Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/72.220.80.234/Archive

Report date May 1 2009, 18:27 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets


 * Evidence submitted by ThaddeusB (talk)

IP 72.220.80.234 has been used primarily to edit List of San Diego County Gangs. (See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/72.220.80.234) When this article was nominated for deletion two other IPs !voted in the same unusual "don't delete". At this time, both of these IPs have edited only the AfD page. (See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/99.174.244.164 & http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/70.179.24.17) ThaddeusB (talk) 18:27, 1 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.


 * Comments by other users


 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments


 * Note that 70.* and 72.* locate to San Diego and Cox Communications, whereas 99.* locates to New York and AT&T. Nathan  T (formerly Avruch) 21:08, 1 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Conclusions

70.179.24.17 blocked as a sockpuppet (geolocation and edits make this a WP:DUCK case). 99.* is unlikely to be a sockpuppet as it geolocates to San Diego, which suggests meatpuppetry rather than sockpuppetry. Their edits were close together making the possibility that they're the same person near-impossible. I have left it unblocked for now, but I will reblock it if it disrupts the AfD process. Peter Symonds ( talk ) 09:38, 2 May 2009 (UTC)