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18 October 2011

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Monkachino created the article Wildlife Acoustics here. It was nominated for Afd and there have been comments on the talk page and/or Afd by several SPA new accounts supporting keeping the article as follows: Bigearedbatguy, Ianagranat , and Veterangirl. Appears to be either a sock or meat with the intent of promoting the Wildlife Acoustics company. ConcernedVancouverite (talk) 02:51, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

Based upon the edit here which states, "It was brought to my attention that the page was under debate for deletion." it sounds like this series of accounts is a likely WP:MEAT being brought to !vote on the AfD. ConcernedVancouverite (talk) 20:36, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

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I was notified by email that I was listed in this case. I have created my one and only account on Wikipedia under my own name "Ian Agranat", and you can easily see that I have a vested interest in the Wildlife Acoustics page as I am the founder and CEO of the company. I am not trying to hide or conceal my identity or my bias in any way. It was brought to my attention that the page was under debate for deletion. Because I have a vested interest in the outcome of this discussion, I joined this discussion but have not previously contributed to Wiki and thus did not previously have any account. I tried in an unbiased way to refer the editors to public references to our company to make a case that it is "notable" under Wiki guidelines as it seems that such references may have been burried in google searches due to our numerous press releases. I am not "Monkachino" and did not create the page originally. I think the "check user" should have proven this out.

Ianagranat (talk) 19:03, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

Following up from being accused of being a meat puppet - Nobody asked me to post. When I say "brought to my attention" - I'm a busy guy (you can find my linked-in profile on-line to have some idea). I don't spend my time monitoring Wikipedia. But I do have a staff. And someone on my marketing staff who is responsible for monitoring such things brought it to my attention.

On a related note, it was pointed out to me (by Wiki editors) that I have an inherent conflict of interest in this discussion, and I acknowledge this. However, I believe I was within Wikipedia guidelines by simply referring the editors to third-party articles and publications that are relevant and may not have been previously known to them in what I believe was a balanced and unbiased way. I am open to being educated if I do not correctly understand the rules as I am new and desire to play by the rules. Ianagranat (talk) 22:28, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * ❌, could be meatpuppets. Tiptoety  talk 03:02, 18 October 2011 (UTC)