Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Twillits/Archive

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Negative content on Tim Willits has been repeatedly removed without comment from IP addresses registered by ZeniMax Media for corporate use, which would constitute a conflict of interest. (See: 1, 2). Thereafter, user "Twillits" removed a quotation by a person involved in the controversy covered in the article, deeming it "slander" (Link). After reviewing WP:BLP and WP:NPOV, I judged that the quotation did not constitute slander or impartiality on Wikipedia's part, and reverted his edit. User Twillits and both IP addresses were notified of their potential conflict of interest on their respective talk pages.

About a day later, the quotation was removed twice by two separate IPs providing similar arguments to Twillits, with both IPs sharing strong geographic proximity to the IPs registered by ZeniMax (See: 1, 2). None of the accounts/IPs listed above have responded to any CoI notifications left on their talk pages, and CoI edits are ongoing.

I'm reporting this as sock-puppetry under the belief that the involved editor may now be editing from dynamic IPs to avoid addressing the conflict of interest notifications they've received. A CheckUser would be needed to verify Twillits' IP, but as they've already identified themselves through their username, I'm not sure if it's a necessary measure.

As Twillits voluntarily chose to use their real-life name for their registered account, and post from IP addresses that are publicly known to belong to ZeniMax, I don't believe myself to be violating WP:OUTING by including this information in the report. FlotillaFlotsam (talk) 04:49, 3 September 2017 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * IP edits too old now. Closing with no action. Sro23 (talk) 02:25, 9 October 2017 (UTC)