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Suspected sock puppeteer

Jacobsaa (talk⁺ · contribs · deleted contribs · tag · block user · block log · CheckUser)

Goal2001 (talk⁺ · contribs · deleted contribs · tag · block user · block log · CheckUser)

gnfnrf (talk) 19:28, 10 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

At Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Aaron Jacobs, User:Jacobsaa presented a keep argument [1]. 20 minutes later, User:Goal2001 edited the page, but instead of adding a new keep argument, edited and expanded Jacobsaa's argument, deleting the Sinebot signature and adding his own. [2]. Two minutes later, User:Jacobsaa returned and added a new keep argument [3]. In the final page, it appears that two editors left a keep argument each. However, in the diffs above, it is clear that both arguments were written by User:Jacobsaa. The only reasonable explanation for this behavior is that both users are under control of the same person. gnfnrf (talk) 19:28, 10 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Please remember to notify all accounts listed as possibly linked to the sock puppetry in question (instructions).
Possible: I've gone ahead and closed the AFD and deleted the page. I'm seeing some comparisons in the editing history, but nothing definite. May seek checkuser for this. seicer | talk | contribs 22:43, 10 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Conclusions: I have indef blocked User:Goal2001 as the puppet, and blocked Jacobsaa for 1 year since the account is used sparodically. I was persuaded by User:Gnfnrf's diffs re the AfD vote; Jacobsaa was too inactive to forget he had already voted, had had his vote usurped, and vote again within half an hour (the only excuse I can think of). LessHeard vanU (talk) 21:47, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]