Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/68.244.107.246/Archive

Evidence submitted by Tango
This edit looks to me like someone has logged out so they could make a completely unacceptable comment (and edit summary). A user with no previous edits would not know about the "resolved" tag and would not know about the ongoing dispute regarding Baseball Bug's style of comments (which that one was not part of - it was a completely reasonable question). I would like to know who this is, because I expect they need blocking. --Tango (talk) 21:29, 10 October 2009 (UTC)
 * See also related discussion here: Wikipedia talk:Reference desk. --Tango (talk) 21:46, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

Comments by accused parties
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Comments by other users
I don't think Bug's question was reasonable and am not surprised that his posts on the RDs are leading to people - including myself - being uncivil to him. The comment which appears to irk Tango "Funny how the idiot chimes in, even when he is clueless", though very uncivil, is, to me, apropos. --Tagishsimon (talk) 22:38, 10 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Bug's makes jokes at inappropriate times, that's about it. He could be called an idiot in the context of "village idiot", I suppose, but that's about it. The question was perfectly reasonable - the context of a question is often very important when working out how to answer it. It could have been asked in a less blunt fashion, but it was a reasonable question. However, all of that is completely irrelevant to this SPI. "He started it" is never an excuse for logging out and calling someone a clueless, drunk idiot. --Tango (talk) 22:50, 10 October 2009 (UTC)
 * A pattern of exuberant idiocy over an extended period of time, such as I think we've seen from BB, tends to strain AGF past breaking point. As you note, he could be called an idiot in the context of "village idiot". He could also be called clueless. I'm unsure quite what is left in this SPI. We have a presumably experienced user who has lost it, hidden behind an IP, and called BB names. And for this you want him banned as a sock? That strikes me as more than over the top. I'd rather we expend our energy trying to get BB to cease his childish prattle on the RDs - for me he's by now as bad as lightcurrent ever was. --Tagishsimon (talk) 23:05, 10 October 2009 (UTC)
 * No, I want to know the identity of the user so that a decision can be made regarding whether or not a block for incivility is appropriate. --Tango (talk) 23:07, 10 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Tagishsimon: We have a presumably experienced user who has lost it, hidden behind an IP, and called BB names. And for this you want him banned as a sock?
 * Perhaps, that's what this inquiry is all about, transparency. hydnjo (talk) 23:27, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

Without arguing the merits of BB's post, I really dislike it when an experienced user does a D.B. while hiding behind their IP. I believe this inquiry request to be valid and necessary in order to discourage this type of behavior. hydnjo (talk) 23:09, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

CheckUser requests
Requested by Tango (talk) 21:29, 10 October 2009 (UTC)


 * - Unlikely to get anything, but might as well check it out. NW ( Talk ) 22:57, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments
Not much I can do here other than confirm that this IP is the same user who has been harassing BB for quite some time now. Due to the fact that he is editing from a /13, I have been unable to determine who, if anyone, is behind this harassment campaign. Blocking the IP is probably not worth it. J.delanoy gabs adds 23:04, 10 October 2009 (UTC)
 * What is a /13? --Tagishsimon (talk) 23:11, 10 October 2009 (UTC)
 * A pool of about half a million IP address. See IPv4 subnetting reference. --Tango (talk) 23:13, 10 October 2009 (UTC)
 * So, who is the "user who has been harassing BB for quite some time now"? hydnjo (talk) 23:50, 10 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Unknown, and checkuser cannot identify him. NW ( Talk ) 00:07, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

Conclusions

 * Well, close per J.delanoy's comments. NW ( Talk ) 23:05, 10 October 2009 (UTC)