Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Crotchety Old Man/Archive

Evidence submitted by Fences and windows
I have just blocked Little Mookie for incivility, quite an achievement for an account only active since the 29th. I got the sense that they were a sockpuppet, and looking around the articles they edited I found a connection with User:Crotchety Old Man. When COM was blocked for incivility, one of his parting shots on the 27th was "Make it an indef, so I can move on to my next sock then." I think he fulfilled this promise!

Jim Leavitt is the focus of a dispute over an 'alleged assault'. COM removed the disputed content on 17th December, then after COM was blocked LM picked up the baton on the 29th when the material was readded.

Both accounts recently edited A Clockwork Orange (film), UMass Minutemen basketball, Decatur, Illinois, Golden Tate, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (film), and Trick 'r Treat.

LM also got into a big dispute at Talk:FlashForward; COM edited the page in Sept. There's only one page that LM edited than COM never edited.

I suggested indefinitely blocking Little Mookie and doubling COM's block to two weeks. Fences &amp;  Windows  21:49, 30 December 2009 (UTC)


 * p.s. As COM and LM are both blocked and COM is blocked from editing their talk page, the accused accounts may have trouble defending themselves. Fences  &amp;  Windows  21:57, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

Comments by accused parties
See Defending yourself against claims.

CheckUser requests
Requested by Fences  &amp;  Windows  21:49, 30 December 2009 (UTC)


 * NW ( Talk ) 21:51, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments
✅. Also,. J.delanoy gabs adds 00:06, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

Conclusions

 * The two sockpuppets have both been tagged and indefinitely blocked. COM's block has been lengthened to two weeks for block evasion. NW ( Talk ) 00:12, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by Fences and windows
Crotchety Old Man was blocked in December for a week for incivility, with the blocked lengthened to two weeks for socking, then made indefinite for a 'legal threat' via a sockpuppet and trolling on their talk page. Crotchety Old Man decided not to seek an unblock but to play "whack-a-sock" instead. Crotchety Old Man's other known sockpuppets, User:Little Mookie and User:Jim Leavitt's Attorney, were blocked on the 30th December.

This new account, The Don Homer, made its first edit at 14:28, 31 December 2009, and has gone on to edit in the same areas as Crotchety Old Man, as shown here, editing six film articles previously edited by Crotchety Old Man. My spidey-sense is tingling. Crotchety Old Man could have apologised for their incivility, socking, trolling and pretend legal threats, sat out a block, and returned to editing, but here we are instead. Fences &amp;  Windows  17:46, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

Comments by accused parties
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CheckUser requests
Requested by Fences  &amp;  Windows  17:46, 3 January 2010 (UTC)


 * NW ( Talk ) 03:18, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

Conclusions

 * ✅ - The Don Homer = Crotchety Old Man -- Versa geek  05:49, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged. Tiptoety  talk 05:51, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by Fences and windows
Crotchety Old Man was blocked at the end of December. Although two of the following accounts have not been previously uncovered, the record of this user's editing is:
 * User:Tool2Die4 - First edit 19 February 2008. Indef blocked for edit warring and incivility 7 February 2009.
 * User:WikiKingOfMishawaka - First edit 3 June 2008. Indef blocked for incivility 20 October 2008.
 * User:Crotchety Old Man - First edit 9 February 2009. Blocked for incivility 27 December 2009, indef blocked for sockpuppetry and trolling 31 December 2009 (see overlap with Tool2Die4 and WikiKingOfMishawaka, edit timings also the same).
 * User:Little Mookie - First edit 29 December 2009. Blocked for incivility 30 December 2009, indef blocked as sockpuppet 31 December 2009.
 * User:Jim Leavitt's Attorney - Indef blocked for "legal threat" 30 December 2009, sockpuppetry confirmed 31 December 2009.
 * User:The Don Homer - First edit 31 December 2009. Blocked as sockpuppet 4 January 2009.

The first edit of Zeephus was on 5 January 2009. They've edited two articles previously edited by the previous accounts:. The account is not a newcomer as they are using jargon like "rvv", and they removed a prod saying "arguable notability as an actor. go for AfD". Fences &amp;  Windows  22:07, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

Comments by accused parties
See Defending yourself against claims.

CheckUser requests
Requested by Fences  &amp;  Windows  22:07, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

per the self-admission. Nothing else to do here. –MuZemike 21:20, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments
He admitted it, so I went ahead and blocked.Theresa Knott &#124; token threats 23:13, 6 January 2010 (UTC)