Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/BBrihem/Archive

Report date July 6 2009, 22:49 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets
 * per BBrihem
 * per BBrihem

Slow edit-warring by sock puppets or meat puppets has occurred for at least a year (see 15 July 2008) at Origin of AIDS, with a group of single-purpose accounts and IP addresses promoting a scientifically-discredited theory of HIV origin with a characteristic editing pattern and linguistic similarities. Activity in the last several months includes 8 reversions on 17 March by IP 75.22.57.187, then 5 reversions on 18 March by 75.40.188.88; another one-time single purpose IP made similar edits on 27 March; User:Sebastiangarth, a single purpose account, made 7 reverts in April 2009, for example; User:User20090521, a single purpose account continued the slow edit war in May 2009; 173.53.164.39, a single purpose IP, reverted three times (example), then switched to 174.103.200.246, 173.53.175.220, 173.26.181.126, and 173.53.217.250, from 11 June to 1 July (see article history). User:Bbrihem, a single purpose account, is used beginning on July 3 to make similar changes, and is supported by 98.115.14.193, yet another one-time single purpose account from the US Midwest, who comments that the IP support constitutes consensus. Keepcalmandcarryon (talk) 22:49, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Evidence submitted by Keepcalmandcarryon


 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.

I am User20090521: I didn't make a note of my password when I returned to Wikipedia to look at this page a month later. I don't think this could possibly be said to be "Using an alternate account to mislead others" (SPI guidance page), and I'd appreciate it if an enquiry states as much. I am none of the other usernames/IP addresses listed, and I have no meatpuppets. BBrihem (talk) 23:53, 6 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Comments by other users


 * Request for CheckUser
 * Requested by Tiptoety  talk 20:52, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
 * - Sufficient evidence to run a CheckUser here. Tiptoety  talk 20:52, 7 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments
 * Sebastiangarth and BBrihem are technically ❌ to each other and to the IPs (hundreds of kilometers apart). -- Luk  talk 13:09, 8 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Conclusions
 * Per CheckUser evidence above, I am will be taking . Tiptoety  talk 02:25, 9 July 2009 (UTC)