Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/173.21.221.97/Archive

Report date December 10 2009, 13:12 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets

173.28.179.171 undid a clean-up of vandalism at 173.21.221.97 here. I can't think of any reason they'd be on that page if they weren't the same person. Thejadefalcon Sing your song The bird's seeds 13:12, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Evidence submitted by Thejadefalcon Sing your song The bird's seeds


 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.


 * Comments by other users


 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments


 * Being the same person using different IPs is not definitive of sockpuppetry. It is obviously the same person, but depending on how they edit, they may have little to no control over their IP address, so they may not be intentionally using multiple IPs.  So, are these two IPs the same person, almost certainly.  Is this sockpuppetry, doubtful.  -- Jayron  32  16:28, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Good point. I'd forgotten about dynamic IPs, sorry. Never mind, then. However, since the first IP is still blocked, is a block of the second within policy? -- Thejadefalcon Sing your song The bird's seeds 16:44, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
 * From my opinion, if the second IP shows behavior which makes it likely that the two are used by the same person, blocking the second would be fully justified, since blocks are meant to apply to a person, usually. You would need to also show that the person is active at that IP, or likely to return to it during the length of the intended block.  If the same person used the prior IP for a long time, then a long block of the second may be in order.  If he's jumping rapidly between IPs every few hours, then a month-long block would be pointless.  -- Jayron  32  20:23, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Right now, the second IP only has two edits, but the first IP was used by the guy for quite a while. -- Thejadefalcon Sing your song The bird's seeds 20:28, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
 * IN that case, lets just watch the situation to see what happens. If he returns at either of these IPs, we can react.  If he does nothing, then we have to do nothing. -- Jayron  32  21:06, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Will do. -- Thejadefalcon Sing your song The bird's seeds 21:08, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

I'm definitely banking that he's not coming back to any of these IPs anytime soon. It's been about 2 days since the 2nd IP has edited. MuZemike 07:08, 12 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Conclusions