Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/PhenomenalKev

User:PhenomenalKev

 * Suspected sock puppeteer


 * Suspected sock puppets


 * Report submission by
 *  Hazardous   Matt   17:11, 19 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Evidence
 * PhenomenalKev is a new user who has made significant and repeated contributions only to his own Userspace and Talkpage using them as personal websites for what appears some sort of fantasy event. Recently, after being warned that continuing to do so may result in administrative attention, he has ceased to edit his own userspace and talkpage and TNAWrestling2009 has now made multiple and significant edits, following the same pattern.


 * Comments

Just as a note, sockpuppet or not, this user hasn't violated Wikipedia's policy on sockpuppets so I'm unsure why Hazardous Matt has brought up the issue. Sockpuppets are allowed on Wikipedia, abuse of them is not. Merely adding similar content to your own userpage isn't in violation of any of WIkipedia's policies on sockpuppets. Cheers! Cheers dude (talk) 21:14, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
 * It's quite possible that if this is a sock puppet it hasn't violated the policies for an alternate account. I don't have those memorized. I noticed that PhenomenalKev was going against the guidelines set by WP:WEBHOST in regards to content on his userpage and talkpage. He was asked to abide by those guidelines, repeatedly, and when he did stop making those edits TNAWrestling2009 appeared and suddenly began making the same edits to Kev's pages in the exact same fashion. I thought this might be an alternate account being used by Kev to try to avoid the WP:WEBHOST guidelines on a technicality. That's why I brought it up here.  Hazardous   Matt   21:25, 19 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Please remember to notify all accounts listed as possibly linked to the sock puppetry in question (instructions).


 * Conclusions
 * Certainly appears to be a sock issue to me, per WP:DUCK and looks very reminiscent of another issue back in April in which a vast collection of socks were creating their own pages for a fantasy wrestling promotion. I'm going to block the new sock, and provide a stern warning to what appears to be the master; essentially, these are using Wikipedia as a webhost and not contributing to the encyclopedia. We're not here to provide free webhosting. Tony Fox (arf!) 21:18, 22 December 2008 (UTC)