Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/99.155.84.49/Archive

08 July 2013

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All five of these IPs made identical edits to the Gus Fring article, during an edit war with User:Hearfourmewesique, and all four are traced to Cleveland, Ohio, according to IP-adress.com. The IP links below link to the IP-addres.com pages that show this.
 * 99.155.84.49 (Evidence edit)
 * 99.155.81.82 (Evidence edit)
 * 99.108.68.61 (Evidence edit)
 * 99.155.84.172 (Evidence edit)
 * 108.76.231.204 (Edit 1, Edit 2, Edit 3) Nightscream (talk) 21:07, 8 July 2013 (UTC)

Addendum: The user has stated: "I was not intentionally trying to edit under different IPs, however, my router notoriously shuts down and resets itself causing my IP address to reset. I wasn't trying to vandalize the article. I honestly did not know I was showing up under another IP address until the sockpuppet acqusations were thrown. I admit I reverted repeatedly. I did this because even with sources, and going to the talk page said user was still saying the additions were unwarranted. I was nervous he may accuse TV fan of being a sockpuppet so I figured I should get a thirdparty involved with more experience in these matters. I probably should have done this sooner." The user has also admitted to and apologized for edit warring, and is now engaging in a discussion with the other editor with whom he is involved in the conflict. This should be taken into account. Perhaps I should've waited for this response before opening this investigation, and I apologize if my impatience has wasted others' time. Nightscream (talk) 13:39, 9 July 2013 (UTC)

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 * We don't yet have an indication of an appropriate range to block, so I semi-protected the article for a month. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 06:47, 9 July 2013 (UTC)