Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Adelhoch/Archive

Report date March 15 2009, 05:20 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets


 * Evidence submitted by Looie496 (talk)

Both Adelhoch and Washingblack have been indef blocked for creating hoax articles. The hoaxes seem closely related, all involving the time period of the American revolutionary war. The problem is that they are quite plausible in some ways, and survived for some time before being spotted. Because plausible hoaxes are among the most damaging things that can happen in Wikipedia, it would be desirable to know whether there are other socks who might be doing similar things. I note that opinion in WP:ANI was that a request here would be declined as fishing, but the motivation seems strong enough to me that I am trying anyway. See WP:ANI for background and evidence. Looie496 (talk) 05:20, 15 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.


 * Comments by other users

Requested by Looie496 (talk) 05:20, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
 * CheckUser requests

I would say decline. As mentioned in ANI, Checkuser is not for fishing. Yes, creating hoax article damages Wikipedia but with only 2 accounts creating non-existent people from American revolutionary war, I don't think we need to "nuke" it. If we're talking about 5 or 10 different accounts creating hoax articles on this topic, then that's another story. OhanaUnitedTalk page 06:19, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments

I concur that with only two accounts found out, CU would be unwarranted fishing. Both accounts are blocked, so nothing for SPI to attend to here. Mayalld (talk) 19:47, 15 March 2009 (UTC) Mayalld (talk) 19:47, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Conclusions