Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Fioranoweb (2nd)

User:Fioranoweb

 * Suspected sockpuppeteer


 * Suspected sockpuppets


 * Report submission by

A. B. (talk) 15:44, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

Fiorano Software has been waging an ongoing PR effort on Wikipedia for over 18 months, spamming links and articles
 * Evidence

Links:

Accounts:

Spam articles created as blatant advertising and deleted by Wikipedia administrators:
 * Fiorano Software
 * FioranoMQ™ 2006
 * Fiorano ESB™ 2006
 * Fiorano SOA Platform
 * Mr. Atul Saini
 * Mr. Vinod K. Dham ,
 * Note that the spammer overlooked the commas when cutting and pasting article.


 * Mr. Srinivas Tati,
 * Note that the spammer overlooked the commas when cutting and pasting article.


 * User:Sanjayakumarsahu
 * User page created as a spam page.


 * Mr. Christopher Combs
 * Vinod K. Dham
 * Image:Fiorano logo.png
 * User:Sanjaya fiorano
 * User page created as a spam page.


 * user:Sanjaya123
 * User page created as a spam page.


 * user:Fiorano123
 * User page created as a spam page.


 * User:Itpl fiorano
 * User page created as a spam page.

Articles vandalized:
 * IBM
 * Fiorano (disambiguation page)

References:
 * meta:Talk:Spam blacklist (Permanent link)
 * Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam (Permanent link)

I made mistakes in reporting this case, somehow creating an empty first case. This report is in fact the first real case, not the 2nd. Sorry. -- A. B. (talk) 15:44, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Comments


 * Conclusions
 * All of the named accounts are now blocked; the IPs have been left untouched. --Akhilleus (talk) 21:00, 22 August 2007 (UTC)