Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Spitzer19
- 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.
- Suspected sockpuppeteer
Spitzer19 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)
- Suspected sockpuppets
Reazzurro90 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)
Ssavelan (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)
72.150.18.157 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) as an anon
- Report submission by
BigHairRef | Talk 07:05, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
- Evidence
- 1. edit warring deletion by Spitzer19
- 2. edit warring deletion and POV by Spitzer19
- 3. edit warring deletion by Spitzer19
- 4. edit warring deletion by Spitzer19
- 5. Identical edit warring shortly after by "Reazzurro90"
- 6. Continuation of identical edit warring by "Reazzurro90"
- 7. Continuation of identical edit warring by "Reazzurro90"
- 8. Continuation of identical edit warring by anon
- 9. Continuation of identical edit warring by anon
- Comments
- Allged puppetmaster was recently blocked for edit warring on a similar page (New Force (Italy)). On a brief view the puppetmaster appears to dispute consensus as to validity of sources. Personally some of the sources seem a little 'dodgy' but the general consensus was to reliability.
- A recent checkuser suggested that there may not be a link between the usernames but that an anon IP may be related. The IP named comes from a dynamic source and therefore I suspect the checkuser may have revealed similar as as such had to come out as a negative. This is only my opinion and Thatcher may be able to provide more information.
- Edit summaries in edit warring on Neo-Nazism very similar to one another.
- I do not believe the user flouted the block placed by using either IP or user names. BigHairRef | Talk 07:22, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
- Conclusions
- I suspect that it would be highly coincidental for for three users to use such similar edit summaries in articles where edit waring took place and additionally each additional user made only two edits :before they stopped and they haven't been used since. I believe in this case the puppeteer clearly tried to avoid the 3RR by using anons and other usernames.BigHairRef | Talk 07:22, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
- The answer at Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/Spitzer19 was unrelated because these users are on different ISPs in different cities that are some distance apart. This does not rule out some type of coordination, but it is very unlikely they could be the same person. Thatcher 12:10, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
- So, what's the reason of lying about this person??? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.24.31.122 (talk) 21:56, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
- Conclusions from closing administrator
Unlikely. After reviewing the material provided, it is clear that insufficient evidence is present, linking the accounts in questions to a single individual. Whilst I will not rule out meat puppetry, off-Wiki co-ordination, or a common ground with regards to disruptive intent, I cannot block the accounts for sock puppetry on the basis of the evidence cited. I would encourage supervision of the situation at Neo-Nazism, however, to ensure that disruption does not exceed reasonable levels; WP:RFPP and WP:AN may be utilised to request administrator intervention in the future.
—AGK § 19:18, 22 March 2008 (UTC)