Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/MRWX/Archive

19 January 2012

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Coleman_(news_weathercaster) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution_noticeboard#John_Coleman_.28news_weathercaster.29 John Coleman edited his own page under IP 50.113.78.248. He was reverted and posted a notice at the "Dispute_resolution_noticeboard" under MRWX. Now ID Lakeside0 was just made and went to the Coleman page and started to make the same edits, almost word for word, at the coleman page as IP 50.113.78.248, i.e. John Coleman, did. John Coleman was already told he needed to go to TALK before making edits and I even gave him a link to the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Autobiography. Looks like he ignored it and came up with another ID to make the same edits. Sallynice (talk) 13:11, 19 January 2012 (UTC)

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 * I don't think there is much that needs to be done here. MRWX says that that account and 50.113.78.248 are him, John Coleman. He is advised that he should avoid editing his own biography directly, so Lakeside0, "a friend" pops up. No matter if it's really a friend or John Coleman again, the conflict of interest is unchanged and it's still best if he only points out on the article talk page what he feels is wrong instead of editing it directly. 1) I don't want to sanction either account here. These are good-faithed mistakes made by a new editor, there is no intent to disrupt. 2) Sally, please stop calling those edits vandalism. Read WP:VANDAL, vandlism means that there is an intention to disrupt Wikipedia. Unless there is strong indication that John Coleman is trying to do that, please assume good faith, and point out which policies are violated (presumably WP:V), but don't escalate the situation by calling him a vandal. This is a brand-new editor, 77 years old, who feels that he is misrepresented by his biography here. Please treat him like that, and value his input, while still of course making sure that all edits to the article are in line with policy. Amalthea  18:53, 22 January 2012 (UTC)
 * In absence of other opinions I'm closing this, and will keep the article in question on my watchlist for a while. Amalthea  22:51, 25 January 2012 (UTC)