Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/TyrusThomas4lyf (4th)

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User:TyrusThomas4lyf

Suspected sockpuppeteer

TyrusThomas4lyf (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)

Suspected sockpuppets

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

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Myasuda 01:12, 2 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Evidence

User TyrusThomas4lyf was been blocked indefinitely in May for repeated personal attacks and edit warring, after numerous warnings and attempts to mediate. For a summary of this user's past behavior, see the RFC and his talk page User talk:TyrusThomas4lyf. This same user has also edited under the aliases IlliniPride and 68.253.206.119 in the past, as noted at [1] (see section "Problematic edits by IlliniPride / 68.253.206.119 / TyrusThomas4lyf"). Since his block, he has repeatedly attempted to subvert the block as demonstrated in Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/TyrusThomas4lyf, Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/TyrusThomas4lyf (2nd) and Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/TyrusThomas4lyf (3rd).

This time, he has used the IP address 75.34.18.170. Evidence that 75.34.18.170 is a sock-puppet for TyrusThomas4lyf include not only this user's editing of the same selection of articles (see e.g. [2], [3], [4], [5], and [6] (in this history, he edited under IlliniPride)), but also the introduction of the same edits in TyrusThomas4lyf's very distinctive multiple-edit per contribution style. Some examples include the following:

Only person to object to Baylor's inclusion on List of National Basketball Association top individual scoring season averages: [7] and [8] (both from TyrusThomas4lyf) and [9] (from 75.34.18.170).
Only person to insist upon insertion of starting center trivia in List of National Basketball Association players with 60 or more points in a game: [10] (from TyrusThomas4lyf) and [11] (from 75.34.18.170).
Continuation of edit war with User:Zodiiak in List of career achievements by Dwyane Wade: [12] (from 75.31.237.66 — sock-puppet of TyrusThomas4lyf per User:75.31.237.66 and Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/TyrusThomas4lyf (3rd)) and [13] (from 75.34.18.170).
Removal of the very same sourced 76ers information: [14] (from 68.253.206.119 -- a known alias for User talk:TyrusThomas4lyf), [15] (from Hoopsknowledge -- sock-puppet for TyrusThomas4lyf), and [16] (from 75.34.18.170)

Comments: Please see [17] β^_command 05:31, 2 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've looked at points 1 and 2 by Myasuda, as well as the general editing patterns with help from Betacommand's tool. The evidence is very strong. I'm not sure how long the IP should be blocked (not that I could block anyway; I'm not an admin), but if it's a static IP, one to two weeks seems about right. Shalom (Hello • Peace) 17:28, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. It's definately a sockpuppet of TyrusThomas4lyf, though I am not an admin. Zodiiak 14:25, 5 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The delay in acting on this sock-puppetry case has resulted in greatly emboldening this blocked user. It is taking more and more time to keep his edit-warring in check. The only benefit of this delay is that it provides additional evidence collection opportunities. Myasuda 01:28, 8 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Things have been progressively slower on Wikipedia. Any reports, submissions, cases, or even good article nominations take a lot of patience. Zodiiak 04:35, 8 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Conclusions

Looks pretty clear that the IP is User:TyrusThomas4lyf. I've blocked the IP, but suggest consultation from an admin more experienced with range blocks than myself to see (1) how big the range would be and (2) whether it would be worthwhile to block it. -- Samir 00:30, 9 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've been asked to comment on the range blocks. It's probably difficult because it's a large US provider (Southwestern Bell) with large ranges of dynamic IPs, so you'd probably get massive collateral damage. You'd have to block several /20 ranges, I haven't checked how many exactly the ISP has, but it's a lot. Fut.Perf. ☼ 05:36, 9 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]