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14 August 2015

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One day after User:Slycat protested the deletion of Chinese Senkaku Islands dispute propaganda film 'DIAOYU ISLANDS - The Truth' on User:RHaworth's talk page, a new WP:SPA User:Ozzyofla appeared to recreate the article (in problematic non-neutral language, not surprisingly), now entitled Diaoyu Islands: The Truth. There's clearly some sort of connection. The alleged socker also created and recently expanded J. J. Osbun, an associate of Chris D. Nebe, along with his or her. "Ozzy of L.A. could indeed be Osbun himself, who is based in Los Angeles as VP of Nebe's company. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 14:34, 14 August 2015 (UTC)
 * A CU obviously isn't required, per below. But I don't know how to withdraw that request. 18:09, 14 August 2015 (UTC)

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 * I should also point out a spate of two other articles within the last day advancing China's territorial claims, Ryukyu Islands dispute and Territory of the Republic of China, both created by User:Skirtland and both now at Afd. I raise this not to add Skirtland to the SPI but to wonder if there is not some coordinated action to use Wikipedia as a soapbox on this topic, in the last day or so. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 15:32, 14 August 2015 (UTC)

Hi, I just received this notice. After writing about Diaoyu Islands, I did change to a new user, Ozzyofla, to avoid what I thought was the abuse of an admin who tossed out the article based on the look of the title, rather than the content of it. I did not know there were specific rules against that, but it makes sense. So yes, I created an account to dodge a notorious admin with a fast deletion trigger finger. I will volunteer the deletion of the Ozzy account. For the record, my edits have been in keeping with facts. Any review will show that. I have no knowledge of any user named Skirtland. Slycat21 (talk) 15:39, 14 August 2015 (UTC)Slycat21
 * Thank you for offering to delete your duplicate account. Are familiar with WP:PLAINSIMPLECOI and do you wish to declare a professional association with Nebe or Monarex Corporation? Shawn in Montreal (talk) 15:42, 14 August 2015 (UTC)

Update: I just found out I cannot delete my account for a variety of reasons. I can assure concerned parties of no malicious intent. Thanks. Slycat21 (talk) 15:44, 14 August 2015 (UTC)Slycat21
 * 1) You're evading the question: are you professionally associated with Nebe or Monarex Corporation or not? 2) I've issued you a 1st level warning for personal attacks against a specific editor, for your comments above. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 15:48, 14 August 2015 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
— Berean Hunter   (talk)  15:05, 1 September 2015 (UTC)
 * I've blocked the puppet account. I've removed the CU request. However, I'm leaving the case open because it's not clear to me that further action isn't warranted. Slycat21's basis for creating a sock account is no good. There are other appropriate ways to challenge the deletion of an article. Moreover, Slycat21's personal attacks against the administrator are disturbing. When there's sock puppetry, as there was here, the master is often blocked, sometimes indefinitely, even on a first offense. So, I'd like a clerk to review the history here to determine whether Slycat21 should be blocked. For the moment, I intentionally did not tag the puppet's userpage. If Slycat21 is blocked, it should be tagged.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:12, 15 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Blocking master 72 hours and tagging sock. We may presume a conflict of interest here. Closing.