Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Edward Jocob Philip Smith/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets
I had a couple of, relatively minor, content disputes with Edward Jocob Philip Smith, mainly over the insertion of infoboxes in articles on historic buildings. On 4 June, they posted on my Talkpage,. I deleted the message as I didn't intend to reply. There followed a fake warning on my page, supposedly from the administrator User:Kuru,. This was placed by IP 212.250.203.150. This fake warning was removed by administrator User:RegentsPark. Edward Jocob Philip Smith followed up with a further message, asking why I had deleted their earlier message,. I replied to this message, explaning why and suggesting, pretty clearly, that I believed they were using IP 212.250.203.150. as a sock. I reproduce this message below as evidence. You will see that not only has IP 212.250.203.150. placed the fake message on my Talkpage, but that Edward Jocob Philip Smith has removed warning notices from that IP's talkpage relating to the obsession they both share over the placing of the prefix Sir. This exchange was then removed twice by a third user, 7xp, a single-purpose account created today, whose only edits have been to my Talkpage,. This user has already been blocked for vandalism by RegentsPark.

Interactions with this user have become irritating, and I am as certain as I can be that they are using both accounts I have identified in an abusive way. I would be grateful if it could be investigated. Thanks and regards. KJP1 (talk) 17:06, 6 June 2024 (UTC)


 * p.s. - Please note in this post,, which they have subsequently deleted, they acknowledge that IP 212.250.203.150. originates at their school (something we are already aware of), but suggest that the edits to my page must have been undertaken by another pupil. I appreciate there are sensitivities here, in that we are dealing with an editor of school-age, and that anything that may publicly identify them should be avoided. KJP1 (talk) 17:13, 6 June 2024 (UTC)


 * Extract from my Talkpage
 * Why did you remove my talk page message? Edward Jocob Philip Smith (talk) 07:51, 6 June 2024 (UTC)


 * - a few things:
 * Any editor can remove items from their own Talkpage. I did so with your message as I did not intend to reply to it. You did so on your Talkpage with my message reminding you of the WP:Checkuser function;
 * Editors should not generally remove messages from other editors' Talkpages. You have done this here, and you have done it here, User talk:212.250.203.150, without any explanation. Why did you remove posts from the Talkpage of IP 212.250.203.150?
 * That IP also posted a fake message on my Talkpage, purporting to be from User:Kuru - which it wasn't - and which was helpfully removed by User:RegentsPark. Do you know why that IP posted the fake message on my page immediately after you posted?
 * That IP also has an obsession with the placement of the "Sir" prefix, . You have the same obsession, . Would you like to explain the similarity?
 * In my 17 years on here I've never asked another editor not to post on my page. As a general rule, I think discussion between editors is to be encouraged. But in your case, I am going to make an exception. Please do not post here again, unless it is to truthfully answer the questions above, or to raise a specific issue regarding an article we both watch. KJP1 (talk) 09:21, 6 June 2024 (UTC) KJP1 (talk) 17:06, 6 June 2024 (UTC)

Comments by other users

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * -  Girth Summit  (blether)  13:23, 7 June 2024 (UTC)
 * There are some fairly busy IPs involved here, some of which are shared. However, I am very confident of the following:
 * is ✅ to, and also to (I assume the username is intended to harass KJP1).
 * The person behind both of these accounts has made a few attempts to log into 's account (presumably an attempt to hijack the account by trying to guess a password).
 * Indeffing all. There are other accounts on these IPs that may be them, but I don't think so - come back if any further shenanigans ensue. No comment on the IP, I'll leave this open for another admin to consider whether that requires a block based on behaviour. Girth Summit  (blether)  13:32, 7 June 2024 (UTC)
 * - Many thanks for dealing with this so promptly. I had no idea they had also created User:Kjp2, how very enterprising of them. KJP1 (talk) 14:28, 7 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Just confirming that 2FA has long been enabled on my account. Sam Kuru (talk) 14:31, 7 June 2024 (UTC)
 * The IP has since been blocked. Closing. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 21:59, 13 June 2024 (UTC)