Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/The Librarian at Terminus/Archive

07 July 2013

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Working together on a lot of new articles of questionable notability. (Note that some WP:COPYVIO edits have already been deleted.) One is editing the sandbox of the other. Both have book-related account names. May be using socks to cover up paid editing without declaring WP:COI. I can provide link to Elance page although it should not be hard to find. Logical Cowboy (talk) 01:49, 7 July 2013 (UTC)

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I am indeed Commonplace Book. I didn't realize this was an offense. Several weeks ago, when I wanted to add some photos to Wikipedia Commons, I tried to do so with my Librarian at Terminus account, but it would not let me do so. It said I had to create a different account, so I did so. I attempted to use Commonplace Book only to upload photos, as that was all the account was created for, but on a couple of occasions I accidently did post content at Wikipedia. Not "accidently" in the thought that I was wrong to do so - I didn't realize that would be a problem - but because I had only wanted it for Wikipedia Commons. As for the pages I created, I protest that they are of questionable notability! I presume the problem is the buidings in China - the richest country in the world...those buildings are notable there! I respectfully request leniency, and will not use Commonplace Book here.The Librarian at Terminus (talk)
 * What were you paid to create these articles? Did you declare your external interest per WP:COI?  Also, what other aliases have you used for your paid articles?  Logical Cowboy (talk) 03:15, 7 July 2013 (UTC)

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 * - Actions may need to be taken, but we don't need CU to determine if the accounts are connected if the user's admitted it. Rschen7754 03:17, 7 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Sock blocked per self-identification above. - Bilby (talk) 04:53, 7 July 2013 (UTC)


 * Closing. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 17:51, 7 July 2013 (UTC)

07 July 2013

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Working together on a bunch of new articles of questionable notability. Sockpuppeteer has already admitted using multiple accounts. Also, sockpuppeteer participated in an AfD for an article apparently edited by the sock (I can't see deleted contributions though). Logical Cowboy (talk) 03:57, 7 July 2013 (UTC)

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''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.'' The correlation between these two accounts was very high, and jobs for which The Librarian at Terminus was hired were worked on by ExTwoZero. I'd also add User:Jcbartending - The Librarian at Terminus was hired to create an article on Bartending school, and it appears that they might have used the Jcbartending account, so it may have been compromised if that's the case.

It is probably worth checking for sleepers, as there is a possibility of other accounts. - Bilby (talk) 04:45, 7 July 2013 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
. WilliamH (talk) 07:36, 7 July 2013 (UTC)

Jcbartending is. The following are ✅: I request that the master is not blocked and thus given no further incentive to sock; instead I have left them a very fair warning. WilliamH (talk) 08:18, 7 July 2013 (UTC)


 * Closing. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 17:51, 7 July 2013 (UTC)

13 December 2013

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Note: single editor, not a team or company. Sockpuppeteer has admitted using multiple accounts to edit articles as commissioned to a single Elance account. This new sockpuppet account is editing an article as commissioned to the same single Elance account. I am not posting the Elance ad (title: "Fix Wikipedia Page") to avoid outing. However, please feel free to email me for link. Logical Cowboy (talk) 13:16, 13 December 2013 (UTC)
 * See also Talk:I Do Now I Don't. Logical Cowboy (talk) 03:14, 16 December 2013 (UTC)

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I'm looking into it. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 09:08, 21 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Likely the same user, however as there are three months between the edits I'm not going to block. Closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 02:27, 22 December 2013 (UTC)