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-=====<big>20 April 2012</big>=====
-;Suspected sockpuppets
-* {{checkuser|1=GarnetAndBlack}}
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-*[http://toolserver.org/~betacommand/cgi-bin/uc?uc=ViperNerd User compare report] <small>''Auto-generated every hour.''</small>
-ViperNerd blocked for using multiple accounts on 4 August 2009. GarnetAndBlack account created 31 August 2009. ViperNerd had ownership issues with just about anything to do with south Carolina. As does GarnetAndBlack. Editor Interaction Analyzer shows G&B taking up right were ViperNerd left off[http://toolserver.org/~snottywong/cgi-bin/editorinteract.cgi?user1=GarnetAndBlack&user2=ViperNerd&ns=none&startdate=&enddate=] Intersect Contribs shows a great deal of overlap of SC articles[http://toolserver.org/~pietrodn/intersectContribs.php?wikiDb=enwiki_p&firstUser=ViperNerd&secondUser=GarnetAndBlack&sort=0] G&B edit summary"Retaliatory warning removed" [http://toolserver.org/~snottywong/cgi-bin/commentsearch.cgi?name=GarnetAndBlack&search=Retaliatory+&max=100&server=enwiki&ns=none]  ViperNerd edit summary [http://toolserver.org/~snottywong/cgi-bin/commentsearch.cgi?name=ViperNerd&search=Retaliatory+&max=100&ns=none]"Threat of retaliatory editing noted" G&B restores the official logo to this article[http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=University_of_South_Carolina&diff=prev&oldid=318368511] It was uploaded by ViperNerd and was also editwarred in by VP's IP socks[http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=University_of_South_Carolina&diff=prev&oldid=318354203] Use of quotation marks in edit summarys G&B[http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=University_of_South_Carolina&diff=prev&oldid=319504498][http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=South_Carolina_Gamecocks_football&diff=prev&oldid=337108672][http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Carolina%E2%80%93Clemson_rivalry&diff=prev&oldid=464905930] VP same style[http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=User_talk:ViperNerd&diff=prev&oldid=305957678][http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Eurofighter_Typhoon&diff=prev&oldid=301588393][http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=User_talk:ViperNerd&diff=prev&oldid=305954148][http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Carolina%E2%80%93Clemson_rivalry&diff=prev&oldid=464905930] [[User:Darkness Shines|Darkness Shines]] ([[User talk:Darkness Shines|talk]]) 17:22, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
-*The more I look into this the weirder it becomes. This also seems a little suspicious. G&B is involved with an IP[http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Clemson_Tigers_men%27s_basketball&diff=470576812&oldid=470508133] and reverts it over the logo. The IP reverts T&G again[http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Clemson_Tigers_men%27s_basketball&diff=next&oldid=470576812] which in turn is reverted by this IP[http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Clemson_Tigers_men%27s_basketball&diff=next&oldid=470699556] Perhaps you recognize it? As you blocked it as an IP of ViperNerd[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:129.252.69.40] [[User:Darkness Shines|Darkness Shines]] ([[User talk:Darkness Shines|talk]]) 21:05, 21 April 2012 (UTC)
-======<span style="font-size:150%">Comments by other users</span>======
-<small>''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See [[Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/SPI/Guidance#Defending yourself against claims|Defending yourself against claims]].''</small><br>
-My defense against this false accusation is the same as it was here[http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/ViperNerd&diff=prev&oldid=311302541] and here[http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/ViperNerd&diff=prev&oldid=317542939]. I started editing Wikipedia articles dealing with USC when I started school there back in Fall 2009, and that's used against me because one idiot got themselves banned almost a month before I began my editing career? All the "evidence" presented above is circumstantial (at best), and I'd appreciate not being compared with someone who was apparently only here to disrupt the project (I'm dealing with one person like that right now [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/ThomasC.Wolfe], and it's certainly not an enjoyable experience). Oh no, I used quotation marks around a word...looks like I've slipped up again. Seriously? I'm being asked to defend myself based on the punctuation and vocabulary I use? Is "retaliatory" really that much of an SAT word that only one person could ever use it on Wikipedia? Unreal. [[User:GarnetAndBlack|GarnetAndBlack]] ([[User talk:GarnetAndBlack|talk]]) 04:32, 21 April 2012 (UTC)
-'''Comment'''- Because [[User talk:MuZemike|MuZemike]], the aggravated editwarring and abusive behavior has continued.  I just had my actual IP published here and got harrassed, which was pretty distressing, all over one of this sockmaster's petty editwars. [[User:GarnetAndBlack]]/[[User:129.252.69.40]] / [[User:ViperNerd]] are all obviously the same user.  129.252.69.40 is one of the main "anonymous socks" and IPs that both username accounts have in common.  GarnetAndBlack / 129.252.69.40 have continued to editwar and revert in tandum the same exact content / sections after the sockmaster's ViperNerd account got blocked.  Here are just a few examples:
-* 1st diff: [http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Clemson_Tigers_football&diff=488121016&oldid=488120138] as GarnetAndBlack
