Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Beerfinger/Archive

Report date April 21 2009, 23:07 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets


 * Evidence submitted by —  Dæ dαlus Contribs 

Both IPs have zero edits to mainspace, and support the suspected sock master's opinion, using the same kind of examples(citing people the sock master believes are biased).


 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.


 * Comments by other users
 * The reports seems spurious at best. The first IP made one edit in September 08. The second IP made one edit in January 09. The registered account made its first edit today. With months between each action, and the IPs resolving to two different ISPs, I see no connection that can be drawn. Also note that the two IPs and account commented on separate issues (IP 1 on general bias, IP 2 on a specific source, and registered account removed an unrelated paragraph). -- auburn pilot  talk  23:36, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

Requested by —  Dæ dαlus Contribs  23:07, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
 * CheckUser requests

Checkuser is required to see if indeed, the suspected sock master came on as IPs, at one point in time, and is using these IPs as a way to make it look as if he or she has consensus to edit in his POV, and remove sourced material.—  Dæ dαlus Contribs  23:07, 21 April 2009 (UTC) Two old IP edits from months ago, and a new user account. Not even close to CU territory. Mayalld (talk) 09:13, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments

Even if the IP editors (with one edit each in September and January) are this user, it doesn't even come remotely close to breaching WP:SOCK. Having a dynamic IP address is not against policy, and registering an account having previously edited as an IP certainly isn't. Mayalld (talk) 09:18, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Conclusions