Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Dr Roots/Archive

Evidence submitted by Wine Guy
My experience with the users above began at Evan Lysacek after this edit (a "general tidy") was made by Dr Roots, which changed all en dashes to hyphens and removed sourced references to Lysacek's religion. I reverted the edit, and left a note on the talk page of Dr Roots. Dr Roots found my note yesterday, and replied with this, and then blanked the page. SalemJames was then created, launching a personal attack at my talk page, referencing the note I had left for Dr Roots, among other things. SalemJames apparently doesn't like en dashes either. IP 92.136.41.83 then immediately continued on the diatribe begun by SalemJames. The other 5 edits from this IP are reminiscent of Dr Roots style. I left this note for Dr Roots at the time.

Today, Dr Lean re-appeared after having been dormant since October 2008. Dr Lean's 5th edit after re-emerging is remarkably similar to Dr Roots edit, which I had originally reverted (although this was labeled a "Comprehensive tidy" as opposed to just a "general" one). Dr Lean doesn't like en dashes either. If it walks like a duck ...

A checkuser may be in order to find other sleepers, but I would prefer that a clerk make that determination. Wine Guy ~Talk  03:09, 24 February 2010 (UTC)


 * I'm a bit perplexed as to what is up to, both below and with his edits between 17:39, 25 February 2010 (UTC) and 17:53, 25 February 2010 (UTC).  Wine Guy  ~Talk  18:28, 25 February 2010 (UTC)
 * I would just like to note that popups (which is usually accurate) shows SalemJames having been created in late 2008, but merely inactive until now.  —  Soap  —  22:32, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

Comments by accused parties
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I'm not Dr roots, I just think its a funny name. Have fun being doubted by your CheckIP thingy. The Rage Conspiracy (talk) 08:23, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

If I was this Roots guy then I would be threatening this wineguy bloke. Besides, the IP checker will prove you wrong. The Rage Conspiracy (talk) 08:41, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

Comments by other users
Is it really necessary to exactly copy someone's evidence and exactly what they typed? Elockid ( Talk·Contribs ) 20:49, 25 February 2010 (UTC)
 * It's been removed. Elockid ( Talk·Contribs ) 20:51, 25 February 2010 (UTC)
 * There is also an RfA for one of the possible socks at Requests for adminship/The Rage Conspiracy, created by a mysterious Dr Huggies, who has no other edits. I've added him to the list, as well as an IP (92.40.83.167) who also edited the RfA and signed as "Simon Alexander".  —  Soap  —  22:20, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

Edits like this and this make things a bit suspicious. It seems like Rage really wanted to get the SPI closed. There should be no reason for this. Elockid ( Talk·Contribs ) 00:12, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments
case from Sockpuppet investigations/Dr Lean merged, SpitfireTally-ho! 18:09, 25 February 2010 (UTC)
 * And removed by filer SpitfireTally-ho! 20:52, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

added to suspected sock puppets, per creation of the page Dr Roots (including the text: "Hello, I'm Dr Roots"), self-endorsing for checkuser to confirm the links between all these accounts and to look for any sleepers, regards, SpitfireTally-ho! 08:21, 26 February 2010 (UTC)
 * This looks like two groups. ✅ The Rage Conspiracy = Dr Huggies and ✅ Dr Roots = SalemJames = Dr Lean. Dominic·t 00:46, 27 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged. -  F ASTILY  (T ALK ) 03:17, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

Elockid archived the case here, I've also made a copy at Sockpuppet investigations/The Rage Conspiracy and /The Rage Conspiracy/Archive, SpitfireTally-ho! 16:51, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by ChaosControl1994
Mr Roots has left an attack on Wine Guy's talk page with the message "Remember me" and "You're a dweeb, sincerly, Dr Roots" with SineBot automatically signing the text with the Mr Roots account. and is an obvious sockpuppet due to the name and the activities carried out by both users. ChaosControl1994 (talk) 16:35, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I see the suspect has confessed. ChaosControl1994 (talk) 18:08, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

Comments by accused parties
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I admit it, I am Dr Roots Mr Roots (talk) 18:07, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments
Account blocked. Filer seems to want the report closed. Elockid ( Talk·Contribs ) 23:03, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by Wine Guy
Self admitted sock. How ducky. Doesn't need a checkuser unless someone wants to look for more sleepers. -- Wine Guy ~Talk  23:10, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I hadn't noticed the business MuZemike pointed out below, it does appear that Dr Roots = Mr Roots = SuperSonicSpeed = GEORGIEGIBBONS et al. I did have suspicions about ChaosControl1994/SuperSonicSpeed during the March 7 Roots SPI but I lost track of it, how nice of him to reappear and confirm the connection. Wine Guy  ~Talk  23:37, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

