Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Korea4one (2nd)

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:Korea4one

Suspected sockpuppeteer

Korea4one (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)

Suspected sockpuppets

Bostonkp (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)
Bostonprofessor (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)
Americanprofessor (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)

Less sure about the following three, as they have no edits yet
Bostonceltictiger (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)
Bostonceltic (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)
Bostonbagle (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)

Report submission by

cab (talk) 13:33, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Evidence

The new accounts named above were all created on April 13, a little more than a day after the last sockpuppetry case was closed; Bostonkp at around 10 AM (UTC), and the Americanprofessor, Bostonprofessor, Bostonbagle, Bostontiger, and Bostonceltictiger all in 5 minutes between 10:15 and 10:20. Here's the the account creation log from around that time [1].

All the accounts above which have made edits show the same characteristics as the bunch of socks blocked due to the first case Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Korea4one

1. Makes inflated claims for the number of Koreans, number of speakers of Korean language, etc. without sources
2. Tries to downplay the influence of China or Japan and claim everything has a Korean origin
3. Never signs talk page posts, and always adds at the top of sections instead of the bottom

Americanprofessor has five edits. On April 10, someone using the nickname "Americanprofessor" also started posting at the Korea Times message board (where you'll also find the nicknames "Korea4one", "Bostonliberal" and "Bostonasia") [2].

1. Complaining about another editor's opinion that Chinese immigration had more influence on Japan than Korean immigration at Talk:Kofun period [3]
2. Claiming that the Hata clan are of Korean origin and discounting Chinese or Jewish origin theories at Talk:Hata clan [4]
3. Twice posting on Talk:List of languages by number of native speakers claiming that the number of speakers of Korean should be 88 million [5][6]
4. Increasing the population figure on the Koreans article without citing any source [7]

Bostonkp only has one edit to date, but given what it was (an unsigned post on Talk:Korean language claiming that the number of speakers of Korean needs to be updated [8]) combined with his user name and time of account creation, it seems to me that he's also the same guy.

Bostonprofessor also only has one edit (an unsigned post on Talk:Japanese language claiming that the number of speakers of Japanese was too high [9]); unsurprisingly, this nickname also shows up at the Korea Times message board [10], and seems to be using the same ISP as Americanprofessor.

Comments

Conclusions

The three socks with edits have been indefinitely blocked. The others - well, can't say until they edit. _GB^T/C 09:09, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

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