Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Mangogirl2

User:Mangogirl2

 * Suspected sockpuppeteer


 * Suspected sockpuppets


 * Report submission by

Giuliopp (talk) 23:45, 11 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Evidence


 * Mangogirl2 is the main contributor to Trajectory optimization; his last edit to it was done at 03:12, 11 March 2008 . New user Skimaniac's first two contributions to WP were done to the same article five minutes later . All the changes in question follow a similar pattern (improved wording and typo fixing).


 * In his two-line user page, Mangogirl2 presents himself simply as dealing with trajectory optimization and also as a "mediocre alpine skier". Skimaniac defines himself a skier, and out of a total of seven contributions by him, five pertain directly or indirectly to trajectory optimization, including an edit summary that says "I have been doing trajectory optimization for years".


 * Skimaniac posted on a lengthy discussion between Dolphin51 and Giuliopp, in which Mangogirl2 had been requested to comment. The comment by Skimaniac mirrors Mangogirl2's views of the matter, expressed here (where 'Gman' refers to Giuliopp).


 * Comments

I did not know it was a wiki-crime to change your name. I throw myself on the mercy of the wiki-court. I had two people sharing a name (both of whom are skiers) and I decided to split into my own name. I will remove the one comment that I believe upset Gman. Besides the static pressure debate was long dead at that point. According the page on sock puppetry-- it is only an issue if the second name affects a vote. If a voting scheme were used it was already 2 to 1. So 3 to 1 would not change the outcome. Besides there was not "voting scheme". Dolphin51 made his changes and Gman chose not to respond. I did not think it would affect anyone. It apparently did affect someone which I did not anticipate. So I apologize to Giuliopp for upsetting him enough to take the time to work through all of this.Skimaniac (talk) 20:18, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Noted. The problem with the discussion on static pressure (which I don't consider dead yet) is not strictly about vote counting, it's about the distortion of the actual consensus on the topic. Anyway, I'm happy that the matter has now been clarified. I invite Mangogirl2/Skimaniac to update their user pages according to WP policy on alternate accounts, after which I would invite an admin to close this case. Giuliopp (talk) 17:26, 13 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Conclusions


 * No significant breach when one assumes good faith. User has clarified position on their current user page, and I'll sort out redirects for their old user and talk pages with them in due course. GBT/C 13:37, 19 March 2008 (UTC)