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13 January 2012

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Same (or nearly the same) non-NPOV (possibly even defamatory) content under criticism under two articles: "Volatility (finance)" and "VIX". That this person signed on and has made only these contributions seems unlikely and suggests that the account is being used as a sockpuppet.

The diff for "Volatility (finance)":. Also, the diff for "VIX":

{ Cumulant (talk) 00:02, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

Good point  Hello Annyong . I suspect PaulTheOctopus is the sockmaster and have added that account to the above list.

Changes on "Volatility (finance)" from PaulThe Octopus: and

I have a reasonable suspicion of PaulTheOctopus's identity; however, that is irrelevant. The work by Andersen and Bondarenko (mentioned in the above diffs) criticizes academic work by Easley, Lopez de Prado, and O'Hara (also mentioned in the diffs). One of those authors attended Complutense; and, if you look at the edits of PaulTheOctopus, there are edits of: High-frequency trading, David Easley, Easley, Maureen O'Hara (professor), Complutense University of Madrid, Volatility (finance). Whichever of the authors it is, those edits do suggest that PaulTheOctopus is the sockmaster. This appears to be an academic fight carrying over into Wikipedia.Cumulant (talk) 20:23, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

Apologies for not listing the sockmaster first; it appears I've messed up the template. I've never had to file a sockpuppet report since I've not run into anything like this before. If I need to resubmit something, please let me know.Cumulant (talk) 20:28, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

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 * Um, what? You've listed the asme account twice here. Can you give evidence as to who the master is? If not, we're not going to do anything. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 04:19, 13 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I've fixed the case, but I'm closing this on two grounds: first, that OccamTheRazor hasn't edited in more than half a year so there's nothing actionable; and second, a lack of evidence. The only article Occam and Paul have in common is Volatility (finance), and that's not nearly enough ground to go on. Since I don't see much more here than baseless allegation, I'm not going to change this case to show Paul as the master. Relist if Occam wakes up. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 00:58, 14 January 2012 (UTC)