Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/LongTermWikiUser/Archive

11 March 2015

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User claims to have been about since day 1, although has very few edits. As I am unfimiliar with either any long-term sockpuppeteers who has this edit pattern, requesting CU to see if they can confirm. Mdann52 (talk) 08:20, 11 March 2015 (UTC)

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 * Well, diffs like this saying they have longer service then even I can find and coming in with edits like this is not something a new editor would typically do. Mdann52 (talk) 10:41, 12 March 2015 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * . In accordance with policy, you must indicate using diffs on how the alleged alternative account is being used for illegitimate purposes before a CU can be performed. - Mailer Diablo 09:07, 12 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Sockpuppet investigations are for WP:SOCKPUPPETRY. Not every case of using multiple accounts represents sockpuppetry. Using multiple accounts for illegitimate reasons is sockpuppetry, while using multiple accounts for legitimate reasons is not sockpuppetry. You showed us that LongTermWikiUser used some other account previously, but you failed to show us that he used two accounts illegitimately.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  14:26, 12 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Without much evidence to suspect the account is being used against policy, I'm closing this case. It could entirely be possible that this is a user with a clean start or who previously contributed as an anonymous user. Mike V • Talk 22:15, 12 March 2015 (UTC)