Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/98E

98E (January 2008)

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I can't help but see a striking similarity between the editing habits of banned User:98E and the currently active User:Rappingwonders. This report is not meant to be an "attack" on Rappingwonders but it's to ensure 98E isn't evading a ban. The bold headings state the similar editing patterns. Spellcast (talk) 02:25, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Uploading images of these musicians and their song covers

T-Pain
 * From User:98E: Image:Tpainjam.jpg


 * From User:Rappingwonders: Image:Tpaincropped.png, Image:T-Pain Rappa Ternt Sanga.jpg, Image:Buyuadrank.jpg, Image:Bartendervinyl.jpg, Image:Rappaterntback.jpg

Akon
 * From User:98E: Image:Akon.PNG, Image:Akon Image.jpg, Image:Akon CD Mr Lonely.jpg.
 * From User:Rappingwonders: Image:Akon2007.jpg, Image:Akonperforms.jpg, Image:Akonghettoback.jpg, Image:Akon-SmackThat.jpg, Image:AkonTrouble.jpg, Image:Troubledeluxe.jpg

50 Cent:
 * From User:98E: Image:50cent.JPEG, Image:50 Cent Performing.jpeg


 * From User:Rappingwonders: Image:50centcropped.png

If it's a picture of the musician, they add a caption in this format: " performing".


 * From User:98E:


 * From User:Rappingwonders: See the captions of any image at Possibly unfree images/2008 January 27.

Claiming to have taken questionably free images
 * From User:98E: ,


 * From User:Rappingwonders:, ,

Requesting images be resized to 150px: ,

Editing images using MS Paint: ,

Creating or editing categories by adding a fair-use image gallery
 * From User:98E: created Category:Images of living people in music videos and Category:Crash Bandicoot images


 * From User:Rappingwonders: created Category:Images of rappers

Both revert the first time someone adds a " __nogallery__ " tag to nonfree image categories.,

Both know a " __nogallery__ " tag is added to categories if all images are nonfree.,

Both say it's ok to remove the " __nogallery__ " tag if one image is free.,

Similar userpages
 * Both claim to be born in 1987.,


 * Both claim to like hip hop, R&B, pop, South Park, Family Guy, Pokemon, and Tony Hawk video games.,, . Also note User:79Bottles' userpage (a sock of 98E) showing Image:Thugbox.jpg with a caption saying "Cover of my favourite video game."


 * User:79Bottles said his favorite song is "Give It to Me" by Timbaland. User:Rappingwonders' first edit was uploading that song's cover.

Similar style of headings and sentences in userpage
 * From User:98E: "Free use images I like"


 * From User:Rappingwonders: "Songs I think should be on NOW 27" or "Articles about albums or singles I've helped by uploading their cover image or uploading a lower resolution cover",


 * From User:Super48 (sock of 98E): "Above is a list of pages I've reverted in the last 24 hours, and the time of reverting".

Continually creating similar-style redirects
 * From User:98E: 1, 2, 3, 4.


 * From User:Rappingwonders: 1, 2, 3, 4.

Possible vandalism

User:98E was obviously disruptive. One of his suspected socks, User:PitOfBristol1973, edited Lindsay Lohan with a false edit summary. This could be compared to these series of diffs by User:RappingWonders on Sean Kingston (both could've purposely used a false edit summary to add possible vandalism).

Regarding RappingWonders' first edits, it's unusual for a newbie to be familiar with adding fair-use rationales. I don't want to accuse an unrelated person but the last thing we want is 98E to be active. Spellcast (talk) 02:25, 30 January 2008 (UTC)


 * verging on based on identical ISP and similar geographical location. Dmcdevit·t 05:34, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
 * If there's no other comments, I'll block the likely sock. I can give more evidence if anyone wants, but I think those diffs are adequate enough. Especially with the ISP and location, this can't be a massive coincidence from two unrelated people. Spellcast (talk) 15:17, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I've blocked the account. I would've waited longer but another user tagged Rappingwonders' user page with a sock tag. He still would've been blocked either way. Spellcast (talk) 15:46, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

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98E





 * Code letter: F

I see many similarities between the edits made by this person and those done by 98E and his various sockpuppets. Tweeks Coffee 13:49, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
 * where is the relevant ArbCom case? --ST47 Talk 13:51, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
 * My apologies, this should be an "F" code, I changed it to reflect that. Tweeks Coffee 14:07, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
 * We need diffs from the edit similarities. ~   Wi ki  her mit  20:15, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

 Voice -of- All  04:28, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

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