Joeltmpayne

Sockpuppet investigation

Hi. An editor has opened an investigation into sockpuppetry by you. Sockpuppetry is the use of more than one Wikipedia account in a manner that contravenes community policy. The investigation is being held at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Joeltmpayne, where the editor who opened the investigation has presented their evidence. Please make sure you make yourself familiar with the guide to responding to investigations, and then feel free to offer your own evidence or to submit comments that you wish to be considered by the Wikipedia administrator who decides the result of the investigation. If you have been using multiple accounts (in a manner contrary to Wikipedia policy), please go to the investigation page and verify that now. Leniency is usually shown to those who promise not to do so again, or who did so unwittingly, but the abuse of multiple accounts is taken very seriously by the Wikipedia community.

2Joules (talk) 05:04, 24 May 2018 (UTC)

May 2018

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).

Joeltmpayne (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

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Request reason:

Dear Administrator, I'm devastated to see that I've been blocked on Wikipedia Indefinitely for “Sock puppetry”. This account isn’t related to any of the other user accounts in question. I confess that I edited the Robert Rabiah page to change his name on his behalf; he is concerned about the appearance of this name on Wikipedia. However, I didn't realize that this would be problematic, or think I would be violating any of Wikipedia’s terms; I also didn’t believe I would be editing the page to include any inaccurate or dishonest information. I'm concerned as this is my real name and is also associated with my other online accounts. If you repeal the block, I promise I won’t make any other edits to the page in question. I also assure you that I won’t violate any of Wikipedia’s policies. If the account isn’t unblocked then alternatively would it be possible to add a: Please use the rationale parameter to explain why this user talk page should be deleted. (E.g., {{db-u1}}.) Thanks! Per the User page guidelines, user talk pages are generally not deleted, barring legal threats or other grievous violations that have to be removed for legal reasons. In addition, nonpublic personal information and potentially libellous information posted to your talk page may be removed by making a request for oversight. Users who have left Wikipedia may be added to Wikipedia:Missing Wikipedians. Category:Candidates for speedy deletionCategory:Candidates for speedy deletion by user to my account so that it doesn’t appear with any negative implications within search. Ideally, I would like to be able to make valuable contributions in the future. Thanks for your consideration.

Decline reason:

You say you have not violated our policy on sockpuppetry, then go on to explain exactly how you violated our policy on sockpuppetry by editing on behalf of someone else, in violation of WP:MEAT. As such, I'm leaving the account blocked, as the block is clearly valid. You also appear to be requesting this page be deleted. As you know, this is not possible. Yamla (talk) 11:35, 25 May 2018 (UTC)

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