This-is-name

September 2018

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for abusing multiple accounts. 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 ~~~~}}.  Bbb23 (talk) 19:42, 2 September 2018 (UTC)

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).

This-is-name (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:

I have a single account. I sometimes edit logged out because cookies log me out, but this is my only account

Decline reason:

We have found four other accounts belonging to you: Category:Wikipedia sockpuppets of This-is-name. Yamla (talk) 20:20, 3 September 2018 (UTC)

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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).

This-is-name (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:

Upon investigating each of these accounts, I've found that two (2) of them are related to a person who works in the same coworking space as I do. Our theory is that the coworking space's wifi configuration is jank and has assigned us the same IP address. The person at my coworking space is User:Kparker095, who first made User:Blockpartypresents18 but then found that it was against wikipedia's guidelines to have accounts specific for promotional purposes. Here's a screenshot of mine and Kelly's conversation via our coworking space's members messenger app, as we try to resolve this issue. The other two accounts, User:Bradz007815 and User:Wim38 I have not been able to find any information on. However, due to this extremely annoying IP-sharing anomaly, I would hypothesize that these two accounts have also been incorrectly assigned the same IP as me, perhaps due to IP subnetting or something. Please examine my contribution history to find that I am indeed a dedicated contributor to wikipedia and would very much like to have my account reinstated. Also, User:Kparker095 is a new user and she has expressed, on her talk page, that she will not be engaging in any further promotional practices.

Decline reason:

Procedural decline only. This unblock request has been open for more than two weeks but has not proven sufficiently convincing for any reviewing administrator to take action. You are welcome to request a new block review if you substantially reword your request. Yamla (talk) 12:46, 21 October 2018 (UTC)

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How can I proceed? I apologize for any frustrations this is causing, I'm not familiar with this process.

Obviously, I cannot make a new account, because I'll get murked for sockpuppeteering. What can I do? How do I re-establish credibility? My edits are made in good faith, I contribute to the project of building this encyclopedia.

@Yamla If you're not able to assist me in resolving my account, could you please direct me to someone who might be able to help? Thank you.— Preceding unsigned comment added by This-is-name (talk • contribs) 00:49, 4 September 2018 (UTC)

Essentially, you were editing on the same IP address as those people. If you can explain why this might have happened, you stand a much better chance of being unblocked. Also, please note that pings don't work unless you sign your edit. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 02:00, 4 September 2018 (UTC)

@NinjaRobotPirate: I cannot explain the duplicate IP addresses. I do not have sufficient technical expertise to make any assumptions about how this might've happened. Isn't it possible for IP addresses to be reused? If you have instructions of how I could confirm my assertions I'd happily comply, again I simply don't know what evidence I could provide to convince you. This-is-name (talk) 02:22, 4 September 2018 (UTC)This-is-name

Yes, IP addresses get reused all the time. However, two editors on the same IP address wrote articles about Wanderift. The article was deleted, so you can't see it in their contributions. You then appeared on this same IP address. Around the same time, Kparker095 appeared on this same IP address and created an article in his sandbox about Blockparty. As you can see, there's also an account named Blockpartypresents18 on this IP address, created about a month ago. Do you have any connection to Wanderift, Blockparty, or companies that might want to promote them? NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 04:14, 4 September 2018 (UTC)

@NinjaRobotPirate: In addition to the technical evidence, the behavioral evidence is This-is-name's creation of the now-deleted Lincoln Property Company. My suspicion is UPE.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:05, 4 September 2018 (UTC)

Yeah, that would be my suspicion, too. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 13:10, 4 September 2018 (UTC)

@NinjaRobotPirate:@Bbb23: I did create the Lincoln Property Company page, I was researching dallas companies and I suppose it was deleted for not meeting notability guidelines. All other pages I have no understanding of, but upon googling I found that they're all dallas-based things. I frequently work at a WeWork coworking space in Dallas, would it be possible that someone there might've been assigned my IP while they were editing from their account? I'm not exactly sure about how IP works, but isn't it such that the first few digits are physical location, and the last few are unique? That would make it possible that I was on the same network as someone who got assigned the same unique identifiers at the end of their IP.

@NinjaRobotPirate:@Bbb23: I think I've figured it out. It's highly likely that the WeWork space is the reason for this IP re-use. I did a members search and found a "Kelly Parker" who works as a marketing coordinator for Blockparty the WeWork Thanksgiving Tower (downtown dallas) location. I have a screenshot but I cannot upload it because of my block.

Were you using your own computer at the WeWork space, or were you using one they provide?--Bbb23 (talk) 15:37, 4 September 2018 (UTC)

@Bbb23: I know this answer won't help my case, but I was using my own computer. I tried finding information on the other accounts (Wim38 and Bradz007815) but haven't been able to find any information. Obviously, the Blockparty account is associated with Kelly Parker, the Blockparty marketing coordinator. Not sure if I should link this here, but you can find her linkedin account by searching "Kelly Parker Blockparty Linkedin" ... it would be insane of me to create an entirely new persona on linkedin just to make a sockpuppet on here. My Name is Jamie Gray you can find me on linkedIn by searching "Jamie Gray Product Designer Dallas LinkedIn"

@Bbb23: Going forward, would I be able to expand my user talk page to be verifiably tied to my real identity, so that any other IP issues could be resolved by sanctioning those other accounts? I'm not sure how I could prevent this from happening in the future, since I maintain that I do not have control of these accounts.

Jamie, did you ever let anyone else use your computer at the WeWork space?--Bbb23 (talk) 19:04, 4 September 2018 (UTC)

@Bbb23:Not as far as I am aware, no.

@Bbb23:Kelly Parker has posted on her now-blocked account's talk page requesting an unblock. How can we prove we're separate people? Somehow we've been assigned the same IP address. She even apologized for using the blockparty account name and has reverted to using a personally identifiable name. Her account is now being nominated for speedy deletion, which I think is a case of biting the newcomers.

This blocked user is asking that their block be reviewed on the Unblock Ticket Request System:

This-is-name (block log • active blocks • global blocks • autoblocks • contribs • deleted contribs • abuse filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

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UTRS appeal #22557 was submitted on Sep 05, 2018 01:20:32. This review is now closed.

--UTRSBot (talk) 01:20, 5 September 2018 (UTC)

Note to self: Edits I would make if my ban was removed

• Clarify text on the Pakistani Ministry of Environment page that its abolition was in fact a reorganization into the Ministry of Climate Change, according to the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan.
• Would add columns to "List of environmental ministries" similar to the "List of environmental organizations" page, to improve readability.
• Clarify the lead section on the "Communism in Russia" page to better communicate that the project of building communism ended with the dissolution of the USSR. This should be made clear in the first sentence, instead of only being mentioned in the last sentence of the rather long lead section.
• Considering creating pages for each of the US Superfund sites; might not be notable enough, but hopefully would be so communities can contribute reporting and investigations regarding each site, in hopes of successfully raising sufficient awareness to have the sites fully cleaned.
• Might suggest adding information about prison evacuations during Hurricane Florence (2018), as it's a pertinent issue regarding Prisoner Rights and Human Rights, and is being highlighted by articles and lots of attention on social media.
• Would add a section to Beto O'Rourke's "2018 Senate Campaign" section, mentioning that Chuck Schumer has set up fundraisers for him.
• Would add Scooter-sharing system to the Sustainable Transport page.
• Would suggest to the talk page of Territorial evolution of the United States that we should make a gif timelapse of all the images playing in a sequence and put the gif at the top of the page.

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