User talk:The Rambling Man/IPs

76.189.110.167
Hi,

Subsequent to the second closure of Sockpuppet investigations/76.189.110.167, I have been analyzing this set of contributions. The following set may be related IP addresses:


 * 76.189.108.102 Cleveland 25 August to 2 September
 * 76.189.110.167 Cleveland 18 August to 24 August
 * 76.189.114.163 Cleveland 8 August to 13 August
 * 76.189.114.243 Cleveland 25 July to 29 July
 * 76.189.98.33 Cleveland 20 July to 22 July
 * 76.189.98.15 Cleveland 10 July to 20 July

The last or oldest of these is the IP address posted on User:The Rambling Man/IPs, which is what brings me here.

Additional diffs:


 * The point of this diff is that a RoadRunner account has been blocked for being a "sock farm".
 * , "Sock farm" block reviewed by the former administrator.


 * 76.189.124.199 reports that users in this IP range, "My internet provider automatically changes my IP every so often..." The point of this diff is that it indicates a possible, but unconfirmed, mechanism by which IP addresses in this block-range change.

Relevant diffs, *, *, *, *, *User_talk:Mark_Arsten/Archive_the_seventh.

WP:SOCK states, "Do not use multiple accounts to mislead, deceive, or disrupt..." "Inappropriate uses of alternative accounts" states, "Avoiding scrutiny: Using alternative accounts that are not fully and openly disclosed to split your editing history means that other editors may not be able to detect patterns in your contributions. While this is permitted in certain circumstances (see legitimate uses), it is a violation of this policy to create alternative accounts to confuse or deceive editors who may have a legitimate interest in reviewing your contributions".

Please review. Thank you, Unscintillating (talk) 16:05, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
 * I suggest you take all this evidence to WP:SPI. I'm not a checkuser on English Wikipedia, so I can't really investigate more than you already have.  Sorry about that.  The Rambling Man (talk) 19:57, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
 * As I said in the first sentence above, I've already been to WP:SPI. WP:SPI is interpreting WP:SOCK to mean that dynamic IP users are a protected class of editor.  As for checkuser, I was not aware of any reason for a checkuser, but then that had been the first time I'd brought an issue to WP:SPI.  Why do you have this IP address on this User Page?  Thanks, Unscintillating (talk) 23:13, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
 * I spotted the IP editing a number of articles on my watchlist with a clear idea of what he/she was doing. Suspicious.  I also disagree that IP editors are protected, we have a persistent vandal who is site-banned (User:Richard Daft) who habitually changes IP addresses, each time they are blocked on sight and all edits reverted. The Rambling Man (talk) 08:07, 3 September 2012 (UTC)