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Paid Editing

Paid Editing (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)

Report date June 10 2009, 20:53 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets

• Task mgr (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Salvtied (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Breast stroke (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Lsy90 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)

Evidence submitted by Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • ^{(Many otters • One bat • One hammer)}

All five editors have participated in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/MultiAV and nothing else. Given the close proximity of their !votes, I have reason to believe that sockpuppetry is afoot. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • ^{(Many otters • One bat • One hammer)} 20:53, 10 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.

Comments by other users

Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments

Checkuser request – code letter: B (Ongoing serious pattern vandalism )

Current status –   Completed: Reviewed by a Checkuser, results and comments are below.

•   In progress - Tiptoety ^talk 21:19, 10 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
•   Clerk note: All the named accounts have been indef blocked and tagged by PeterSymonds (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA). Clerks, please do not close yet. Thank you, Tiptoety ^talk 21:43, 10 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
•   Confirmed, someone's fooling around. -- Luk ^talk 21:49, 10 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Conclusions

This case has been marked as closed. It has been archived automatically.

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