Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Anviltops/Archive

26 July 2013

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Contributions to the same two articles 2013 El Reno tornado and KFOR-TV as a previously blocked user (Anviltops) and several IPs #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6. Intentions are exactly the same and user has a history of not talking things out before resuming disruptive editing. Cyclonebiskit (talk) 16:41, 26 July 2013 (UTC)

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 * Anvil's IP has only made one edit to each article after protection expired, so there is no need at the moment for additional administrative action. On the subject of sockpuppetry itself, I do not believe this to be a violation. Anviltops is basically a total noob, and he's probably just transitioning between computers in the course of his day, completely unaware that switching between ips, and between accounts and ips is discouraged. But since he appears to have made no effort to conceal his consistent identity, it is not a sockpuppetry violation - just annoying. However, he should be prevented from continuuing this behavior in the future, and articles will be semiprotected if it picks up again. Someguy1221 (talk) 08:53, 4 August 2013 (UTC)

28 August 2013

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User removes the same content from 2013 El Reno tornado and mentions a similar legal threat to multiple users Cyclonebiskit (talk) 18:42, 28 August 2013 (UTC)

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 * Closing. Report legal threats to ANI. I doubt this editor is attempting to sock puppet, and legal threats aren't going to be handled here. It might not be the same user anyway given the wide IP variance.