Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Claxson/Archive

Report date April 24 2009, 20:37 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets

Very obvious account of a prolific sockpuppeteer (see this and this and this). Identical editing patterns, areas, disruptive style etc. ╟─ Treasury Tag ► contribs ─╢ 20:37, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Evidence submitted by ╟─ Treasury Tag ► contribs ─╢


 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.


 * Comments by other users

Apart from the similarities in username and familiar confrontational style (mainly with with me). There are also these odd edits: this and this. They are edits to talk pages of users who have been involved with previous sockpuppet investigations of Claxson et al - and they are two of the earliest edits after the account was created. Also, the response to being accused of sockpuppetry is similar. Finally, the fact that this user has claimed to have left Wikipedia and yet keeps coming back to comment is suspicious. Maccy69 (talk) 21:00, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

While I usually take long-term resurrection accounts with a pinch of salt, the similarity of the edits and the username (Claxson, Clackson) shows a high probability of sockpuppetry. Clackson101 has been blocked; the other accounts are already blocked. Peter Symonds ( talk ) 15:27, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments

Peter Symonds ( talk ) 15:27, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Conclusions
 * All set; thanks Peter! Archiving.  —  Jake   Wartenberg  17:07, 26 April 2009 (UTC)