Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Emnx (2nd)


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User:Emnx

 * Suspected sockpuppeteer


 * Suspected sockpuppets


 * Report submission by IPSOS (talk) 01:17, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

was recently blocked for 1 month for sockpuppetry as confirmed by checkuser. This was a set of single-purpose accounts and dynamic IPs concerned only with and. Emnx previously prodded Mandrake of Oxford. Now, following the block of Emnx, a new single-purpose account is created whose first edit is to nominate Mandrake of Oxford for deletion. There is reason to believe that this editor has a conflict of interest over Mandrake Press and views Mandrake of Oxford as "a competitor". See previous sockpuppet report for more details.
 * Evidence

User uses exactly the same language ("seems to be based on commercial-minded exposure/advertising") in the AfD as previously used by in two edit comments: 1, 2


 * I tried to nominate Mandrake of Oxford for deletion but in order to do so I found I had to create an account (which I did). As part of my research (in order to support the proposal for deletion) I looked at the history of the article. I found the article had been nominated recently by Coldmachine. I simply copied his descriptive text, as it was a valid opinion by another editor — I thought it would help build consensus if the reasons given had already been perceived and explained by others. Can somebody please explain what have I done wrong? --SKRINE2 08:49, 5 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Comments


 * Conclusions
 * User:SKRINE2 is a fairly obvious sockpuppet, having been created immediately after User:Emnx was blocked and immediately taking up the cause of deleting Mandrake of Oxford. Thus, SKRINE2 has been blocked indefinitely. The block on Emnx has been extended to 3 months for ongoing violations of WP:SOCK. I don't see convincing evidence regarding User:Coldmachine to conclude that he/she is a sockpuppet; the account's been around for awhile and edits a variety of topics. If there is further concern, checkuser may be appropriate. MastCell Talk 15:30, 5 June 2007 (UTC)