Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/24.15.125.234/Archive

Report date June 19 2009, 14:35 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets

Editing Multiregional origin of modern humans. blocked for vandalism and edit warring within an hour 76.16.176.166 appeared to edit similar articles
 * Evidence submitted by Wapondaponda


 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.


 * Comments by other users


 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments


 * Conclusions

Both geolocate to Romeoville, Illinois, and with the behaviour, this is an open-and-shut case. Both have been blocked for 55 hours. Peter Symonds ( talk ) 15:46, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

Report date August 25 2009, 09:04 (UTC)
Previous sockpuppetry case is at Sockpuppet investigations/24.15.125.234/Archive
 * Suspected sockpuppets


 * Evidence submitted by Muntuwandi

This user is known for edit warring, disruptive editing and POV pushing theories of multiregional evolution as evidenced by numerous complaints at User talk:76.16.176.166 and User talk:24.15.125.234. The user seems to have decided to create an account. However it should be on the user's record that the user has been blocked previously for edit warring and sockpuppetry. Typically this user inserts highly technical, but incoherent passages that support multiregional evolution in several articles. Examples include, and


 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.


 * Comments by other users

Requested by Wapondaponda (talk) 09:04, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
 * CheckUser requests


 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments


 * : Case history shows the past IPs were blocked for 55 hours for behavior, two months ago. We want to encourage people to get accounts. Since no violation of WP:SOCK is demonstrated, a checkuser is unnecessary. If recent behavior warrants a block, an administrator can review that independent of CU results. Nathan  T 15:15, 25 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Conclusions
 * I agree with Nathan. The recent behavior does not indicate sockpuppetry at all, and I do not see the disruption from the account that would be necessary to block. NW ( Talk ) 01:11, 27 August 2009 (UTC)