Blocked for sockpuppetry

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You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for abusing multiple accounts per the evidence presented at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/DubiousPuffery. Note that multiple accounts are allowed, but not for illegitimate reasons, and any contributions made while evading blocks or bans may be reverted or deleted.
If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.  firefly ( t · c ) 21:09, 5 September 2022 (UTC)Reply
 
This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

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Request reason:

This is a clear mistake, those other accounts are not my sockpuppets, and since I don't know who they are, not meatpuppeting either. My sin is registering first? Please review. DubiousPuffery (talk) 21:50, 5 September 2022 (UTC)Reply

Decline reason:

You don't have to know the others involved to be engaging in meat puppetry. Per WP:MEAT, "A new user who engages in the same behavior as another user in the same context, and who appears to be editing Wikipedia solely for that purpose, may be subject to the remedies applied to the user whose behavior they are joining." What is the source of your interest in Andrew Hollander? Agreeing to abandon, at least for now, editing about him, may help. 331dot (talk) 23:36, 5 September 2022 (UTC)Reply


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This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who accepted the request.

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Request reason:

I definitely did not recruit anyone to edit this page, or any other. I was looking for links to a book and was very surprised to find that the author's page was up for deletion. Knowing about the history of the subject she wrote about, I noticed that the AfD nomination looked suspect, especially when I saw her husband was also nominated at the same time, by the same account. I decided to comment there as well. I also submitted an edit to the page on the topic of the book I was looking for, since I noticed an outdated portion with no citation. I have no plans to edit the Hollander page any further. DubiousPuffery (talk) 23:55, 5 September 2022 (UTC)Reply

Accept reason:

User is unblocked with editing restrictions on editing about Andrew Hollander and Dana Parish. While partial bans will be used to prevent editing to the articles and their respective talk pages, the restrictions also prevent editing on related pages (e.g. an deletion discussion). These restrictions may be appealed after six months, to any admin or to the Community at WP:AN. I would also note to the editor that an abundance of caution regarding both this and general behaviour is wise, especially for the near future. [Technical note, unblock will occur in about 5m] Nosebagbear (talk) 20:13, 25 September 2022 (UTC)Reply