Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/74.248.178.84/Archive

Report date March 8 2009, 17:15 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets

Original user Rvbaxley inserts pictures of himself in several entries scampi, Adolescence, Acne vulgaris, Overweight. These edits are reverted. The only contribution of 74.248.178.84 is to revert the pictures back into the entry and argue for their inclusion. Wperdue (talk) 17:15, 8 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Evidence submitted by Wperdue (talk)


 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.

It is my understanding that signing in is not mandatory for a user in good standing. Using two different accounts would be sockpuppetry, but using an account and an IP address is not (unless one is asked about it and actively denies ubeing the same person, I suppose). Editing without signing in to evade a block on one's account is sockpuppetry, and vice versa, but not if the individual is not doing so to evade a block. The IP address is blocked, but the account has not edited during the block. There have been some editwarring issues with this user, but I do not see evidence of sockpuppetry. --Icarus (Hi!) 19:45, 8 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Comments by other users


 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments

no breach of policy. Mayalld (talk) 14:35, 9 March 2009 (UTC) Mayalld (talk) 14:35, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Conclusions