Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Carboxylic/Archive

27 November 2010

 * Suspected sockpuppets




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After 71.230.210.59 was blocked from editing for 2 weeks yesterday, Carboxylic was using the newly created account to circumvent the block. Finally, Carboxylic was blocked indefinitely today. But first, he was blocked for spamming again, not for sock puppetry. Secondly, and that's why I'm making this report, it means the indefinite block does not apply to 71.230.210.59, although the Wikipedia blocking policy applies per person, not per account or IP address. Yes, there are restrictions in the blocking policy for IP addresses, which says IP addresses should almost never be indefinitely blocked. But the two-week block for 71.230.210.59 should definitely be extended&mdash;the policy suggests months or years, as the address was clearly used by Carboxylic for the last couple of months. J. M. (talk) 01:59, 27 November 2010 (UTC)
 * 1) They both advertise Muvy NL by adding spam links to the List of video editing software article.
 * 2) They both edit the same articles (List of video editing software, Butyric acid‎).
 * 3) When someone reverts their disruptive edit edit (POV or spam), they revert it back with the the same edit summaries (71.230.210.59: "Undid vandalism 383352594 by Discospinster", Carboxylic: "Undid vandalism 398909085 by Materialscientist").
 * 4) They both blank their talk page after someone posts a warning there.
 * 5) They both use the same strong rhetorics when people revert their edits or block them from editing, talking about censorship and corruption (71.230.210.59: "Undid censorship and misrepresentation as "spamming" by person who has conflict of interest.", Carboxylic: "I'm just trying to help the PUBLIC, but these people appear to be acting in their own corrupt self interest."
 * 6) The admin who blocked 71.230.210.59 said that he knew Carboxylic was the same person, too.

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I think two weeks is appropriate in this instance. I've modified the block to also affect logged-in users which should cut down any additional socking. Nakon 05:10, 27 November 2010 (UTC)

27 November 2010

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See the previous report. Carboxylic and 71.230.210.59 were blocked in the last two days, and account creation for 71.230.210.59 was blocked because of sock puppetry, so he is now using another IP address to circumvent the block. Again, exactly the same pattern as in the previous two cases:
 * 1) Again, adding Muvy NLE spam to List of video editing software.
 * 2) Again, blanking their talk page after being warned. J. M. (talk) 22:24, 27 November 2010 (UTC)

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 * Blocked the IP three days for evasion. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 15:44, 28 November 2010 (UTC)