-* 2nd diff: [http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Clemson_Tigers_football&diff=488119104&oldid=488118884] as GarnetAndBlack
-* 3rd diff: [http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Clemson_Tigers_football&diff=488117955&oldid=488117598] as GarnetAndBlack
-* 4th diff: [http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Clemson_Tigers_football&diff=387874434&oldid=387874200] as GarnetAndBlack
-* 5th diff: [http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Clemson_Tigers_football&diff=387666460&oldid=387660457] as GarnetAndBlack
-* 6th diff: [http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Clemson_Tigers_football&diff=387627832&oldid=387627004] as GarnetAndBlack
-* 7th diff: [http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Clemson_Tigers_football&diff=387624689&oldid=387624434] as 129.252.69.40
-* 8th diff: [http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Clemson_Tigers_football&diff=387613968&oldid=387602008] as 129.252.69.40
-* 9th diff: [http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Clemson_Tigers_football&diff=prev&oldid=387624689] as 129.252.69.40
-*10th diff: [http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Clemson_Tigers_football&diff=313254371&oldid=313243028] as 129.252.69.41
-*12th diff: [http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Clemson_Tigers_football&diff=314818216&oldid=314801762] as 129.252.69.41
-*13th diff: [http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Clemson_Tigers_football&diff=229276772&oldid=229275714] as ViperNerd
-*14th diff: [http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Clemson_Tigers_football&diff=245120917&oldid=245120811] as ViperNerd
-*15th diff: [http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Clemson_Tigers_football&diff=226186366&oldid=226180985] as ViperNerd
-*16th diff: [http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Clemson_Tigers_football&diff=224905306&oldid=224886521] as ViperNerd
-Pretty definitive.  Sock 129.252.69.40 finally got blocked again for edit warring by an administrator on February 17, 2012.  But the Sockmaster's named account has kept right on reverting and editwarring, and still over the same content on the same articles.  I wonder how many editors (and newcomers) have had to put up with his behavior on all of those pages combined by now.  [[User:ThomasC.Wolfe|ThomasC.Wolfe]] ([[User talk:ThomasC.Wolfe|talk]]) 10:09, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
-*'''Comment''' - no comment on the merit of the case from Darkness Shines, however, the diffs provided by ThomasC.Wolfe are not helping the cause - they don't even look too much alike. In fact, this seems to be a case of retalation by TCW for his own sockpuppet investigation, which frankly shows much better coinciding of diffs than these. I suggest ThomasC.Wolfe stay out of this discussion and avoid any further [[WP:BOOMERANG]]. [[User:Magog the Ogre|Magog the Ogre]] ([[User talk:Magog the Ogre|talk]]) 10:47, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
-:::In AGF, how about comments being directed toward the statistical data provided by Darkness Shines; that he spent his personal time researching and providing?  Given Garnet / 129.252.69.40 editwarring / sock history (the partial focus here), I could spend more time providing different diffs if you (or another admin) will take a look at them (there has been enough behavioral documentation elsewhere).  Where would you like for me to provide them?  And I only saw one diff on that other unmerited report (you mentioned here?) where I stepped in "to settle" an editwar continued by Garnet's sock 120.252.69.40 on January 11; I personally researched it & documented my research for other editors here [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Clemson_Tigers_men%27s_basketball], viewable by "anyone."  It's since been reverted back to sock 129.252.69.40 exact revert again by the username account.  Same pattern.  And note: I have had respect for you as an admin-- I have also tried talking to you before on your own talk page; [[WP:HOUND]] (by the garnet sock there as well).  Where would you prefer?
-::Other than edit warring using his own string of IP socks[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/ThomasC.Wolfe], retaliatory reporting is all ThomasC.Wolfe seems to be here for[http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/GarnetAndBlack&diff=prev&oldid=488311037][http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Edit_warring&diff=prev&oldid=488151414][http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/GarnetAndBlack&diff=prev&oldid=470900779], this user's contributions page is an embarrassment to the project. Also, given what has recently happened[http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Darkness_Shines&diff=488888458&oldid=488652921][http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Darkness_Shines&diff=488893762&oldid=488889570] to the editor that filed this baseless SPI, I'd respectfully request that this report be closed ASAP. Thanks. [[User:GarnetAndBlack|GarnetAndBlack]] ([[User talk:GarnetAndBlack|talk]]) 16:42, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
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-Looking at [[Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/ViperNerd/Archive#Report date September 1 2009, 12:53 (UTC)]] and [[Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/ViperNerd/Archive#Report date October 2 2009, 18:06 (UTC)]], how is this current case going to possibly yield any different results (knowing that I made the call 3 years ago that GarnetAndBlack was not a sock). --[[User talk:MuZemike|MuZemike]] 20:15, 21 April 2012 (UTC)
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