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18 May 2014

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,, and all appear to be single-purpose accounts created to !vote keep at Articles for deletion/Vaibhav Maloo (2nd nomination) (Diff 1 Diff 2 Diff 3). The suspected sockpuppet master,, is a user who has been working on the article for some time, and has been very defensive about the article. Kryptonite originally asked about circumventing the AfD process and keeping the article at the Teahouse, located at this discussion. In the AfD, Kryptonite came to the defense of the three suspected sockpuppets and denied any ties within the hour of being called out. Similar grammatical style is used between all suspected user. Checkuser requested to confirm sockpuppet master. ~Super Hamster  Talk Contribs 01:57, 18 May 2014 (UTC)

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I noticed the Crazybots user page was created by Kryotonite1234: -- Diannaa (talk) 03:27, 18 May 2014 (UTC)
 * That's about as good a piece of behavioral evidence as you'll find. Checkuser should definitely be used to weed out sleepers. —/M endaliv /2¢/Δ's/ 04:08, 18 May 2014 (UTC)


 * Yes, I asked my friends at the dorm to come to my rescue just like I feel the person against my article did. Won't happen again. I have seen less notable subjects on wikipedia than my subject.Kryptonite1234 (talk) 12:24, 18 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Read what Wikipedia's rules say about recruiting friends, family members or others to support your case. Also note that deletion discussions are not a majority vote, it's about compliance with Wikipedia's rules about notability. So it doesn't matter how many sockpuppets or "friends" you recruit to support you; if the subject of the article is deemed as not being notable, the article will be deleted regardless of how many new single-purpose accounts that have "voted" in the discussion. Thomas.W talk 12:46, 18 May 2014 (UTC)
 * got it, i will work on other articlesKryptonite1234 (talk) 12:55, 18 May 2014 (UTC)


 * Might still be worth running a check to see if there are sleepers. —/M endaliv /2¢/Δ's/ 13:46, 19 May 2014 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * The following accounts are ✅
 * Speaking personally, I don't buy the "I recruited my friends" justification for a second, but I'll leave that determination to the patrolling admin. Salvio Let's talk about it! 11:01, 20 May 2014 (UTC)
 * I have treated the confirmed socks as probable sock or meat-puppets, per policy. Indistinguishable accounts are, for our purposes, operated by the same person so the plausibility of the "roommate defence" is not really relevant in this case. AGK  [•] 18:31, 20 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Speaking personally, I don't buy the "I recruited my friends" justification for a second, but I'll leave that determination to the patrolling admin. Salvio Let's talk about it! 11:01, 20 May 2014 (UTC)
 * I have treated the confirmed socks as probable sock or meat-puppets, per policy. Indistinguishable accounts are, for our purposes, operated by the same person so the plausibility of the "roommate defence" is not really relevant in this case. AGK  [•] 18:31, 20 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Speaking personally, I don't buy the "I recruited my friends" justification for a second, but I'll leave that determination to the patrolling admin. Salvio Let's talk about it! 11:01, 20 May 2014 (UTC)
 * I have treated the confirmed socks as probable sock or meat-puppets, per policy. Indistinguishable accounts are, for our purposes, operated by the same person so the plausibility of the "roommate defence" is not really relevant in this case. AGK  [•] 18:31, 20 May 2014 (UTC)
 * I have treated the confirmed socks as probable sock or meat-puppets, per policy. Indistinguishable accounts are, for our purposes, operated by the same person so the plausibility of the "roommate defence" is not really relevant in this case. AGK  [•] 18:31, 20 May 2014 (UTC)