Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/The Namaste Guild

User:The Namaste Guild

 * Suspected sockpuppeteer


 * Suspected sockpuppets

&mdash; Coren (talk) 20:15, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Report submission by

Vote stacking in an AfD. Original account is in obvious conflict of interest and both apparent socks have been created within hours of the AfD nomination 12 and have made no contribution beyond support for the nominated article 345.
 * Evidence

Elitism at its finest. When you have no other alternatives to our points of rebuttal, you resort to blatant crass. We gladly volunteer that we asked others to assist us. That is not against the rules (since there are none in accordance with Five Pillars of Wikipedia), and this is a tactic that is practiced everywhere; especially in politics. We could allege the same thing at your attention. We would also like to elaborate that we were offered help by Sancho; and the information that was provided was extremely helpful. With that information we enlisted support. However, to speculate that we told these people what to say is not only false, but also irrelevant when the facts are weighted... we were encouraged to do so. The Namaste Guild 20:55, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Comments
 * Vindictiveness at its finest, if you will forgive my harsh response. I have crossed out the sockpuppet votes at the AFD, and I will ask the first admin who reads this to indefinitely block those sockpuppet accounts.  Even if those other accounts are of your friends and not yourself (and I believe they are entirely your own), for Wikipedia policy it makes no difference (see meatpuppet). Shalom Hello 21:35, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Yes. I've indef-blocked the two solicited meatpuppet accounts, and striking their comments from the AfD is appropriate. After consideration, I've elected not to block the puppetmaster account. He may not have been aware of policy and a warning on his talk page.
 * Conclusions