Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/75.2.209.226/Archive

Evidence submitted by RobertRaymondUT
Persistent, anonymous addition of Advert tag to Isle of Canes without cause and contrary to consensus, all originating from an AT&T ISP IP. The primary author of Isle of Canes is a famous genealogist, Eshown. The anonymous user edits a lot of genealogy articles.

It appears that the current IP, 75.2.209.226, is being used continuously, so the user may no longer qualify as a sock puppet.

Please let me know if I should pursue a different avenue regarding this user. Examples of his abusive style can be seen in posts such as http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest/Noticeboard&diff=prev&oldid=363975208 and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:75.2.209.226#List_of_University_of_Wisconsin.E2.80.93Madison_people.

Robert (talk) 21:46, 24 June 2010 (UTC)

Comments by accused parties
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Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments
Requested by Robert (talk) 21:46, 24 June 2010 (UTC)

Firstly, I would note that none of the IPs listed seem to be rotating IP to evade any blocks: having a very dynamic IP is not a violation of WP:SOCK per-say, although there is little doubt that most of if not all the IPs have been used by the same person. The main point for declining this request, however, is that checkuser isn't going to tell you anything about these IPs beyond what an ordinary user can determine, linking to accounts will not be feasible, partly due to the fact that if any accounts do exist they are likely to be, partly due to the checkuser policy. The majority of this comes from 2008 and 2009, however, if it becomes more of an established problem I suggest you try page protection. Please let me know if you have any questions. Leaving unarchived for a second review. Regards, SpitfireTally-ho! 22:34, 24 June 2010 (UTC)