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14 February 2014

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I came across this after User:NorthBySouthBaranof requested that I delete two files that published personal information pertaining to a cease & desist order. Both User:Christie.jones and User:Kwilliams99 have a similar editing history that pertains solely to Steve Clark (Wall-Street) and you can see where the article created by Christie.jones is the same as the information at User:Kwilliams99/Steve Clark. The information in the article is potentially libelous against a good many people, so there is a strong possibility that the articles might be deleted. NBSB has voiced concerns that this material may be entirely a hoax. I can find some things such as a Linkedin account that shares the same photo that is currently on the article. However I do note that there is a very distinct lack of information on the article and not much is coming up so far in a search. Now as far as Christie.jones goes, the user is claiming to be a representative from FOX News. If this is so, then that brings up an issue of COI since she may have something to gain by writing the article. If she isn't, then she's pretending to be someone else. Either way, there does seem to be evidence of socking here. I would also like to have a check for additional users. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)   09:23, 14 February 2014 (UTC)

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I would also note that the user in question has been repeatedly asked to discuss their actions and, thus far, has effectively refused to say anything at all on their talk page. NorthBySouthBaranof (talk) 09:36, 14 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: I've tagged both articles for speedy deletion as a potential attack page or negative unsourced BLP, so a bit of a warning about that. I have no problem with them being re-created if they're properly sourced and neutrally edited, but they were a bit too problematic to remain. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)   09:40, 14 February 2014 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * There's a chance these are meatpuppets or there are other sleepers (given that a number of IPs have been involved as well) so would a CU mind taking a look please. Thanks, Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 13:40, 14 February 2014 (UTC)
 * The named accounts are ✅, but I didn't see any others. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 15:02, 14 February 2014 (UTC)


 * This is a case of not only sockpuppetry, but also persistent disruptive editing, including serious BLP violations, I have indefinitely blocked both accounts. JamesBWatson (talk) 15:27, 14 February 2014 (UTC)