Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/CosmicLegg/Archive

Report date September 4 2009, 14:01 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets

Most of these editors have few or no edits outside of Shaka Rock, and have been working together to prevent Kiac from cleaning up the article (which is full of glowing reviews from truly odd websites). There's just enough doubt to keep me from saying "duck". Youhavebeenthunderstruck, RedFinch, HeyManSayMan and Megawhatz 90 are clearly throwaways created solely to edit war, but CosmicLegg and Aliciocoopera have just enough edits to throw their identities into doubt. On the other hand, CosmicLegg and Aliciocoopera never edit on the same day, so they could well be alternate accounts for the same editor. Need to sweep to find the puppetmaster (who may not be any of these editors), and to block the underlying IP.&mdash;Kww(talk) 14:01, 4 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Evidence submitted by Kww
 * Added Starchild567 and LookWhatIveDone.&mdash;Kww(talk) 17:09, 4 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.


 * Comments by other users

Requested by &mdash;Kww(talk) 14:01, 4 September 2009 (UTC)
 * CheckUser requests


 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments
 * NW ( Talk ) 15:01, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

✅ =

There may be some more, but these accounts have access to a very, very large amount of ranges, so the signal-to-noise ratio is rather unfavorable. J.delanoy gabs adds 17:27, 4 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Conclusions
 * All blocked and tagged. NW ( Talk ) 17:37, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by MuZemike
See Sockpuppet investigations/Deserted Cities. MuZemike 22:04, 15 November 2009 (UTC)

CheckUser requests
Requested by MuZemike 22:04, 15 November 2009 (UTC)

Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments

 * DunkJordans, Chuckluck, Myacock, Ramena, IggyPopandTheStooge, DavisHawkens, BernardMackintosh and Lifewonwait ✅, tagged and blocked. Brandon (talk) 22:06, 15 November 2009 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets

 * is ✅ as:

Evidence submitted by NuclearWarfare
All but Occultaphenia were blocked in Sockpuppet investigations/Occultaphenia, but a user on my talk page has pointed out a possible connection between these and CosmicLegg. Want to check if that could be the case (seems very likely) and also wished to root out any sleeper socks. NW ( Talk ) 19:49, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

Comments by accused parties
See Defending yourself against claims.

Comments by other users
This guy "Occultaphenia" used to editwar with more than three accounts on Pete Townshend page and also used foul language such as "WTF". --Scieberking (talk) 07:51, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

CheckUser requests
Requested by NW ( Talk ) 19:49, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

Conclusions


One range is now IP blocked, the other is used by too many people that I am currently loathe to even softblock it. -- Avi (talk) 21:48, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
 * All blocked/tagged appropriately. NW ( Talk ) 21:56, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Adding new batch -- King Öomie  03:36, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by NuclearWarfare
Filing per comment on my talk page. NW ( Talk ) 22:15, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Comments by accused parties
See Defending yourself against claims.

Comments by other users

 * Adding second batch based on historic IP/field of interest. -- King Öomie  03:37, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

CheckUser requests
Requested by NW ( Talk ) 22:15, 4 December 2009 (UTC)


 * because NuclearWarfare appears to know somewhat about anything he does around here. ;) GrooveDog FOREVER 01:59, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments 5

 * To start with, ✅ that Alice Mudgarden and Frvernchanezzz are the same person, JohnLonnnnnn is stale.
 * ✅ that Todayifeelhatred is the same person as . More pending. Thatcher 22:07, 6 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Any relationship between these accounts and CosmicLegg is . Johnny pt is ❌ to all. Thatcher 22:12, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

Conclusions
User:Frvernchanezzz and User:Priveledge both indefinitely blocked as confirmed socks. User:Alice Mudgarden and User:Todayifeelhatred both warned about socking. No other administrative action taken. MuZemike 17:49, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by Enigmaman
Reopening per a comment on my talk page. Based on CosmicLegg's editing patterns, it appears he's back to socking again.  Enigma <sup style="color:#FFA500;">msg  20:41, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

Comments by accused parties
See Defending yourself against claims.

