Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Mariliisha/Archive

01 February 2011

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User:Mariliisha wrote a report on WP:RFPP demanding full protection of the BLP article Ziauddin Butt to lock an "official" version of the article. Diff is here. The report suggests that the editor represents Mercury Consulting Worldwide, refers to the article subject as "our client" and makes a veiled legal threat. I rejected the request due to the article not having enough activity to warrant any protection. This user has been warned about legal threats and conflict of interest.

After tagging the article with multiple issues, a new account User:MCG worldwide suddenly appears, making an edit on Talk:Ziauddin Butt to respond to the multiple issues tagging. This new account shows familiarity with personal details (gender) of the Mariliisha account, and also implies that the article subject is a client, and also references possible legal action.

Both accounts seem to represent the same company, and have engaged in substantially similar legal blustering. ~Amatulić (talk) 23:51, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Update: User:Zainkh suddenly appears, also representing MCG, with substantially the same message on Talk:Ziauddin Butt. Perhaps an IP range block is warranted? ~Amatulić (talk) 00:22, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

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No check performed, but I've blocked the new account for a) violating the username policy and b) quite likely being a sock. I've warned the master account. If you have any questions or more activity occurs, please let me know. TN X Man 00:13, 2 February 2011 (UTC)


 * That's fine, I was going to block that account anyway for violating Username policy as well as making legal threats. ~Amatulić (talk) 00:16, 2 February 2011 (UTC)
 * I've blocked the new account indefinitely and the master for 48 hours. There is only one IP (which should now be autoblocked), as I did not enable the autoblock for the block of MCG Worldwide. Thanks for catching this. TN X Man  00:27, 2 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your rapid response. ~Amatulić (talk) 00:46, 2 February 2011 (UTC)