Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Fioranoweb (2nd)

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User:Fioranoweb

Suspected sockpuppeteer

Fioranoweb (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)

Suspected sockpuppets

Report submission by

A. B. ^(talk) 15:44, 30 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Evidence

Fiorano Software has been waging an ongoing PR effort on Wikipedia for over 18 months, spamming links and articles

Links:

fiorano.com: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • MER-C X-wiki • gs • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced - RSN • COIBot-Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com

Accounts:

Sanjayakumarsahu (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • what links to user page • count • COIBot • noticeboards • user page logs • x-wiki • status • LinkWatcher search • Google)
Webteam fiorano (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • what links to user page • count • COIBot • noticeboards • user page logs • x-wiki • status • fiorano LinkWatcher search • Google)
Fiorano Software (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • what links to user page • count • COIBot • noticeboards • user page logs • x-wiki • status • Software LinkWatcher search • Google)
61.95.199.88 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • what links to user page • COIBot • count • block log • x-wiki • noticeboards • LinkWatcher search || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • CompleteWhois • ippages.com • robtex.com • tor • Google)
Fioranoweb (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • what links to user page • count • COIBot • noticeboards • user page logs • x-wiki • status • LinkWatcher search • Google)
Sanjaya fiorano (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • what links to user page • count • COIBot • noticeboards • user page logs • x-wiki • status • fiorano LinkWatcher search • Google)
202.142.98.7 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • what links to user page • COIBot • count • block log • x-wiki • noticeboards • LinkWatcher search || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • CompleteWhois • ippages.com • robtex.com • tor • Google)
Sanjaya123 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • what links to user page • count • COIBot • noticeboards • user page logs • x-wiki • status • LinkWatcher search • Google)
Fiorano123 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • what links to user page • count • COIBot • noticeboards • user page logs • x-wiki • status • LinkWatcher search • Google)
Itpl fiorano (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • what links to user page • count • COIBot • noticeboards • user page logs • x-wiki • status • fiorano LinkWatcher search • Google)

Spam articles created as blatant advertising and deleted by Wikipedia administrators:

Note that the spammer overlooked the commas when cutting and pasting article.

Mr. Srinivas Tati,

Note that the spammer overlooked the commas when cutting and pasting article.

User:Sanjayakumarsahu

User page created as a spam page.

User page created as a spam page.

user:Sanjaya123

User page created as a spam page.

user:Fiorano123

User page created as a spam page.

User:Itpl fiorano

User page created as a spam page.

Articles vandalized:

References:

meta:Talk:Spam blacklist#Fiorano Software spam (Permanent link)
Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam#Fiorano Software spam on Wikipedia (Permanent link)

Comments

I made mistakes in reporting this case, somehow creating an empty first case. This report is in fact the first real case, not the 2nd. Sorry. --A. B. ^(talk) 15:44, 30 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Conclusions

All of the named accounts are now blocked; the IPs have been left untouched. --Akhilleus (talk) 21:00, 22 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]