Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/Fact check

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Fact check


Fact check is a new user who immediately began removing any text with a attached. I find it remarkable that a new user would know to create a purpose specific name and from the get-go be enforcing a tiny part of policy without having a history here first. On the assumption that this was just a purpose specific account created by another user, I requested on his/her talk page that the user mention who they used to be/what their other ID is. The user has been cagey, asking why I need to know. Perhaps it's a completely innocent purpose driven account, but I'm beginning to wonder if it's possible that this user might be someone coming back as a new ID to sharpen a WP:POINT about verifiability. If a casual CU is possible, it would be nice to verify that this is not someone who is currently under censure. - C HAIRBOY (☎) 23:39, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

I've indentified the operator of the account, but as he's a user in good standing I'm not going to take any action. Mackensen (talk) 23:56, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Mackensen! That's all I wanted to know.  Regards, C HAIRBOY  (☎) 01:18, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

This sounds like fishing. -- zero faults   ' '' 01:06, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I'll be the judge of that, thank you very much. Mackensen (talk) 14:05, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Your welcome. --User:Zer0faults 01:10, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

How did you, in your decision come away with a conclusion that the user was not failing "Avoiding scrutiny from other editors" from WP:SOCK. If they were doing this to avoid comments to their main user about the WP:V policy as interpreted by those who placed the tags then they may be violating legitimate uses of sock puppets. Ans e ll 05:38, 12 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Sorry, my bad. Did not realise the user had already been blocked for an inappropriate user name. Ans e ll  05:44, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

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