Param3ter2.1

KPopHtr sockpuppet investigation

Oshwah, I have created a new account to explain myself here. Param3ter2 and KPopHtr are both my accounts; see timeline and explanation below. No association with Snoopidood.

1. I saw the author of the HuffPost reporting tweet about the Brian Gallagher Wikipedia page.

2. I went to Brian Gallagher looked at the edit history and noticed accounts with seeming COI both adding false and overly detailed information and removing all information.

3. One of these accounts which was created right before their first edits was KPopLvr.

They [incorrectly stated] that Gallagher was the former CEO when he had not yet resigned and reverted this edit several times.

They cited links to HuffPost reporting on the subject which had been filed to Politics by that outlet itself calling into the question the objectivity of the reporting rather than links to neutral AP.

4. Another ip user 96.241.164.97 was located in Alexandria, VA and was removing all mention of the reporting. This seems likely to be someone associated with United Way Worldwide.

5. I created KPopHtr in response to this biased back-and-forth to try keep true and necessary info. My [first edit] was to update the language so that it didn't misleadingly seem that Gallagher was accused of sexual harassment.

6. I created another account, Param3ter2. In case I wanted to use it to continue editing other Wikipedia articles I didn't want it to have been created in response to a particular account as KPopHtr was. This experience has definitely made me more interested in helping to ensure neutrality on articles and I want to help with that once this is resolved.

With this account I [clarified] that allegations against Gallagher were of retaliation in response to alleged sexual harassment claims against others.

In my [next edit] over a month later I removed the detail on the allegations, but left the AP links cited in the line about the resignation. This is because there had been no additional reporting on the matter and no determination by the EEOC that retaliation actually occurred. I also [updated a citation] that was no longer working as it pointed to an internal United Way page about the CEO.

7. I will admit that I did then get into an edit war with Ew3234 who not only restored my prior version that had been up for a month with an appropriate level of detail, but also added unnecessary detail in the form of [the exact dates] of announcing resignation and of the resignation, links to political reporting, and [quotations] from only one individual associated with the claims, Lisa Bowman.

8. My account Param3ter2 was then blocked, but I didn't feel comfortable letting Ew3234's version stand.

I began editing with KPopHtr again and decided to take a different approach of [adding even more detail] since if Lisa Bowman was quoted and mentioned then perhaps the nature of her allegations should as well.

These edits seem to have been reported by Ew3234 and I decided to calmly discuss with them on the Brian Gallagher talk page.

While we did eventually reach a consensus to leave the information relevant to Gallagher on that page and add more detail on the United Way Worldwide page their tone was very argumentative and in their [last comment] they noted that they used to work at a local United Way ~16 years ago. During this time Gallagher was the CEO at United Way of America so it's not unreasonable to think that Ew3234 may have a vested interest here.

To further support that, the Ew3234 account was only created last year and while they have edited other articles they have spent a disproportionate amount of time on the United Way Worldwide and Brian Gallagher pages.

Even yesterday, their [edit to the Brian Gallagher page] that got reverted was made because they [updated the language] in the EEOC Claims section header that I added to the United Way Worldwide page to make it more salacious and tried to link to it on the citations for Brian Gallagher page.

To conclude, I want to move on from this but did want to provide the whole back story. Param3ter2.1 (talk) 15:15, 24 April 2021 (UTC)

I was tagged here (maybe unintentionally). I don't feel the need to respond but happy to do so if an admin or Oshwah expects/requests a response. Ew3234 (talk) 23:33, 24 April 2021 (UTC)

Ew3234 I did intend to tag you since you reported me and continue to edit the articles in question. Tagging Oshwah as well. Param3ter2.1 (talk) 02:29, 25 April 2021 (UTC)

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Block notice

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for abusing multiple accounts as a sockpuppet of User:KPopHtr per the evidence presented at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/KPopHtr. 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.

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Please do not create new accounts to get around a block on a previous account. If you wish to request reconsideration of your block, you should instead do so using your main account—you should still be able to use it to edit the account's own user talk page. Mz7 (talk) 03:29, 25 April 2021 (UTC)