Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Trystanburke/Archive

17 December 2013

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Three accounts whose activity over the last week includes mass adding links to musicblvd.com. Two users and an IP have the common edit summary "Added link to licensed lyrics provider":. Two of the accounts have participated in a WikiProject discussion regarding the same:.

Two of the accounts have also added WP:REFSPAM to createasite.net in the same timespan: MER-C 10:51, 17 December 2013 (UTC)

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 * I endorse User:MER-C statements -- although there appear to be two meatpuppet accounts due to the different geo-locations. The master account appears to be User:Trystanburke, who demonstrated a COI interest in musicblvd.com, a new San Francisco-based website company -- first, at the WP:Articles for deletion/MusicBlvd, then in attempts to link the current domain name to a notable but defunct site MusicBlvd, and by a concerted effort to remove links to similar lyrics websites and replacing it with their own. The Sibtain 007 account seems to be a more recently recruited account. — Cactus Writer (talk) 21:46, 18 December 2013 (UTC)


 * Here is an example of the two accounts working in unison: Trystanburke removes an external link, a few minutes later Sibtain 007 adds link to musicblvd —  Cactus Writer (talk) 22:01, 18 December 2013 (UTC)


 * I've added an IP address which signed as Trystanburke. — Cactus Writer (talk) 21:46, 18 December 2013 (UTC)

Here is MusicBlvd's response and documentation proving these claim by some the editors here are false. Dear Wikipedia, We Love Musicians More than Lawyers. Trystanburke (talk) 22:20, 21 December 2013 (UTC) -

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
— Berean Hunter   (talk)  15:32, 19 January 2014 (UTC)
 * - for confirm and farm check. Rschen7754 19:40, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
 * I've checkusered the accounts and IP addresses, but don't have much to add to what has already been said. I confirm there appear to be two distinct meat puppets, in different locations. PhilKnight (talk) 14:29, 22 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Moved case to master Trystanburke and issuing 48 hour blocks for named accounts and IPs for meatpuppetry. This edit that the master did as an IP was clearly designed to negatively impact his competitor. Such tactics make it clear that deception was intentional and that is not allowed on Wikipedia. Promotional campaigns are also not allowed but the matter is still under discussion and for the community to resolve.