Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Belsey


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User:Belsey

 * Suspected sockpuppeteer


 * Suspected sockpuppets

Zeraeph 05:16, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
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User:Belsey made a series of edits thus, promoting sites owned by Bill Belsey. User:Belsey clearly claims to be Bill Belsey : These edits were reverted. Immediately user:68.147.189.148 makes a near identical series of edits. This user has only made similar edits, that clearly use namespace to specifically promote Bill Belsey, before thus and
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 * Comments
 * see this for evidence I personally don't think its enough but someone else might have a better opinion. Betacommand (talk • contribs • Bot) 16:28, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

With no activity from these accounts since Mar. 1, I think it's safe to close this case. This isn't sockpuppetry, exactly; it's someone who uses a named account sometimes, and sometimes edits anonymously. If the spamming starts again, the solution is to protect the page, and if the problem becomes worse, to post an WP:ANI. --Akhilleus (talk) 06:39, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
 * It's so unlikely that there are two indendent editors who do nothing but insert the same spam into the same articles. How could either of them not by Bill Belsey?  I think it's more of a careless spammer who sometimes doesn't log in; but it's still nothing but spam, logged in or not. -Steve Sanbeg 18:46, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
 * It looks like the same person to me, but what is the policy violation here? If he's spamming, just give an appropriate series of warnings, then report to AIV if he continues. --Akhilleus (talk) 03:29, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Does each account get its own series, then? -Steve Sanbeg 17:18, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
 * You might want to post this at WP:ANI, since the main account has tried to put the links back in. I know there's a blacklist of spam links, but I don't know how to get things added to it. --Akhilleus (talk) 03:33, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Conclusions