User talk:Sixohthree

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

Request reason:

I was blocked by TheSandDoctor. Allegedly, my account is blocked for "sockpuppetry" for editing an article on Rasmussen Reports. It's true that I corrected a statistic on the page, but I have no relation or contact with the other accused users (i.e. Marxistanarchistcapitalistyogi69 & Joshdchang04). I don't remember the exact details of the specific edit, but I remember that the statistic in question was out of date. I think that if you look at the rest of my edit history and account usage, you'll find that my account is unlikely a fake puppet account. For example, I have a recurring monthly donation to Wikipedia! Otherwise, please let me know what I can do to clear my name. Thank you. Sixohthree (talk) 21:07, 2 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Decline reason:

As an editor, I will say thanks for donating, but donating or not donating has no impact on decisions like this, as if it did, everyone would use donations or the threat of withdrawing donations to influence decisions. Donations are collected by the Wikimedia Foundation that simply operates the computers Wikipedia is on; editors are not involved, and we have no way to confirm that any particular user donates(though I believe you). The only thing we can do to track your account usage is look at your edit history, and doing that does not address the issues raised in the SPI. As such, I am declining your request. 331dot (talk) 08:56, 3 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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

Request reason:

Hello, the evidence cited for blocking my account was:

-All accounts are SPAs on the article Rasmussen Reports (for each account, 50% or more of their lifetime edits are on this article). -All accounts have similar behavior patterns: (a) no userpage created, (b) all accounts universally inactive from 0800-1200 UTC. Chetsford (talk) 01:06, 17 December 2020 (UTC)

To which I respond: 1) It's true that I don't edit much, but as evidence for my account being a "sockpuppet", that evidence is circumstantial -- I'm sure lots of folks don't edit much. 2) It's true that I don't have a userpage -- I didn't even know that existed. I'll go make one! Again, this is circumstantial evidence. 3) My account is inactive from 0800-1200 UTC because that corresponds to the middle of the night where I live. 4) I don't remember the exact edit to the Rasmussen Reports article, but I remember only changing one statistic that had become out of data -- hardly a controversial edit. A review of the edit history will confirm this.

Another editor notes that "They're all from the same country and with same user agent." I am in the United States and use Google Chrome as my browser. It's not surprising that the other users might also be from the US (a big country) and using Chrome (the most popular browser) -- moreover as Marxistanarchistcapitalistyogi69 notes in his/her appeal, the article in question IS about a survey used in US politics and we edited it just before the US election which I imagine was a pretty busy time for that page. I think that's a pretty good point that he/she raises (again, he/she is not me!)

Thank you for your continued attention to this matter. - Sixohthree

 Sixohthree (talk) 17:46, 4 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Accept reason:

Your argument is convincing. --jpgordon^{𝄢𝄆 𝄐𝄇} 00:38, 11 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Pinging Oshwah as the Checkuser who found Sixohthree likely to Marxistanarchistcapitalistyogi69. --TheSandDoctor ^Talk 18:20, 4 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I'll let another CU look at this and make a determination. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:36, 7 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]