Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Ashbeckjonathan/Archive

04 July 2014

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User:Ashbeckjonathan currently discloses on his user page the fact that he retired from Wikipedia, but opened a new account named User:WisconsinBoyClevelandRocks228844, and then edited as an IP (unknown what address it is, reason for curequest), before "coming out of retirement." Per my conversation with DoRD and WP:CLEANSTART, a clean start is only a clean start if the original user never returns to the account. The WisconsinBoy's user page also confirms that he originally created the Wisconsin account as a clean start, but said that the reason was that he was having "rough times on Wikipedia," which could be interpreted as "attempting to evade scrutiny," a reason which is not valid for a clean start (see WP:Clean start). The Wisconsin user also contributed WikiLove to Ashbeck's talk page in the same time period during which Ashbeck was actively contributing, which likely violates a principle at WP:ILLEGIT. These were promptly removed by Ashbeck. BenYes? 01:55, 4 July 2014 (UTC) Must I also mention the big fat WP:DUCK? BenYes? 02:01, 4 July 2014 (UTC)

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 * : Trying to find out which IP someone might have edited under is not a valid reason for doing a CheckUser check. Unless you have some other reason (such as probable cause to assume this person has set up sleeper accounts), the CU request needs to be declined here.  —  Rich wales (no relation to Jimbo) 05:57, 5 July 2014 (UTC)
 * With this alleged socking happening in 2013, way beyond prevenative in a block sense, i'm going to try and talk to Ashbeckjonathan, obtain the relationship and get the proper disclosure. At this time there is no administrative action to be taken. -- DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  02:38, 25 July 2014 (UTC)