Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Darknipples

Darknipples

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24 January 2015

– This SPI case is open.

Suspected sockpuppets

• 162.119.231.132 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · spi block · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))

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The IP address who had their first edit on 22 December 2014 posted a long WP:AE case about Mike Searson and Lightbreather. The request has diffs dating back from 2013 and it is easily seen that the IP is not new to Wikipedia. The request itself has almost been like written on behalf of Lightbreather, detailing the conduct of Mike Searson towards LB.

The IP however likely isn't LB. The IP's editing pattern is strongly connected to Gun show loophole controversy like Darknipples'. The user interaction tool reveals [1] three different user talkpages which both Darknipples and the IP have edited: User talk:Mike Searson, User talk:Lightbreather and User talk:Anastrophe. The interaction at Anastrophe's is especially curious: Darknipples has thanked the user before for gun related edit and the IP later asked advice about GA related to gun articles. On Talk:Gun show loophole controversy#Past Controversies Section, Darknipples has made a new section where the IP responds Scalhotrod but Darknipples does not.

The IP filing the AE request "on behalf of" Lightbreather can be explained with that Lightbreather and Darknipples seem to be wikifriends (Darknipples' talkpage history) and they have worked together on the Gun show loophole controversy article. In a previous SPI Lightbreather was accused to be Darknipples, but I think it's more likely that they're wikifriends. --Pudeo' 07:23, 24 January 2015 (UTC)

This is a crazy conspiracy theory masked as a sockpuppet allegation. Even the briefest glance at our editing shows Darknipple is a very different editor, even if we share some interests or POVs. 162.119.231.132 (talk) 00:03, 25 January 2015 (UTC)

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@Pudeo: Did you notify Darknipples that you've started an SPI against them? Lightbreather (talk) 21:29, 24 January 2015 (UTC)

No, I did not. It's not in the "How to open an investigation" procedure at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations nor is there apparently a pre-coded message template for it. I believe opening this pinged the editor, however. --Pudeo' 22:20, 24 January 2015 (UTC)

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