Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Dkmiec/Archive

Report date May 10 2009, 00:41 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets


 * Evidence submitted by ThaddeusB (talk)


 * Dkmiec (self admitted to be Douglas Kmiec - for example: ) has a long history of WP:COI editing to promote himself on his Wikipedia page. The last time he was on Wikipedia he was warned about his WP:COI editing of Douglas Kmiec.  Today, a brand new user Gwmthomas shows up and his very first edit is to remove a warning from Dkmiec's talk page.  This new user then proceeds to edit Douglas Kmiec to remove the POV tag, among other things.

That said, it is hard to say how the two accounts are related exactly, which is why I'm asking for an investigation.


 * Probably not relevant, since neither has edited in 2 years, but IPs 137.159.183.33 & 137.159.62.219 also appear to be Mr. Kmiec. Both resolve to Pepperdine, where he works, and have only edited Douglas Kmiec. --ThaddeusB (talk) 01:03, 10 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.


 * Comments by other users

Requested by ThaddeusB (talk) 00:41, 10 May 2009 (UTC)
 * CheckUser requests
 * I am asking for checkuser because it is very difficult to tell the exact relation of the two accounts without it. Is Gwmthomas an associate of Mr. Kmiec, Mr. Kmiec himself, or simply a fan of his (unlikely, but possible)?  I find the long term self-promotion troubling enough to have an answer to the question.

This account passes the WP:DUCK test; a CU is unnecessary. -- Avi (talk) 13:25, 10 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments
 * Both accounts tagged and blocked. Icestorm815  •  Talk  19:34, 10 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Conclusions

The block on User:Dkmiec has been overturned by ArbCom as the editing actions are within the normal tolerance given to inexperienced editors involved with their own BLPs, per longstanding practice, and this editor is potentially a very valuable contributor to the project. Roger Davies talk 18:05, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment by ArbCom: