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(Filed by Aeon1006 on Amerique's Behalf)
This RFC is to gather opinions from the Wikipedian community as to whether Insert Belltower's pattern of activities in support of UCRGrad's contributions to the University of California, Riverside article constitutes meatpuppetry. UCRGrad first registered an account and started posting controversial content to the UCR article on 19 Febuary, 2006. The content of his first post to the article was a single line: "While UCR has broadened into a comprehensive university, it is still the least known of all the UC campuses" [1]. On 24 March 2006, another new user, Insert-Belltower, made his first contribution to the UCR article with this line: "Yet because it is the least known campus in the UC system, many students are surprised to learn that there is indeed a UC in Riverside" [2]. Thus began user Insert-Belltower's pattern of providing partisan support for all of UCRGrad's controversial opinions and editing activities concerning that article. On 1 May 2006, Mackensen ran a user check on their IP accounts, which established that both users were posting from different IP addresses and were also actively using abusive sockpuppets to harass other users as well as influence debates over the POV of the article. While their sockpuppets were immediately blocked, both to this day still post controversial content to the article and exclusively support the other's extreme opinions regarding POV issues over the objections of all other editors to that article.
On 10 July, Insert Belltower requested advocacy against Amerique's organizing activities with other users concerned with the UCR article [3]. During the exchange facilitated by two AMA advocates ( Aeon1006 and Steve Caruso), Amerique and WHS came clean regarding their past incivilities and other activities with both advocates. Both Amerique and WHS went out of their way to be accommodating to Insert-Belltower and UCRGrad in both the AMA discussion and the article's talk page. Insert-Belltower along with his companion refused to give ground and attempt to settle the dispute. Insert Belltower throughout the AMA discussion was either evasive or would agree with whatever UCRGrad posted. After Insert-Belltower and UCRGrad's refusal to admit any wrongdoing stonewalled the AMA process, the advocates closed discussion on 14 July and recommended parties involved file this RFC in order to resolve this issue.
It is our sincere hope that this RfC will help lay to rest the conflict without having to go any higher.
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Also here are the confirmed Sockpuppets of Insert-Belltower established by Check User done by Mackensen. All have been blocked indefinitely for abuse.
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(Filed by Aeon1006 on Amerique's Behalf)
This RFC is to gather opinions from the Wikipedian community as to whether Insert Belltower's pattern of activities in support of UCRGrad's contributions to the University of California, Riverside article constitutes meatpuppetry. UCRGrad first registered an account and started posting controversial content to the UCR article on 19 Febuary, 2006. The content of his first post to the article was a single line: "While UCR has broadened into a comprehensive university, it is still the least known of all the UC campuses" [1]. On 24 March 2006, another new user, Insert-Belltower, made his first contribution to the UCR article with this line: "Yet because it is the least known campus in the UC system, many students are surprised to learn that there is indeed a UC in Riverside" [2]. Thus began user Insert-Belltower's pattern of providing partisan support for all of UCRGrad's controversial opinions and editing activities concerning that article. On 1 May 2006, Mackensen ran a user check on their IP accounts, which established that both users were posting from different IP addresses and were also actively using abusive sockpuppets to harass other users as well as influence debates over the POV of the article. While their sockpuppets were immediately blocked, both to this day still post controversial content to the article and exclusively support the other's extreme opinions regarding POV issues over the objections of all other editors to that article.
On 10 July, Insert Belltower requested advocacy against Amerique's organizing activities with other users concerned with the UCR article [3]. During the exchange facilitated by two AMA advocates ( Aeon1006 and Steve Caruso), Amerique and WHS came clean regarding their past incivilities and other activities with both advocates. Both Amerique and WHS went out of their way to be accommodating to Insert-Belltower and UCRGrad in both the AMA discussion and the article's talk page. Insert-Belltower along with his companion refused to give ground and attempt to settle the dispute. Insert Belltower throughout the AMA discussion was either evasive or would agree with whatever UCRGrad posted. After Insert-Belltower and UCRGrad's refusal to admit any wrongdoing stonewalled the AMA process, the advocates closed discussion on 14 July and recommended parties involved file this RFC in order to resolve this issue.
It is our sincere hope that this RfC will help lay to rest the conflict without having to go any higher.
(Provide diffs. Links to entire articles aren't helpful unless the editor created the entire article. Edit histories also aren't helpful as they change as new edits are performed.)
Also here are the confirmed Sockpuppets of Insert-Belltower established by Check User done by Mackensen. All have been blocked indefinitely for abuse.
HisBundleAblation Jokesmoker UnblockingTau
{list the policies and guidelines that apply to the disputed conduct}
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