Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Artsandopinion

User:Artsandopinion

 * Suspected sock puppeteer


 * Suspected sock puppets


 * Report submission by
 * --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 03:41, 19 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Evidence
 * The user Artsandopinion was blocked on January 7, 2008 for spamming links to multiple articles to promote a website with which he/she has a self-acknowledged WP:COI. On January 12, 2008 the user was unblocked with the stipulation that they refrain from repeating the COI link spamming.  For many months, the user did abide by this stipulation, but eventually returned to spamming the links and was banned again on December 16, 2008. (see block logs).  The user submitted an unblock request, which was denied.  One of the last posts was to get clarification on  December 17, 2008 if this was a "life sentence", to which they were told by an admin "This is an indefinite block. As you have been blocked before yet continued to use Wikipedia as a tool for self promotion, I don't see any reason to unblock at this time."


 * The following day, user Dave595 joined Wikipedia, this WP:SPA immediately began posting the same links to the same articles to which user Artsandopinion had been involved.
 * Millennium Summit
 * Artsandopinion: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Millennium_Summit&diff=prev&oldid=254889173
 * Dave595: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Millennium_Summit&diff=prev&oldid=258810351
 * Terrorism
 * Artsandopinion: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Terrorism&diff=prev&oldid=257295644
 * Dave595: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Terrorism&diff=258811282&oldid=258687624
 * Zift (film)
 * Artsandopinion: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zift_(film)&diff=prev&oldid=258005442
 * Dave595: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zift_(film)&diff=prev&oldid=258811660


 * Comments

Users blocked -- Chris  11:48, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Conclusions