Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Darkman1984/Archive

24 August 2011

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Anon IP editor 75.10.108.94 was blocked on 8 August 2011 (24 hr) and 10 August 2011 (one week) for edit warring, specifically removing any reference to Hispanic-Americans from articles on Hip hop with no supporting discussion/citation, and contrary to verifiable/reliable citation. After block on 10 August, User:Darkman1984, who had not edited since 21 December 2010, began editing Hip hop and related articles, again removing any reference to Hispanic-Americans. Similar edits have been made during the blocked period from IP 75.10.97.237, following the same MO, with 3x warnings offered. Both Anon IPs originate near Fresno, Califonia. Without getting into the weeds about the racial aspect of some of Darkman's edits, It appears that he/she is using at least these two IPs to circumvent WP policy and blocks.   Ro   Bo   Tam   ice 14:44, 24 August 2011 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
I'm sorry, but checkusers do not generally disclose connections between IPs and named accounts. TN X Man 14:53, 24 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Understood, thanks for your prompt response. -  Ro   Bo   Tam   ice 14:58, 24 August 2011 (UTC)
 * This isn't really a case of "sockpuppetry" because Darkman1984 only has one account, from what I can tell. It's clear that the IPs and Darkman1984 are the same person, based on behavioral evidence alone. I blocked Darkman1984 indefinitely for block evasion and general disruption. I don't like an account being essentially brought out of retirement just to evade a block and continue POV-pushing and edit-warring. I don't think this will completely stop the disruption, because this person has been hopping IPs, so if there continues to be problems occurring at one article from IPs, you should request semi-protection at WP:RPP. For now, though, I'm going to mark this as closed. --  At am a  頭 18:09, 24 August 2011 (UTC)

29 August 2011

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Prior investigation determined that IP 75.10.97.237 and 75.10.108.94 were being used by suspected sock for block evasion/general disruption; after indefinite block, using IP 75.10.97.237 to circumvent block & continue edit warring/unsupported edits.   Ro   Bo   Tam   ice 16:22, 29 August 2011 (UTC)

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 * This IP has been used again, so I've blocked it for two weeks. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 00:46, 30 August 2011 (UTC)