Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Arthur Ellis


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User:Arthur Ellis

 * Evidence

Arthur Ellis has recently been removing large portions of Rachel Marsden, as he does from time to time. Yesterday, after Ellis had reverted for the second time, a new user Craigleithian appeared, performing much the same edits as Ellis -- namely, removing sections that contained sourced and verifiable information that did not reflect well on the article's subject. 3 of Craigleithian's 4 edits are wholesale removal of material from the Marden article. Suspect that this may be a sock to circumvent 3RR.

Craiglethian's edits:   

Ellis's edits in that time frame:    

Note also that Craigleithian seems to have the same interpretation of BLP, as noted on his talk page and on Talk:Rachel Marsden. Ianking 00:24, 16 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Comments

Craigleithian also posted a nearly identical comment here to one posted by Arthur Ellis here. I suppose it's remotely possible that one comment inspired the other, but if there's one thing I've learned in my three years on Wikipedia, it's that a brand-new user who suddenly appears in the middle of a contentious edit war and supports one side of the debate is never a truly disinterested party offering a genuinely neutral assessment of the POV situation; it's always a puppet of either the sock or meat flavours. But then again, y'all knew that already. Okay, maybe Arthurleithian didn't. Bearcat 01:58, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

Requests for checkuser confirms the suspicion --Geedubber 07:25, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

Accounts have been blocked. Iola k ana • T 14:13, 16 September 2006 (UTC)