Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/Brian Reddyb

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Brian Reddyb



 * Code letter: C, F
 * Supporting evidence: (compare against, , , , , , ), Siteban, Brian Reddyb block log
 * Code letter: C, F
 * Supporting evidence: (compare against, , , , , , ), Siteban, Brian Reddyb block log
 * Code letter: C, F
 * Supporting evidence: (compare against, , , , , , ), Siteban, Brian Reddyb block log
 * Code letter: C, F
 * Supporting evidence: (compare against, , , , , , ), Siteban, Brian Reddyb block log
 * Code letter: C, F
 * Supporting evidence: (compare against, , , , , , ), Siteban, Brian Reddyb block log

Brian Reddyb is a confirmed long-term sock puppeteer, hoax perpetrator, and community-banned user; a list of all socks used until 2008-02-15 is available here. I eventually blanked the list in the spirit of WP:DENY; however, this has not deterred the vandal. The accounts listed above are the socks Reddyb has used since then; all, except for QuintessentialReddy, have already been blocked indefinitely. In two recent posts to my talk page, Reddyb has declared that he has again perpetrated several "Brian Reddyb Coups" – his terminology for planting derivations of his name into various articles (see here for a listing from last year, from which most of the diffs above are taken). Today I uncovered this "coup", which had already gone unnoticed for around ten days.

My opinion is that a checkuser should be run in order to identify and list all socks (other than the above) which have been used by this vandal. Firstly, it would allow them to be blocked en masse, and secondly, it would facilitate the reversion of the subtle vandalism without having to undertake tedious investigation. Ayla (talk) 23:03, 1 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Clarification: A checkuser is not being requested to confirm any of the accounts listed above (they are already obvious), but only to unearth new ones. Thanks. Ayla (talk) 23:08, 1 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Ugh! Brian Reddy was a pest when I started on WP four years back. Can't believe he's still at it! - A l is o n  ❤ 03:34, 2 March 2008 (UTC)


 * ✅ - the following:




 * - hardblocked, for quite a long time. He'd been using a corporate gateway for a lot of his vandalism - A l is o n  ❤ 03:41, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Surprisingly, no vandalism appears to have been performed by the newly-exposed socks. Ayla (talk) 14:30, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
 * All socks have been blocked and tagged. Icestorm815  •  Talk  21:45, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Reopening case



The above sock, which apparently was missed during the last checkuser which was created some 20 hours after the last checkuser, has contacted me again:,. Could you please run a scan on this account too? Regarding the hardblock – keep in mind that this vandal most likely has a dynamic IP; see the old list. Ayla (talk) 22:53, 2 March 2008 (UTC)


 * - no other socks ... yet. This editor is also using a /16 range from a popular Irish ISP. As it happens, another banned editor is being abusive on that range, so if this persists, a short /16 rangeblock AO/ACB might be the thing to do - A l is o n  ❤ 01:50, 3 March 2008 (UTC)


 * OK, thanks. I'm starting to doubt whether there really are any other "coups". Since a /16 range is rather wide, I'll refrain from relisting for now unless the situation gets out of hand. Ayla (talk) 09:53, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Brian Reddyb





 * Code letter: F.

Weekscrazy has been removing content from the discussion which led to the sock puppeteer's ban. Reddysteddybrekky, apart from having a similar username to the sock puppeteer, has vandalised FM104 (an article also edited by Weekscrazy) and sought to introduce a paragraph of questionable notability. The newly-registered Onetwothreefourfivesixseveneightnineteneleventwelve would soon afterwards re-format the paragraph. CounterFX 17:30, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
 * ✅ --jpgordon&#8711;&#8710;&#8711;&#8710; 22:11, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks. CounterFX 23:05, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
 * For reference: Fm104 is also part of the latest wave of accounts targeting the FM104 article, performing an identical act of vandalism as Reddysteddybrekky (compare and ). The connection is obvious, so no further checkuser is necessary. CounterFX 15:12, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Brian Reddyb





 * Code letter: F.

Brian Reddyb and Chiefofmsiss have recently been banned on basis of compelling evidence of sock puppetry and elaborate hoaxes (refer to discussions on Talk:Rednex; for a concise demonstrative sample of the disruptive edits, see and ). Sanchezsteamer was also banned on grounds of high probability of involvement (see ).

Request for checkuser is intended to conclusively confirm Sanchezsteamer's involvement in the hoax, and implicate Chiefofmsiss1. Also request admin to ban Chiefofmsiss1 and block the creation IP if the checkuser result is affirmative. CounterFX 22:57, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
 * ✅ for Brian R and Chiefofmsiss. Chiefofmsiss1 is kinda obvious. Sanchezsteamer feels like a neighbor or something. --jpgordon&#8711;&#8710;&#8711;&#8710; 04:43, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Copy that.Affirmative. Over Chiefofmsiss1 08:50, 4 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks Chiefofmsiss1. Can someone kindly effect the ban now? CounterFX 13:12, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

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