Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Csudbrink/Archive

Report date September 1 2009, 01:10 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets

User:Csudbrink created the article Christopher W. Sudbrink, likely about himself. I tagged the article with 'autobiography'.
 * Evidence submitted by Mr. Vernon (talk)

Soon thereafter, User:74.129.11.208 appeared, reverting the tag twice, , saying the "article was neutral." Note that editing history of that IP is only on the article and the AfD, as well as the city that Mr. Sudbrink represents, Park Hilly, KY. Geolocate indicates an IP in Covington, Kentucky, a stone's throw from Park Hills.

A third attempt at removing the autobio tag was done by User:192.223.163.6. While this IP has been shared, the activity in the past few days has also been on the Sudbrink article. A Geolocate indicates a Fidelity Investments IP in Cincinnati, Ohio - of which Park Hills is a suburb.

Finally, User:74.140.0.54 has appeared, also solely doing editing on the Sudbrink article, as well as clearing the Talk page. IP indicates it is using the same ISP as the 74.129.11.208 address, Insights Communications. Mr. Vernon (talk) 01:10, 1 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.


 * Comments by other users


 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments

– self-endorsing for CU attention on the fact that we either have tag-teaming/meatpuppetry or clear socking. I don't think behavioral evidence is crystal clear; technical evidence could help here. MuZemike 02:47, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

✅ that the named user is on one of these IPs. Both 74.xxx IPs look related, and 192.xxx is indeed a shared cnnection, so  for that one. Luk talk 09:59, 1 September 2009 (UTC)


 * It may not serve to block this user for edit-warring while the article that he created (which is about him) is at AfD. If disruption continues any request to an administrator can reference this case. Nathan  T 21:02, 1 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Conclusions

I'll cautiously agree with Nathan here, but will keep an eye on it. Peter Symonds ( talk ) 14:48, 2 September 2009 (UTC)