Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Ridleyjr/Archive

27 July 2015

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Account is created on July 24, and !votes "Keep" in an AfD for Sober Nation two days later. Ridleyjr is the creator of the article. Both of their first edits were to create a userpage self-identifying as a college student, and they both have similar signatures (see the AfD discussion), with a bullet before their names. Conifer (talk ) 14:51, 27 July 2015 (UTC)

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''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.'' The FlagSkiier account is indeed a second account that I created. It was not created for the purpose of sockpuppeting, but rather for the purpose of separating my thoughts. As a student at Vanderbilt, I was intending to focus my Ridleyjr account on edits and articles relevant to my college experience, while FlagSkiier was intended to focus on my knowledge of my hometown of Flagstaff, AZ. Since much of Flagstaff's content needs to be created, I intended to use this account for more article cration, and my Ridleyjr account for more edits. It was easier for me to organize my thoughts with separate accounts. The note on AfD was a confusion of accounts, and I have made a note clarifying that it is indeed my account as well. • Ridleyjr (talk) 15:35, 27 July 2015 (UTC)

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 * I've declined the CU request as the use of two accounts is admitted. I think the best solution is for you to use one account. Although having two accounts is permissible in limited circumstances, none of those is applicable based on what you said above. See WP:SOCK. Moreover, for an inexperienced user, it's easy to do precisely what you say you did here, confusing the two accounts. I'm willing to accept you at your word, but I believe you should agree to an indefinite block of FlagSkiier. You can "organize" your thoughts on the Ridleyjr user page, or you can create a subpage to do so. You don't need another account for that purpose. I may block regardless of whether I have your agreement, but I'd prefer this to be settled amicably.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:07, 27 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Understood, I think your request is fair. I requested a speedy deletion of the FlagSkiier account. Can you explain a little bit more about how to create a subpage? • Ridleyjr (talk) 17:21, 27 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Good, the account is blocked with a note as to why on the Talk page. I deleted the userpage at your request (that's not deleting an account, which, technically cannot be done, just the page itself). To learn how to create subpages, read WP:SP. Sometimes Wikipedia instructions can be tough to follow, even for experienced users, so if you have questions after looking at it, feel free to ask me, but on my Talk page, not here. No point in having that discussion here. I'm going to shortly be closing this case.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:52, 27 July 2015 (UTC)


 * This has been resolved. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 22:55, 27 July 2015 (UTC)