested by  caknuck °  needs to be running more often  05:18, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

this looks to me more like two editors from the same company, rather than sockpuppets. The use of the IP was apparently a mistake where the user forgot to log in, which is understandable and not considered to be sockpuppetry. If you want to pursue any meatpuppetry allegations then please do so at WP:AN or WP:AN/I. Regards, SpitfireTally-ho! 21:42, 4 March 2010 (UTC)