Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/173.54.237.167/Archive

Evidence submitted by NatGertler
On TALK:Shocker Toys, user stated "I will not even sign into my account here as I do not want to be that involved in the whole thing except to show you that wiki articles should have a nice un-bias view." As such, I do not know who this is a sock puppet of, merely that puppetry appears to be being used (states he has an account, but is not using it), inappropriate under the standard of WP:SCRUTINY. User is involved in edit warring on Shocker Toys. IP account is an SPA; edits to other pages are all in regards to Shocker Toys. Nat Gertler (talk) 23:37, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Comments by accused parties
See Defending yourself against claims.

Comments by other users
It is in general legitimate to edit without logging in. WP:SCRUTINY is about alternate accounts to "confuse and deceive". Is there evidence of deception here? Is it alleged that the IP address is also editing the article under a username, for example? If not, plain old edit warring is not an SPI matter. Rhomb (talk) 07:31, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Fair 'nuff. I was seeing the phrasing about not wanting to be involved in it as not wanting his account involved, which would seem to me to match the concept of "avoiding scrutiny", but that in itself does not show intent to confuse or deceive. Not sure how I withdraw the investigation, if that need be done. - Nat Gertler (talk) 12:17, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments
Requested by Nat Gertler (talk) 23:37, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

– First off, this sounds too much like a fishing request. Secondly, after looking at the history of Shocker Toys, any of the suspected socks would probably be as the last such SPA I see edited about 4 months. –MuZemike 01:56, 12 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Closing per MuZemike. Nathan  T 21:33, 13 January 2010 (UTC)