Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/69.243.46.77/Archive

Evidence submitted by Multixfer
After my recent experiences in sharing my viewpoints regarding the WP:NEWT project, I seem to have become a target for personal attacks and frightening, deliberate threats being left on my talk page and user page. The IP 65.204.30.126 left the following attack on my talk page, which was followed up later by the IP 69.243.46.77 on my userpage with this , ,. Today, the main IP (69.243.46.77) left a worrisome threat against me, again on my user page, that if my "real name is leaked it could be a significant issue for me." I take this as a direct threat to my and my family's safety. I also strongly believe this this is not just 2 random IPs who happened to come in from a messageboard comment on Slashdot, but that someone on Wikipedia (likely a regular contributor) is deliberately Wikistalking me, that they are likely the person who placed the messageboard comment on Slashdot, and they are logging out of their account and using IPs to hide their identity. I take threats very seriously. I believe that, at least, the two IPs are connected to each other and request an investigation as well as a Checkuser to determine if they are, in fact, connected, and to hopefully discover any other socks or possibly what the main account is. &lt;&gt;Multi‑Xfer&lt;&gt; (talk) 07:25, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

Note that I also brought this up at AN/I, and the quick checkuser was endorsed by someone there (before they had to sign off for the day). &lt;&gt;Multi‑Xfer&lt;&gt; (talk) 07:48, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

Comments by accused parties
See Defending yourself against claims.

CheckUser requests
Requested by &lt;&gt;Multi‑Xfer&lt;&gt; (talk) 07:25, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

I chose B since this is a specific pattern of vandalism, involving threats, against me. If there isn't a long enough history, I've also included F, as I believe that in any case, the threats against me warrant a checkuser. &lt;&gt;Multi‑Xfer&lt;&gt; (talk) 07:25, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

and see if there are any accounts behind these IPs. That I think it looks like a valid reason for a check. MuZemike 09:41, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments
... I may have something, but will ask for a second opinion first. Dominic·t 11:21, 28 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I actually didn't have anything substantial enough to note here, so I never came back. I agree that there is certainly an established editor behind this, but sometimes, either through people physically changing where they are editing from or through their IPs being so dynamic, it is too difficult to match an account to an IP edit. It may be worth getting another CheckUser to take a look with fresh eyes, however. Dominic·t 20:13, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Might as well mark this as then, to see if it is possible to get another look. NW ( Talk ) 20:15, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

. Sorry, without a couple of good suspects it's almost impossible to narrow this kind of thing down unless we get really lucky, which is why we usually say. If you could name a couple of people who might have a grudge against you, I could see if they are on a similar IP or not. As it is, I looked at the contribs of 10 or so editors who have similar IPs and did not find any obvious conflicts with Multixfer. Thatcher 02:44, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

Conclusions
Nothing else can really be done here. MuZemike 04:27, 1 December 2009 (UTC)