Mantracat

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Blocked Indefinitely

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing Commons. If you believe this block is unjustified, you may add {{Unblock}} below this message explaining clearly why you should be unblocked. For more information, see Appealing a block. See the block log for the reason that you have been blocked and the name of the administrator who blocked you.

INeverCry 00:14, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

Unblock request declined This blocked user asked to be unblocked, but one or more administrators has reviewed and declined this request. Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked. Other administrators can also review this block, but should not override the decision without discussion. Request reason: """reason"" This User was blocked as an alleged sock puppet of Lawline in Wikipedia English. However, Lawline should have never been blocked in the first place and Lawline which was blocked in 2011 should be unblocked. The real story about User:Lawline is that an Administrator was making edits to an article written by Lawline. The Administrator had no knowledge of the subject area but engaged in cyber bullying against Lawline to get her way. Lawline indicated that he disagreed with some of her edits. Lawline also advised the Administrator that some of her edits could be viewed as libelous under New York law. However, Lawline NEVER threatened to sue and always respected the rights of Wikipedia and the Administrator. The Administrator then turned things around and claimed that Lawline threatened to sue Wikipedia which was not the case. The Administrator did this as a ploy to block and ban Lawline so she could could get Lawline out of the way and edit the Article the way she wanted to. Following the banning of Lawline, every User that in any way was associated with or supportive of Lawline was blocked and banned as a "sock puppet" of Lawline. Included in the "sock puppet" list was User:LuckyDan89 who was a college student who had been a Wikipedia user for over 5 years, and who was banned for making one small edit on a Lawline article. In order to contribute to Wikipedia and Wiki Commons, other user Accounts were created in "good faith". There was never any intention to use these multiple accounts for anything other than to contribute to Wiki Commons in a useful manner. This User has never abused any accounts, has never vandalized any articles or images, and intends to continue as a productive member of the Wikipedia Community. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mantracat (talk • contribs) " Decline reason: "Abusive unblock request. This sock is confirmed on Commons via CU. INeverCry 03:43, 15 January 2014 (UTC)" Administrators: This template should be removed when the block has expired.

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Note to reviewing CU / admin - this is almost word-for-word the identical unblock request that the Lawline socks have made across multiple accounts at WP. Thus the user's very denial of the abuses and assertions of good faith betrays the puppetry. See, by way of example, en:User_talk:Tulipart or en:User_talk:Mantracat. It is also worth noting that the user has filed this unblock request for this puppet account while at the very same time declaring on the remaining unblocked puppet's Talk page that only one account is needed. JohnInDC (talk) 02:46, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

@JohnInDc has been very virulent in Wikipedia English accusing "Lawline socks" to the point of obsessiveness and a "witch hunt", even though no harm was ever caused. Networks share a single IP address, and any network may be shared by several family members, co-workers, friends, strangers, etc. Additional Wikipedia accounts are preferable for network sharing.Mantracat (talk) 05:11, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

• This account, and What88 were blocked on Commons for being socks of Tredgert, not Lawline. The sock accusation is confirmed by CU at ENWP, and endorsed by discussion between CUs at Commons. As actions on ENWP hold no weight here, this unblock request is completely invalid, it does not address the issue of abusing multiple accounts here, and Tredgert is not blocked and free to be used. Liamdavies (talk) 06:06, 14 January 2014 (UTC)