/e/ and Wikipedia
/e/ has been discovered to have abused Wikipedia [2] via multiple sock-puppet users to promote themselves and their /e/ dis-product.
It began when the article on /e/ was nominated for deletion, which saw multiple single purpose accounts created to falsely oppose the AFD (Article For Deletion) nomination, and resulted in an initial sock-puppet investigation being launched, unfortunately without effect.
Later, the sock-puppet accounts began adding false, unnecessary and promotional information to the /e/ article (see history starting from here).
After that, a “controversy and criticism” section was added to the article by Wikipedian Yae4 which was immediately targeted by sock-puppet users Caliwing and Indidia 2.
Even though the section was later removed for being considered biased by the greater Wikipedia community, a new sock-puppet investigation was launched, and resulted in the two sock-puppet users being blocked from further Wikipedia activity.
Unfortunately, Mnair69 [2], who has a clear conflict of interest with the /e/ article working for the /e/ foundation, has not yet been exposed and blocked.
We at ewwlo will continue working to make that so.
Gaël has also used Wikipedia sock-puppetry (specifically, edits by the aforementioned sock-puppet accounts) to promote himself and his Mandrake GNU/Linux dis-distribution.
Ewwlo has a chart of all known /e/ sock-puppet and single-purpose accounts:
| Account name | Blocked | Created on | Primary activity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caliwing | Yes | 10th February 2017 | Promoting /e/, Gael, and Mandrake GNU/Linux |
| Indidea | Yes | 14th June 2013 | See Caliwing |
| No | 7th December 2018 | Opposing the deletion nomination for the /e/ article | |
| Amitkma | No | 3rd December 2018 | See Patrick lp |
| Olivierd13 | No | 15th May 2013 | See Patrick lp |
| FranckLefevre | No | 29th November 2011 | See Patrick lp, and small amounts of insignificant editing to add legitimacy |
| AlexduCens | No | 3rd December 2018 | See Patrick lp, and generic vandalism later reverted by the Wikipedia edit filter |
NOTE: Patrick LP may be a real person (https://t.me/ewwlo/7406)
Check here for more updates.
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