Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Bozepc1/Archive

18 January 2011

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Sockmaster is article subject. His article on himself was deleted on 20 July 2010. He requested username change after being blocked. Meanwhile, the article was recreated on the very same day by Griffey35jsb (sockpuppet or meatpuppet). The article has been deleted a few times - see the thread on my talk page which explains previous deletions/activities on other Wikimedia Project sites. When it was deleted on Sept. 5, Griffey attempted to obscure his COI with this edit, and the article was recreated again. Note that the photo in the article was uploaded by User:PAVitale (here).

Please see the article talk page and the thread at the COI noticeboard that I started. Sockmaster is now defending his sock in both places.. ⋙–Berean–Hunter—► ((⊕)) 19:01, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

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 * I'm not entirely convinced they're the same person. It seems more to me that one is the subject of the article, and the other is an agent/friend/other COI person. As to the IP, I think the editor was just logged out at the time. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 13:32, 20 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes, as I noted above, this may be a meatpuppet. The coincidence of article recreation on the very same day is highly unlikely. Alternatively, finding himself blocked, he may have went from a business computer to a home computer which would mean different IPs. I note that Bozepc1 has continued to edit but not responding here. ⋙–Berean–Hunter—►  ((⊕)) 15:05, 20 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Yeah, that's possible. I'm inclined to close this case for now until the Griffey account becomes active again. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 15:17, 20 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Right, closing then. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 06:14, 22 January 2011 (UTC)