Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/ChildrensWriter/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets




Evidence submitted by Katr67
COI author using Wikipedia to promote himself, which isn't an SPI issue, but the guy needs to stick to one username. All the socks and the IP have edited Karl Bjorn Erickson. Other edits include Oregon Catholic Press, a topic in which Erickson has an interest. The IP originates from the State of Oregon, where Erickson works. There are a few dynamic Quest IPs doing similar edits but likely these are stale. Not sure if he's trying to cover his tracks or if he forgot his login. Katr67 (talk) 00:21, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

Comments by accused parties
See Defending yourself against claims.

Comments by other users
Recent weird attack/outing of another editor by CatholicWriter2 suggest something is going on and this SPI should be dealt with. tedder (talk) 03:56, 24 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Added ChildrensWriter2, no edits but was created recently and matches the pattern of usernames. I'd strongly suggest CHU, since there are obviously sleeper accounts sitting around. tedder (talk) 16:45, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

Conclusions
The creation of ChildrensWriter2 clearly indicates that this person is creating multiple accounts for deceptive purposes (as opposed to abandoning previous accounts and creating new ones as done with the previous ones). This is sock puppetry. All registered accounts indefinitely blocked and tagged, IPs blocked 1 week each. MuZemike 20:05, 24 November 2009 (UTC)