Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Domer48/Archive

Report date August 19 2009, 19:05 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets


 * Lol I know this is an archive, but, srsly now. Throwaway85 (talk) 06:41, 16 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Evidence submitted by Nja247

See talk page edit history to compare content of edits between Domer48 and Throwaway85.

The sock was created the same evening that the user was given two warnings (see here) regarding their disruption at Talk:Provisional Irish Republican Army.

New user's only edits have been at the talk page, and edits such as this are within the spirit of the likely sock master, ie remove the disputed text from the protected article because it's NPOV. This new account cites policy, Jimbo Wales and talks about admins, which is generally inline with the ideology exposed by the likely sock master. Due to the highly controversial subject matter and propensity for stacking, I am also concerned about sleeper accounts. Nja 247 19:05, 19 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.

While I'm less than happy about it, please check away! A quick look at my edit history will clearly show that if I have something to say, I'll say it! I don't, and never have needed to hide behind a sock! I'll let this Admin have their fishing trip, and will comment more when I've cooled down. -- Domer48 'fenian'  22:48, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

Domer48 is highly unlikely to be creating an account at 02:04 UTC or editing at 05:03 UTC based on his editing history. The "evidence" is flimsy and this seems like a bit of a fishing expedition to me. O Fenian (talk) 22:34, 19 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Comments by other users


 * Cromwellian Conquest is the account created by the IP editor, who is arguing the opposite of what Domer48 is saying! O Fenian (talk) 22:46, 19 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Are you referring to 86.133.101.139? I skimmed through the history of that talk page looking for SPAs and picked up on one, but didn't delve deeply into the positions taken by Cromwellian. Domer's IP resolves to Dublin (Eircom), while the one I've noted is BT/London.


 * Yes. If you check some of the more recent edits you will see talk page edits from that IP, which are then re-signed by Cromwellian Conquest. O Fenian (talk) 22:59, 19 August 2009 (UTC)


 * This definitely sounds fishy to me. Domer is the least likely I know on Irish articles to be using socks. Sarah777 (talk) 23:30, 19 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments


 * . NW ( Talk ) 22:37, 19 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Might as well check Cromwellian Conquest as well. (struck pending clarification from O Fenian). I don't think the Throwaway account sounds much like Domer, personally, but the arrival of two accounts (especially one named Throwaway) focused exclusively on this article points to something suspicious anyway. Nathan  T 22:44, 19 August 2009 (UTC)


 * All three of these accounts are unrelated to each other. Cromwellian Conquest is 86.133.101.139, but I haven't detected an original account if one exists. Throwaway85 comes from a different continent, and I also haven't found a main account, though it seems pretty obvious this isn't the first. Dominic·t 23:33, 19 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Closed as not actionable. Nathan  T 23:35, 19 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Conclusions