CheckUser requests
Requested by  Enigma <sup style="color:#FFA500;">msg  20:41, 14 December 2009 (UTC)
 * <b style="color:navy;">NW</b> ( Talk ) 20:50, 14 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Thank you, NW and J.  Enigma <sup style="color:#FFA500;">msg  21:09, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments
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J.delanoy <sup style="color:red;">gabs <sub style="color:blue;">adds 21:04, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

Conclusions
Blocked and tagged. MuZemike 21:09, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by NuclearWarfare
From my talk page:

This user 98.113.216.32 (talk) is probably associated with CosmicLegg, as far as his edits go. In addition to adding excessive POV on The Who-related articles and vandalizing Led Zeppelin-related articles, he's also using excessive profanities, including my talk page. I've posted warning to his talk page thrice, but he does not seem to listen. Would you please block this IP. Thanks. --Scieberking (talk) 18:51, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

<b style="color:navy;">NW</b> ( Talk ) 20:00, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

Comments by accused parties
See Defending yourself against claims.

Conclusions
The IP hasn't edited in over a day. It's possible that the IP may have moved on. Report again if the same IP or another one pops up. MuZemike 17:02, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

Report date December 20 2009, 04:36 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets

Recent edits include own user page "I'm back after that sock puppet incident," and two edits to old user pages who were previously blocked for sockpuppetry. GSK (talk ● evidence) 04:36, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Evidence submitted by GSK (talk ● evidence)


 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.


 * Comments by other users

Next time, please submit the case with the person behind all the socks (in this case, CosmicLegg). Thank you, MuZemike 04:51, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments

Blocked and tagged. MuZemike 04:51, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Conclusions

Evidence submitted by NuclearWarfare

 * Opening case for an IP who posted on my talk page. <b style="color:navy;">NW</b> ( Talk ) 16:47, 25 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Edit by Ducky610 here matches IP edit by by 58.164.113.119. Wikipedia administrator blocked that IP range/ISP on November 30 as a range frequented by permanently blocked user CosmicLegg. 142.167.165.203 (talk) 17:01, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

Comments by accused parties
See Defending yourself against claims.

CheckUser requests
Requested by <b style="color:navy;">NW</b> ( Talk ) 16:47, 25 December 2009 (UTC)


 * . <b style="color:navy;">NW</b> ( Talk ) 04:25, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments
Endorse this check. Also, CosmicLegg is one of our serial sockpuppeteers that needs frequent attention from checkusers.  Enigma <sup style="color:#FFA500;">msg  04:24, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

. Same ISP, same location, same type of edits. J.delanoy <sup style="color:red;">gabs <sub style="color:blue;">adds 19:22, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

Conclusions

 * Blocked and tagged. <b style="color:navy;">NW</b> ( Talk ) 19:24, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by NuclearWarfare

 * Listing for an IP who posted on my talk page. <b style="color:navy;">NW</b> ( Talk ) 17:38, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

Comments by accused parties
See Defending yourself against claims.

Comments by other users

 * I'm sorry, but this Epica user appears to be upholding every policy point CosmicLegg disagrees with- lambasting people for removing cited information, deferring to experts and RS... I guess we'll see.  -- King Öomie  18:41, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
 * On second thought, I'll refrain from judgment at this time. I'm seeing the pattern now. -- King Öomie  18:42, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

CheckUser requests
Requested by <b style="color:navy;">NW</b> ( Talk ) 17:38, 30 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Assuming that NW intentionally did not endorse this himself. Three points: (1) No evidence given. (2) A checkuser was performed 4 days ago, and Epica124 has been editing regularly for awhile (3) There is editing overlap in terms of pages, but not necessarily point of view (which isn't conclusive, as arguing against themselves is a common sock tactic). So, until more evidence is available to justify a new checkuser. This case can stay open for a bit in case the IPer on Nuke's talkpage wants to add more detail.  <strong style="color:#0033CC">Nathan <strong style="color:#0033CC"> T 22:13, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

Conclusions
No action taken per Nathan and King Oomie. Doing a quick spot-check, the edits are indeed different in behavior and range of articles. –MuZemike 20:02, 2 January 2010 (UTC)