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Wikiscribe

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Filed: 22:34, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
  • Supporting evidence:

It appears that Wikiscribe took a certain liking to the Olive skin article. The history of the page reveals many edit wars involving him/her (as incidentally, does his/her talk page [1], but that is not the main point in hand).

Interestingly, during his times of need, a friend seems to pop up at just the right moment, fighting his/her side. This would not be so odd, as they could for instance simply share similar attitudes, or back eachother up, but what is revealing, is the "friend's" contribution list - well, more to the point, the lack of it. A quick view shows instantly that the user appears not much more than a single purpose account, having a total of no more than 30 edits - most of which are either to their talk page, or controversial edits to the sole article "Generation Y".

Even more telling is the fact that the user's very first talk page edit (and second overall edit) involved the --~~~~ signature, with the two dashes, which is typically a sign of an experienced user.

Before today, the user last edited on the 10th of December, yet popped up incidentally just at the right time 18 days later to help battle out Wikiscribe's viewpoint. Oh, but déja-vu strikes here. On the 22nd of November, the user appeared to help support Wikiscribe on the same page, while the previous edit was the 30th of September. This exceeds coincidence.

It also appears his/her IP address may be being used in a similar manner. User:72.227.237.16 lastly edited on the 23rd of December on something completely unrelated, and yet, today, out of nowhere, appears to help out Wikiscribe on the Olive Skin article in another edit dispute.

Novelaconto (talk) 22:34, 28 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

 Confirmed all of the above. I've blocked the IP for 31 hours, TheGrailHermit indefinitely and Wikiscribe for one week. Nishkid64 (Make articles, not wikidrama) 22:49, 28 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks a lot. Novelaconto (talk) 22:50, 28 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]


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