Note threat of further vandalism left on my talk page. (Since L Roots is now blocked, this is just for the record.) Wine Guy  ~Talk  16:08, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: Another new one just popped up, . -- Wine Guy ~Talk  17:33, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
 * And another one - . Wine Guy  ~Talk  17:59, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

Comments by accused parties
See Defending yourself against claims. I am Dr Lean Roots of the Regis Nelder Medical Centre, not Dr Roots Gibbons. Dr L. Roots, Make an appointment 15:48, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments
Self-endorsing for CheckUser attention. Earlier today a whole bunch of socks popped up that were related to User:GEORGIEGIBBONS (including User:SuperSonicSpeed). Since Dr Roots is somewhat related to GEORGIEGIBBONS, I find this strangely coincidental regarding the connection between this and Gibbons, and I think we could use another check (note: Alison did the earlier check that led to SuperSonicSpeed's indefinite block). –MuZemike 23:14, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

Lean Roots is now indefinitely blocked for disruption and for clear socking. We still need that CU though. –MuZemike 16:03, 19 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Especially after seeing the above threat, I've pre-emptively yanked his talk page editing ability. –MuZemike 16:11, 19 March 2010 (UTC)


 * I have also blocked the following clear sock (which I also request that the CUs check):
 * –MuZemike 17:44, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
 * ...and add the following:
 * (already blocked)
 * (already blocked)
 * (already hardblocked mainly because we cannot wait any longer for a CU while he's making more socks; I'll take responsibility for any collateral damage)
 * –MuZemike 21:33, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
 * –MuZemike 21:33, 19 March 2010 (UTC)


 * ✅ - all of the above. All other accounts are blocked. I recommend a short-duration soft rangeblock of 92.40.0.0/16 - there may be some collateral damage, but not too much from what I can see. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Alison (talk • contribs) 02:12, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

24 hours on the range. –MuZemike 02:16, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

Accounts tagged. Elockid ( Talk·Contribs ) 02:19, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

Report date March 22 2010, 22:04 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets

All accounts have been blocked indef, however, there are blocks being contested and checkuser evidence is requested to enforce these blocks as Abusing Multiple Accounts  D u s t i SPEAK!! 22:04, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Evidence submitted by  D u s t i SPEAK!!
 * Please see this message in regards to the sockmaster and puppets. They were not clear the the original time of this report.  D u s t i SPEAK!! 22:31, 22 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.


 * Comments by other users

Requested by  D u s t i SPEAK!! 22:04, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
 * CheckUser requests


 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments
 * um, duh? ✅ Already nailed and checked for sleepers. --jpgordon:==( o ) 22:30, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
 * jpgordon, are these accounts related to ? (Asking so that it can be archived to the correct place) Kind regards, SpitfireTally-ho! 13:48, 23 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Technical evidence does not indicate any relationship. --jpgordon:==( o ) 14:30, 23 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Okay, thank you very much. SpitfireTally-ho! 14:36, 23 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Postscript: I was wrong about that last. --jpgordon:==( o ) 21:22, 3 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Archived from Sockpuppet investigations/Unreal Engine 5 SpitfireTally-ho! 21:24, 3 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Conclusions

Evidence submitted by MuZemike
This user knows way too much to be a new user. One of his first edits was to endorse the Goatse.fr image at DRV here, and then the following edits go right to reverting vandalism and other minor edits – all characteristics of recently-blocked sock User:SuperSonicSpeed. –MuZemike 23:30, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

Comments by accused parties
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Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments
Requested by –MuZemike 23:30, 23 March 2010 (UTC)


 * This editor is ❌ to -  A l is o n  ❤ 02:19, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by NawlinWiki

 * Obvious from username. Submitting for CU to see if another rangeblock is in order.  NawlinWiki (talk) 19:33, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

Comments by accused parties
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Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments
Requested by NawlinWiki (talk) 19:33, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

Looks like the rangeblock 92.40.0.0/16 expired. Endorsing to see whether this range should be blocked and if so, a collateral damage check. Also to check for any other possible ranges.  E lockid  ( Talk ) 19:59, 4 May 2010 (UTC)


 * I will note that that rangeblock caused quite a bit of collateral damage and may not be able to be blocked. –MuZemike 20:02, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

✅ that is on that range, but from a quick look around I cant see sufficient cause to block that entire range; a range would have a greater cost/benefit, but would still hurt. John Vandenberg (chat) 11:13, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

Dr Salem James Roots tag changed to checked sock. I guess we'll just have to report socks as they come.  E lockid  ( Talk ) 11:30, 6 May 2010 (UTC)