Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Improve2009

The following discussion is an archived debate of the case of suspected sockpuppetry. Please do not modify it. No further edits should be made to this page. All edits should go to the talk page of this case. If you are seeing this page as a result of an attempt to open a new case of sockpuppetry of the same user, read this for detailed instructions.

User:Improve2009

Suspected sockpuppeteer

Improve2009 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)

Suspected sockpuppets

Fixedit1980 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)
76.121.222.248 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)

Report submission by

Scjessey (talk) 19:11, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

Evidence

Identical edits to various articles. Examples include:

• Barry Bonds: diff by puppeteer, diff by puppet
• Barack Obama: diff by puppeteer, diff by puppet
• Mariah Carey: diff by puppeterr, diff by puppet
• Chris Matthews: diff by puppeteer, diff by puppet
• Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: diff by puppeteer, diff by puppet

Comments

User also uses IPs to edit. This one, for example. I know user has edited under other IPs, as well. Tomdobb (talk) 14:32, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

One of the issues is that the user is using different accounts to edit war, as well. See Barry Bonds and the edit history there. Enigma ^message 04:42, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

I was asked to look into this. Checkuser says  Confirmed, as well as:

1. Okay2009 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

- Alison ^❤ 07:25, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

Based on a careful analysis of the contribution logs, it is clear that all three are the same person. I state this without proof, but I will provide details if requested.

I do not think it is acceptable to edit biographies of living persons using multiple accounts. This user must choose one account, and if he won't choose, we'll choose for him. I am not willing to allow users to use multiple accounts when editing BLPs such as those listed above: this was what got Privatemusings in trouble, and his mistakes should not be repeated. I don't mean to pick on Privatemusings, whom I greatly respect, but if we can learn anything from his case, it's abundantly clear that sockpuppets on BLPs are a recipe for trouble even if no explicit abuse has been demonstrated. Yechiel (Shalom) 04:22, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

It is clear that this individual is using sock puppetry to make repeated, and often tendentious edits to WP:BLP articles as a way of getting around WP:3RR. The violations continue despite warnings at all corresponding talk pages. -- Scjessey (talk) 17:49, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

Conclusions

• Sockpuppeter and socks, indef-blocked. ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 18:48, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

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