Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Chandler Bonor/Archive

Evidence submitted by Hammersoft
User:Jarrod K self identified as Chandler Bonor with this edit. Also created account (user creation log) two days after Chandler Bonor was blocked (clock log) for two weeks for copyright violations.

I know this seems easy; just block Jarrod K permanently, and extend the block on Chandler Bonor. However, I believe there are other accounts at play here, and am hoping to find these other accounts. Motivation? User has routinely and blatantly violated copyright, such as File:Uriah Shelton.jpg stolen from IMDB profile. He's received multiple warnings about this and related issues, and been blocked for it. He doesn't care.

But, most egregious of all; he has been thieving images and claiming OTRS has received permission to use them. Example: File:Michael Angarano proffesional image (headshot).jpg, tagged with OTRS ticket #2009102010016099, which ticket was legitimately used on. In reality, the image was stolen from IMDB, yet again.

More detail on all of this is available at User_talk:Jarrod_K.

This user is willfully flaunting our policies, block evading, and continuing to behave in a manner completely unacceptable to our policies here. Therefore, I'd like to find any accounts of his that remain unblocked, and have them blocked along with the source IP. --Hammersoft (talk) 14:58, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

Comments by accused parties
See Defending yourself against claims.

CheckUser requests
Requested by Hammersoft (talk) 14:58, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments

 * Neither of the accounts are currently blocked. Please describe the violation of WP:SOCK you allege, and provide some evidence in the form of diffs so that this request can be evaluated. Thanks, Nathan  T 20:54, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
 * I provided evidence above showing that the sock puppet admits to being Chandler Bonor, and that the account was created two days after Chandler Bonor had been blocked for two weeks for copyright violations. The block on Chandler Bonor is now cleared. However, according to Sock_puppetry, " [block] evasion causes the timer to restart". Both accounts should be blocked, with User:Jarrod K indefinitely blocked and Chandler Bonor blocked for a minimum of 12 days. I think a considerably longer block on Chandler Bonor, perhaps indefinite, should be put in place for willful violations of our copyright policy, including continued, known theft of copyrighted images, and blatant attempt to get around our policy by misusing an OTRS ticket number to claim authority that does not exist. Further, I want the checkuser to find other accounts he is using, have those indefinitely blocked and the source IP blocked as well. The user can not be trusted. I'm spending an inordinate amount of time policing this user's edits, and the outright thievery and willful ignorance of our policies must stop. --Hammersoft (talk) 21:19, 12 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Ok, thanks for making that more clear. Is there anything specific that makes you think he is using other sock accounts? Nathan  T 21:25, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
 * No, and I grant that makes part of this a fishing expedition. But given his track record of block avoidance, it is entirely possible he created other such accounts, and the original IP, if not blocked, may continue to create alternate accounts. --Hammersoft (talk) 21:28, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

– (was waiting for a response from Nathan, but it never came) I don't see a need for a check here per the self-identification this edit. Looks more like the classic sock error to me. MuZemike 01:41, 17 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Whoops! I figured someone had swept this up last week. Sorry about that. Nathan  T 01:52, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

There's no overlap between the two accounts here. However, given the block history or Bonor, I'm more inclined that an alternate account was created to avoid scrutiny (which isn't working very well at all, given the willful copyvios made with Jarrod K). MuZemike 01:46, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

Conclusions
I'm assuming that Jarrod K is now the account being used. Jarrod K is clearly the same person behind Chandler Bonor; the former was indeed created to avoid scrutiny. I have blocked Jarrod K 1 month for repeated copyright violations and sock puppetry. I have indefinitely blocked and reverse-tagged Bonor to make sure the person doesn't go back to the former account. MuZemike 01:57, 17 November 2009 (UTC)