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26 November 2015

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Mckburton created a hoax page 2015 New York poisoned turkey incident, while Joshwond added the link to that page to the List of foodborne illness outbreaks. Both cited the same dubious source.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  23:37, 26 November 2015 (UTC)


 * First I'm the editor who nominated the article for speedy deletion. I did some homework before doing so. The source for the article fails WP:RS and not one mention of food poisonings in the news media. A editor can make a good faith mistake. Some editors can be fooled into thinking a hoax is for real. Check this AFD and its resounding followup here.


 * To be honest I think your basis for a sockpuppet investigation is very thin. Editor B sees article created by Editor A. Editor B thinks linking other articles to new article a good idea. He does it and uses a source from the new article too. Referencing something is good and what other source was editor B to use?...William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 00:23, 27 November 2015 (UTC)
 * As a SPI clerk, I have some experience with such cases. It is highly improbable for a new user to find such an obscure article as soon as he is registered.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  20:47, 27 November 2015 (UTC)


 * That reasoning doesn't work here. Mckburton's account goes back to June 2015 and this wasn't their first created article either....William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 12:33, 28 November 2015 (UTC)

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 * - endorsing my request.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  23:37, 26 November 2015 (UTC)
 * The following accounts are ✅:
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 10:23, 27 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 10:23, 27 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 10:23, 27 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 10:23, 27 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 10:23, 27 November 2015 (UTC)