Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Creamy3/Archive

Report date March 22 2009, 22:02 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets



User:Shamwow86 appears to be a sock account created to evade indefinite blocks of puppeteer User:Creamy3 and Creamy3's most recent puppet User:Magicbullet5. Shamwow86 came to our attention by running for election as a coordinator at Wikiproject Films (as Creamy3 tried previously). Although Shamwow86 claimed extensive editing experience, he had deceptively written "I'm new here at Wikipedia and I'm very inexperienced." only the week before. When asked about this, Shamwow86 revealed he was previously User:Titchbits74, an account created in Nov 2008 but blocked in January as username violation. Investigating Shamwow86 revealed this evidence: I find that there are too many similarities here. — Cactus Writer |   needles  22:02, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Evidence submitted by — Cactus Writer |   needles
 * His Userpage uses the exact same format as Creamy3 and Magicbullet5
 * He uses the same userboxes about horror movies and the wire, and recreated an obscure Userbox similar to User:Magicbullet5/Userboxes/Vengeance Trilogy
 * He lists favorite author as George Pelecanos and favorite directors as David Cronenberg, and Park Chan-wook,, the same as Magicbullet5
 * Reveals he currently lives in Oregon like Creamy3 and Magicbullet5
 * Under his list of "My Contributions", almost all articles were created by Creamy3 and Magicbullet5. Histories show no edits by Shamwow86, only Creamy3 or Magicbullet5 - for example Tim Orton, Kia Corthron, Umpqua, Oregon, Oakland High School (Oregon), etc.
 * Uses the same language in his election statement as Creamy 3 did such as "I've made a plethora of film-related articles".
 * Finally, when asked if he was Creamy3, Shamwow86 responded No, "Creamy3 was a lying, conniving little jerk". Considering that Creamy3 was blocked a year ago, it is strange that an editor who only joined in November could know anything about him.


 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.

I think this one quacks. FWiW Bzuk (talk) 22:44, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Comments by other users


 * This editor is quite obviously the same as Creamy3. One of the early edits for this account was an unsolicited "introduction" on my talk page; as the blocking admin of Magicbullet5 (with a definite familiarity of the whole background), I'm apparently something of an antagonistic target for this editor. Creamy3 and subsequent socks engaged in multiple personal attacks against many editors in 2008, fully justifying a siteban.
 * Still, I didn't block when this new incarnation (and other accounts, & ) came to light. I figured several months had passed since the Magicbullet5 incidents and, if this editor was willing to drop the antics and just provide the seemingly quality contributions about B-movies and the like, the net benefit would be positive. However, Shamwow86 has made that a bit difficult, with disingenuous edits and some sketchy WP:CANVASS behavior. If Shamwow86 were to just own up to the checkered past and pledge to leave the pointless BS behind, we could all move on...the article general contributions attributed to Titchbits74/Shamwow86 account aren't overwhelming, but the editor has demonstrated some capacity for positive contribution. In this vein, I propose we allow Shamwow86 an opportunity to take the high road, acknowledge the past, offer assurances towards a productive and congenial future, and mothball the current de facto community ban. If the editor is unwilling, checkuser for sleeper accounts and show Shamwow86 the door. &mdash; Scientizzle 17:00, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

Mayalld (talk) 08:27, 23 March 2009 (UTC) Whilst there is a certain WP:DUCKishness here, the fact that we have moved away from the previous naming pattern, the fact that we are now claiming to have other accounts, and the fact that the original case was a mess of WP:SOCK and WP:MEAT, coupled with the fact that the block being evaded was for making death threats, suggest that a CU would be vry appropriate here. Mayalld (talk) 08:27, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
 * CheckUser requests

--Users above blocked. Please tag and archive etc. Peter Symonds ( talk ) 01:22, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments
 * Unless you have another account that's more recent for me to to check against, checkuser shows nothing. Although the fact that User:Shamwow86 was created by username-blocked User:Titchbits74 says a lot. Also of note is User:Aspririn, who seems to be the same person. --Deskana (talk) 16:44, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Conclusions