Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Steveadcuk/Archive

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WP:DUCK, see COIN. KATMAKROFAN (talk) 19:23, 19 September 2016 (UTC)

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 * Sorry I do not know what you are talking about I haven't been on here for a couple of years. I had to reset my password as its been so long.

I know Zoe stanyon, she was a university student who worked at ADC many years ago. She hasn't worked here for years though. If she has done anything wrong then I suggest that you contact her directly. I think chrisadcbioscientific could be an engineer who does some electronics for us, he has probably made some technical contributions. I haven't actually read the entry, so can't comment. I would contact him directly if he has put something on here that's factually incorrect. The others I have no idea of. I started this entry many years ago because the company was started by a group of scientists who are no longer with us. ADC has developed some of the most important scientific instruments in the world. It's place in history should be marked as a legacy to these electronic engineers and physicists. I have not made any contribution other than as steveadcuk and haven't done so for many years. I am willing to swear on a stack of bibles if you would like me to. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Steveadcuk (talk • contribs)
 * All of these accounts have the same modus operandi: linkspam in references. You're just in denial. KATMAKROFAN (talk) 15:04, 20 September 2016 (UTC)


 * Proof:


 * Most recent archived COIN discussion
 * COIN discussion from 2014
 * COIN discussion from January 2012

Links that were added to one of the sites, external link search for the other. Addition of links to spam blacklist.
 * Dat GuyTalkContribs 16:59, 22 October 2016 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Chrisadcbioscientific, Quantify Stress, Zoe Stanyon, and Steveadcuk are . GABgab 22:16, 19 September 2016 (UTC)
 * please provide evidence in the form of diffs which demonstrates how these accounts have violated the sockpuppetry policy. It is not obvious from the COIN thread you linked to. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 23:04, 20 October 2016 (UTC)
 * thanks for those links, I was not aware of previous discussions and didn't know to go looking from what the filer presented. My concern here is that only two of these accounts have edited at all since 2011, and if COIN has been thrice disinclined to block for clearly promotional editing, then I am disinclined to block five-year-stale accounts for sockpuppetry. Steveadcuk has not edited at all since 2014 other than to respond here and at an AfD for an article he created and has disclosed a professional connection to, both of which he would have received email pings about. Plant Stress Doctor on the other hand has been continuously active but only intersects with Steve on 4 articles, and those intersects are separated by 2 years at the least. Thus, even if they are one person with two accounts, I don't see a violation of the sockpuppetry policy here. Therefore I intend to close with no action, except that the filer prematurely and inappropriately tagged the accounts' pages.
 * please delete the user pages of all five users, and then close this case. They have been tagged inappropriately and there is no prior history to revert to. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 17:48, 22 October 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ per request. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:41, 23 October 2016 (UTC)
 * User:Steveadcuk also had no history prior to being tagged (wrongly); I had blanked it. Is blanking sufficient or should that page also be deleted? Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 23:53, 23 October 2016 (UTC)
 * I guess I can't count to five. It's not really all that important but for consistency I deleted that one, too.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:46, 24 October 2016 (UTC)