Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Boringbob4wk/Archive

28 May 2011

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After the anon IPs (all SPAs that appear to be the same person) made edits that removed citation requests, added what appears to be promotional content, etc., I added a civil note to him Aguirre-Sacasa here, and he responded uncivily here. At my request, the page was semi-protected, here.

About a half-day later, User:Boringbob4wk made the first of four edits, here, with an unwarranted and uncivil accusation of "vandalism" in his edit summary. (Two admins confirmed he made an unjust accusation, at this Wikiquette report.)

Boringbob4wk had never contributed to a single playwright's article before, and had in fact not edited since January 8, 2011. Yet he suddenly jumps on with a personal, attacking tone, and made highly similar edits as those of the anon IPs (see two examples below), and


 * Example 1) Boringbob4wk made an identical edit as that of the anon IP


 * Example 2) Boringbob4wk made a similar, unusual type of edit, which I've seen nowhere else, in which he adds a link to a positive review at each of several plays in a list. Here is his version and here is the anon IP's version (scroll down just past Line 81 in the latter). On these last two links, note the similar phrasing, in the list of productions, next to the play Say You Love Satan, regarding Creative Loafing Atlanta.

Finally, he makes it appear as if the anon IP is a different person and that thus, I am against two editors: On his talk page, he says my edits were "only because you didn’t like the editor." Not "me" or "my edits," but "the editor," as in someone else.

The anon IPs' base 69.72.27 numbers originated in Herndon, Va., a suburb of Washington, D.C., where the subject of the article, [Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa]] grew up. This may or may not bear on the highly personal nature of the edits and of the attacks on me. (Indeed an admin has just warned him about his behavior.)

In any case, I strongly believe I've demonstrated evidence of sockpuppetry or meatpuppetry. I thank you for any help, Tenebrae (talk) 20:08, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
I'm convinced enough that the IPs are related to Boringbob4wk. Since Boringbob4wk's has implied that the IPs and him/her are different, I've blocked Boringbob4wk for 1 week socking. Elockid  ( Talk ) 21:23, 28 May 2011 (UTC)