I have a suspicion that Cherylbarksdale is engaged in either Sockpuppetry, Meatpuppetry or both. The user began editing on Wikipedia by trying to add a link which was deemed to be self promotion (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Female_genital_mutilation&action=history). Following rejection of this content the IP address 64.118.217.166 also tried to add the same link to the Female Genital Mutilation page (see above link). Following rejection of this content, Cherylbarksdale created a page (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Campaign_Against_Female_Genital_Mutilation&action=history) based around the same content. I proposed deletion for this page, at which point IP address 64.118.217.166 rejected the deletion and began editing the page (see above link). I then notified both Cherylbarksdale and IP 64.118.217.166 that I was sending the page to AfD and that I suspected these two users were the same person and informed the user that they should only comment on that AfD from one account. IP 64.118.217.166 then indicated to me that they were not Cherylbarksdale but that they had "been informed" of my actions and then chose to get involved (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:64.118.217.166&diff=478324950&oldid=478324792). Shortly after this user account Ndbriggs was created and commented in support of Cherylbarksdale not having sockpuppets on her talk page, Ndbriggs also gave Cherylbarksdale a barnstar for creating the article I nominated for AfD (Conversation at Cherylbarksdale's page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Cherylbarksdale#Campaign_Against_Female_Genital_Mutilation_2, Editing history of Ndbriggs: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Ndbriggs, the only edits this user has made is supportive comments on Cherylbarksdale's page). Once Cherylbarksdale was aware of the AfD she commented on keeping the article on the AfD page. Proceeding her comment, the IP address 74.123.168.188 commented in support of keeping the article with a long paragraph that did not cite policy and told me that I could not disprove Cherylbarksdales claims without taking a trip to Africa like the user did, the user did not sign their comment and only began editing around the same time Cherylbarksdale did (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/74.123.168.188). Following Cherylbarksdale's comments in support IP address 69.114.105.51 likewise commented in support of keeping the article and did not sign their comment, this user's only edits were to the AfD page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/69.114.105.51). Link to the AfD page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Campaign_Against_Female_Genital_Mutilation. As before, I am not sure whether this is wholesale Sockpuppetry or not, but given that one of these IP addresess stated that they "were informed" and that the others only began editing, and in support of Cherylbarksdale for the AfD I am suspicious. Cherylbarksdale has also tried to discredit me on the AfD page once I had informed her of my belief of sockpuppetry. Vietminh (talk) 04:12, 23 February 2012 (UTC)
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