Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Marketingsupport

User:Marketingsupport

 * Suspected sockpuppeteer


 * Suspected sockpuppets

SarekOfVulcan 21:04, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Report submission by


 * Evidence

NoMoBS was created today, shortly after Marketingsupport got a 3RR warning (not that that stopped MS from edit warring). Both of them have only edited the same two articles, and have been making very similar edits. The anon has also only edited two articles, with similar edits and edit summaries (or lack thereof) to the other two.

NoMoBS states on their user talk page that even though account shares same corperate IP address as Marketingsupport, they are separate individuals controlling the two accounts, and thus not sock puppets even if the ip address and edits are identical.


 * Comments

In this diff, NoMoBS makes a fairly convincing case that he is an associate of Marketingsupport, rather than a meatpuppet. I'm willing to WP:AGF on this one, and withdraw the request, if it's agreed that I'm not crazy. :-)--SarekOfVulcan 02:12, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
 * The explanation given by the users is like "The dog ate my homework", but I believe it may be correct. Nonetheless, although I think a block is probably not warranted, these folks need to be warned about WP:COI, and their contribs need to be checked for COI. Shalom Hello 04:01, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
 * NoMoBS explanation SOUNDS plausible, and since they both work for the same company (with the same COI), that would explain why their edits are nearly identical PR spin. (User:Johnpdavid is also part of the same organization and also has COI)  There are a lot of users with that same IP address (and the same COI), I hope they are wise enough not to try to be sneaky like this again.  --RandomStuff 15:04, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
 * NoMoBS seems much more reasonable and knowledgeable than Marketingsupport, I do not think it is a sock puppet account. --RandomStuff 17:12, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

The named accounts are likely associates of each other in real life. However, so long as their behavior is not abusive, they are not tag-teaming, and are not causing problems on the page, and the conflict-of-interest is well-documented, I think we can close this without further action, as Sarek suggested above. MastCell Talk 16:52, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Conclusions