Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Dcshoes

User:Dcshoes

 * Suspected sockpuppeteer


 * Suspected sockpuppets


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Amalthea (talk) 21:53, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

User User:Dcshoes is a PR guy for the company of the same name. When I reverted his edits to the company page DC Shoes, he stated that the current information is wrong. After lengthy discussions on his user page, where I gave him at last a final warning not to edit the page again, a new user named User:Wrongapedia changed the page again, with the same content as it had before: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DC_Shoes?diff=217162575&oldid=217157236
 * Evidence

I realize that this is probably not strong evidence, but I guess that a simple IP check should be enough in this case if I'm right.
 * Comments
 * Ok, so he has pretty much admitted to it on his puppet's talk page, might have been in good faith after misunderstanding Conflict of Interest. I try to explain it to him, this case can then be closed. Amalthea (talk) 22:47, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
 * I suggest blocking Wrongapedia as a formality. Amalthea seems to have the situation under control. Yechiel (Shalom) 23:44, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
 * User:Dcshoes has already been asked to change his username, due to the connection with DC Shoes. I can see how the situation might be puzzling to him. I agree with Amalthea's opinion about the COI editing, and I hope the editor will be able to figure things out. He may need some more assistance, but he seems cooperative. EdJohnston (talk) 04:42, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

I'll ask EdJohnston to close this just to get a second pair of eyes. A week later, it's evident that the accused user has abandoned the Wrongapedia account and basically created it by mistake. There are some unresolved issues with COI editing that go beyond the scope of this particular noticeboard: for example, I have misgivings about whether the userpage of User:Dcshoes is permitted by policy. But I'll defer to Ed on that. Yechiel (Shalom) 04:42, 15 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Conclusions
 * Blocked the sock, advised main account to change name. — Rlevse  •  Talk  • 18:48, 15 June 2008 (UTC)