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1) The {{userlinks|Utgard Loki}} account is indefinitely blocked. {{userlinks|Geogre}} is indefinitely prohibited from maintaining any other alternate account without disclosing it publicly. |
1) The {{userlinks|Utgard Loki}} account is indefinitely blocked. {{userlinks|Geogre}} is indefinitely prohibited from maintaining any other alternate account without disclosing it publicly. |
Revision as of 14:06, 23 July 2009
Motions
Geogre
Background
It came to the attention of the Committee in June that Geogre (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is the operator of an undisclosed second account Utgard Loki (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log). Following an investigation, it has become apparent that Geogre has intentionally or carelessly used this account on a number of occasions for purposes not permitted under the sock puppetry policy, namely to create or contribute to a false impression of consensus:
- Both the Geogre account and the Utgard Loki account were used in discussions during several arbitration cases: Wikipedia talk:Requests for arbitration/IRC/Proposed decision, Wikipedia talk:Requests for arbitration/Durova/Proposed decision, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Durova/Workshop, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Eastern European disputes/Workshop;
- The Utgard Loki account has been used on a number of occasions to reply in support of the Geogre account's position to various questions addressed to the Geogre account: [1], [2], [3], [4], [5];
- Both accounts were used to make comments at Wikipedia:Featured article review/Restoration literature/archive1;
- At Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2007 March 5, the Geogre account was used to express support for the Utgard Loki account;
- At Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Elizabeth Needham, the Geogre account supported promoting the article to featured status, and then both accounts were used to respond to a user opposing promotion;
- The two accounts were jointly used to edit war, making six reverts within less than 12 hours: Geogre, Utgard Loki, Utgard Loki, Geogre, Geogre, Geogre (this last revert was made through protection). The Utgard Loki account referred to the Geogre account as if it were a separate user in the edit summary of one revert ([6]) and in a talk page discussion (User talk:Utgard Loki#Peachoid);
- At Wikipedia:Featured article review/1755 Lisbon earthquake/archive1, the Utgard Loki account was used to respond to a user disagreeing with a comment by the Geogre account;
- At Wikipedia:Featured article review/A Tale of a Tub/archive1, a featured article review concerning an article to which Geogre was the leading contributor, the Utgard Loki account was used to defend the article;
- At Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:wikipedia-en-admins (3rd nomination), the Utgard Loki account was used to support deletion, while the Geogre account was used to make comments in response to someone who did not support deletion ([7], [8]);
- At Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Risker, the Geogre account was used to support the request and the Utgard Loki account was used to comment in a thread concerning someone who opposed the request;
- At Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2008 August 12 (section "WP:GANG → Wikipedia:Tag team"), the Utgard Loki account was used to support deletion, while the Geogre account was used to reply to users not supporting deletion;
- At Wikipedia:Featured article review/Augustan literature/archive1, a featured article review concerning an article to which Geogre was the leading contributor, the Utgard Loki account was used to defend the article;
- The Geogre account was used to unblock a user (User talk:Peter Damian#Blocked2), and the Utgard Loki account was subsequently used to comment on the situation (User talk:Peter Damian#Question).
The Committee invited Geogre to comment upon its concerns about the use of these two accounts early in July, so that he might have an opportunity to respond to them. The Committee has received and considered his response.
Motion
- There are currently 11 active arbitrators, and Risker is recused on all Geogre motions, so 6 votes are a majority.
1) The Utgard Loki (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) account is indefinitely blocked. Geogre (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is indefinitely prohibited from maintaining any other alternate account without disclosing it publicly.
- Support:
- bainer (talk) 13:12, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
- (But see below in regards to my previous involvement). — Coren (talk) 13:21, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
- FloNight♥♥♥ 13:45, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
- Oppose:
- Abstain:
- Recuse:
Arbitrator views and discussion
- In this particular case, I was notified of the alternate account in my capacity as an administrator by a number of uninvolved editors. After bringing the matter to the Committee's attention and after confirmation that the Utgard Loki account was, indeed, under the direct control of Geogre, I have blocked and tagged the account pending further disposition by ArbCom. My involvement outside normal committee deliberations ends there. Given that this was strictly an enforcement following standard operating procedure, and that I have had no involvement or dispute with either account before or since, there seem to be no reason for me to recuse in this motion formalizing my original act. — Coren (talk) 13:27, 23 July 2009 (UTC)