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08 March 2013

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Both LukeGilkerson and Thanksforshopping have done COI edits to Covenant Eyes with an unusual writing style. What, you may ask, is this unusual writing style? They quote Covenant Eyes company founder Ronald DeHaas using direct quotations.

For example, LukeGilkerson has added the following paragraph to the article (diff):


 * "Parents often rush too quickly to technology as the easy fix for their fears," DeHaas comments. "They just want to have a stronger fence to keep the bad guys out. But the answer isn’t always about building stronger fences. It’s about equipping ourselves and our kids to live in a world where fences aren’t always available—and many times they aren’t."

Thanksforshopping has added the following paragraph to the article (diff):


 * When Covenant Eyes was founded, DeHaas commented that accountability software is designed “to monitor all Internet sites visited and provide voluntary accountability for sites which attract people to the extent of isolating themselves and avoiding life responsibilities,” such as potentially addictive sites that include pornography, gambling, or other questionable material.

69.41.14.130's hostname is covenanteyes.customer.michonline.net -- that's a Covenant Eyes corporate IP address.

All three of LukeGilkerson, Thanksforshopping, and 69.41.14.130 have made numerous COI edits to Covenant Eyes. Here's an example of a COI edit by 69.41.14.130: diff.

What abusive editing have these accounts done? Mostly COI editing. Also some improper removal of maintenance templates and whatnot. If I recall correctly, one of the accounts is up to ; one is up to only ; and one I don't think has done any improper maintenance template removal. One is up to ; the others, I can't recall.

Thank you for your time.

Unforgettableid (talk) 06:27, 8 March 2013 (UTC)

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 * Closing as both accounts are incredibly stale. One hasn't been used in almost two years. Even if we assumed they are the same person, the edits are so far in the past so as to not warrant a block. Someguy1221 (talk) 09:05, 11 March 2013 (UTC)
 * And regarding the IP which has actually been used recently, there is no prohibition against editing logged out if a user is not under any sanctions. Someguy1221 (talk) 09:06, 11 March 2013 (UTC)