Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/DouglasCalvert/Archive

05 August 2011

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This user became suspicous because he speaks about the IP as if the IP were someone else, but they're remarkably similar, and I think they may be one. Jasper Deng (talk) 00:45, 5 August 2011 (UTC)

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Comments from Douglas Calvert
Hello. I am not sure why I was accused of sock puppetry and I am also a little unclear about the accusation.

As far as my uncertainty about the accusation, Jasper Deng writes that "he speaks about the IP as if the IP were someone else." I am assuming by IP he means OP (Original Poster), however the edits in question were about IP (Internet Protocol) addresses so it is not entirely clear to me.

Most importantly I am not sure what I did that would cause someone to accuse me of sock puppetry. The original poster asked a question about what IPs Wikimedia uses. I responded to the question by providing the list of IPs ARIN has allocated to Wikimedia as well as a link to the information straight from ARIN. If I was the original poster why would I ask a question that I knew the answer to? From a purely rational standpoint this makes no sense. And if this investigation is carried out with an assumption of my goof faith it seems even more unlikely that I would ask and then answer my own question.

Finally the original post was from 125.235.109.221, all of my edits (atleast the ones that I am aware of) should come from the 74.71.16.0/20 range and most likely from 74.71.26.125. According to a GeoIP lookup 125.235.109.221 the best guess for this address is in Hanoi, Vietnam. On the other hand 74.71.26.125 is listed as being in Syracuse, NY, which is my hometown.

I am not sure why Jasper Deng accused me of sock puppetry. My only guess is that he is upset that I concurred with another person and questioned why Jasper assumed that the Original Poster asked the question in bad faith.

Please let me know if there is any other information that I can provide. I know that I am not supposed to take this accusation personally but I value honesty and integrity and do not take kindly to someone accusing me of acting otherwise. I look forward to the resolution of this matter as well as an apology from Jasper Deng. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DouglasCalvert (talk • contribs) 01:11, 5 August 2011 (UTC)

I am sorry I did not sign this before. My apologies. DouglasCalvert (talk) 01:17, 5 August 2011 (UTC)

I tried running a report about my IP and my username from the wikitools server however the query appears to be timing out. The page I tried to use was http://toolserver.org/~luxo/contributions/contributions.php

DouglasCalvert (talk) 01:22, 5 August 2011 (UTC)

I would like to add that I beleive this accusation was mad in "bad faith" (an editor making a fake case for an "attack" or to prevent their own editing being examined).'' DouglasCalvert (talk) 01:36, 5 August 2011 (UTC)

How long will this show up on my talk page? Will it ever indicate that I was not found guilty of any wrong doing? DouglasCalvert (talk) 01:40, 5 August 2011 (UTC)


 * The case is closed and the issue is over. My comment below should answer your question. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 02:42, 5 August 2011 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * There was exactly one edit by this IP. Even if they are the same, there's no abuse of accounts here. I'm closing this. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 01:28, 5 August 2011 (UTC)