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The result was DELETE. postdlf (talk) 18:11, 22 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Auctigo[edit]

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Is this notable? Reichsfürst (talk) 18:17, 16 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This IP has few other edits on Wikipedia and all but one of those are to the article in question MarnetteD | Talk 21:38, 16 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Whether it is a good idea or not does not establish notability. Reichsfürst (talk) 19:22, 16 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
This editor has no other edits on Wikipedia MarnetteD | Talk 21:38, 16 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Askedcar is clearly a meatpuppet...Reichsfürst (talk) 20:10, 16 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
This editor has no other edits on Wikipedia MarnetteD | Talk 21:38, 16 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
This IP has not edited on Wikipedia since October 2009 MarnetteD | Talk 21:38, 16 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Took me a minute...Reichsfürst (talk) 21:22, 16 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
This editor has no other edits on Wikipedia MarnetteD | Talk 21:57, 16 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
The part about "looks to be a group targeting" is spot-on. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 22:25, 16 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
The speedy was declined. Is there anyway that this can be closed per SNOW so we don't have to put up with more socking? The only keep votes are by confirmed socks with the possible exception of the IP from India. MarnetteD | Talk 16:21, 17 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Since the speedy was declined, and there's a reasonable certainty that one of the Keep !votes came from someone outside the sock/meat farm, the WP:DELETE standard is to allow the AfD to run for the full seven days. I agree that it probably should go as a WP:SNOW closure, though. I suppose a previously-uninvolved admin could WP:IAR and snow-close it, were they so inclined. --Alan the Roving Ambassador (talk) 16:59, 17 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Based on the puppetry, I'd recommend that this AfD be played 100% by the book so that (as noted on the CSD decline) when the article gets re-created we can use CSD:G4 (Re-creation in contravention of AfD discussion) we can stand on absoluteley firm ground. Hasteur (talk) 17:02, 17 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Hrm. Good call. --Alan the Roving Ambassador (talk) 17:13, 17 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
The socks seem to have disappeared, as they know the game is up. Best to roast this spam for the full 7 days, as per procedure. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 17:48, 17 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
MMMMMM roasted spam. My thanks to everyone for their replies. It doesn't matter how long I've edited here there is always something new to learn and you all have helped me do that today. Cheers. MarnetteD | Talk 18:39, 17 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I'm thinking we can add this IP to the list above. Wildthing61476 (talk) 19:42, 17 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Likely. Same ISP as 82.37.170.64 (talk · contribs · logs · block log), and geolocates within a few miles. --Alan the Roving Ambassador (talk) 19:45, 17 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
An IP that hasn't edited in 2 years comes in to make this comment? More laundry? Wildthing61476 (talk) 20:42, 17 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
"Nearly" notable. That's a good one. The article creator "nearly" knows English. :) ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 20:44, 17 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Is "nearly notable" anything like the fact that Spam is "nearly" like meat?MarnetteD | Talk 23:19, 17 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
And there's another one. Like fish in a barrel...Wildthing61476 (talk) 20:58, 17 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
The last two are from the same ISP: Cwie. Likely meatpuppets, or someone going in through a proxy and using a playground account. --Alan the Roving Ambassador (talk) 21:08, 17 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

— 64.38.226.73 (talk) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.

List of obvious socks or suspected Hormel meat puppets so far[edit]

SPI concludes that the 4 registered users are all the same guy. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 08:41, 17 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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