Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Lmb1962/Archive

25 December 2010

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Suspected Sockmaster and Single-purpose account Lmb1962 notes on user page "I'm currently writing and editing on behalf of The FRS Company, makers of a nutritional supplement containing the antioixidant [sic] quercetin", and the majority of that user's edits are to that article. Other edits are to add references to FRS to other articles in wiki (e.g., http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Uncaria&diff=prev&oldid=386841803 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=PepsiAmericas&diff=prev&oldid=386840661 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Functional_beverage&diff=prev&oldid=386840441). Article FRS (brand) is a puff piece advertising "FRS" and its "purest pharmaceutical grade quercetin available". IP's edits are only to FRS (brand) and to Quercetin, the latter referencing FRS. Suspected Sock's edit was only to FRS (brand). JoeSperrazza (talk) 01:33, 25 December 2010 (UTC)

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 * Blocked Sps1289; going to leave the rest alone for now. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 19:43, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

07 January 2011

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 * See Sockpuppet_investigations/Lmb1962/Archive. At that time, only sock User:Sps1289 was blocked, Sockmaster User:Lmb1962 and IP sock 98.210.179.129 were not.
 * IP sock http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/98.210.179.129 98.210.179.129] is editing Quercitin again to advertise FRS (also known as FRS Healthy Energy), the article about which the socks single-purposedly edited.
 * Quercitin "The only nationally available consumer product providing quercetin is FRS Healthy Energy"
 * Quercitin "Quercetin is also available in the form of supplements and one nationally available line of beverages called FRS (for Free Radical Scavengers)."
 * The IP is avoiding the block of User:Sps1289, and trynig to avoid tainting the account of the sockmaster User:Lmb1962, by continuing to promote "FRS" and related terms, all pointing back to the FRS Company, via inappropriate edits to articles.
 * Per WP:Duck, these are all the same editor, and the blocking of one WP:SOCK did not make clear the policies against promotional edits and sockpuppetry. JoeSperrazza (talk) 18:11, 7 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Adding sock User:AcadiaGuy, used (after a few qualify edits) to create articles (which have the hallmark of paid articles at their creation) linked to FRS and those it sponsors (as well as other sponsors of their apparent clients):
 * Late Night Republic "In September 2010, Sasseville began visiting 45 cities during the fall season as part of a road trip to promote Late Night Republic. That trip is sponsored by FRS Healthy Energy"
 * Jake Sasseville "On August 6, 2010, Sasseville launched a new show, “Late Night Republic,” on more than 50 stations throughout the United States." ... "Sasseville’s fall 2010 tour will visit 15 campuses and is branded by Pringles Xtreme."
 * The Edge with Jake Sasseville "Initial nationwide sponsors included the Ford Motor Company, Overstock.com, and Red Bull." ... "Sasseville began a campaign titled "Jake After Jimmy" during the 2007 Crocs Next Step Campus Tour"

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 * Neither Lmb1962 nor AcadiaGuy have edited in months, so blocking them now would seem a bit premature. As to the IP, its edits aren't really enough to warrant any sort of blocking. My advice would be to warn and undo as necessary, and report it either here or to AIV if it increases significantly. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 16:22, 9 January 2011 (UTC)