Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Electriccatfish2/Archive

12 October 2012

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Moshecarroll123 was blocked by Dennis Brown as an obvious sock. Although the user made a total of 8 edits, he had enough knowledge of Wikipedia to accuse another editor of being a sock. In this diff, he claims another user had hacked into his friends accounts, perhaps this is because the user he was accusing had given warnings to his sockpuppets. It seems to me that if an experience editor like Dennis Brown thought this user was so obviously a sock that he hard blocked him, a CU should be performed to figure out who he might be a sock off. AutomaticStrikeout 03:12, 12 October 2012 (UTC)

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 * I am confident it is a sock of someone, enough that I did a hard block, something I almost never do. This means I can't clerk it, so others will have to make a determination here.  Dennis Brown -  2&cent;    &copy;   Join WER 03:20, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
 * I edit from a local library, and I found out who it was. We will probably come out to have the same IP on the CU report, which is fine, but I can assure you that it was not me. Anyways, I was trying to conceal my RL identity, but I got outed, so I'm vanishing and have sent an email to bureaucrats. Best wishes. --v/r Electric Catfish (talk) 16:58, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
 * I hate that, but understand why you need to do what you need to do. I hope you can cleanstart back at a later date.  I won't know it is you (no one but an arb should if you do it right) but I know you enjoyed being here most of the time, and I've seen you do some good work.  I hate it for you.  Dennis Brown -  2&cent;    &copy;   Join WER 00:42, 13 October 2012 (UTC)

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 * - I'm going to refrain from commenting for now, but I'd say hold the block. I need to send a few emails. -- DQ  (ʞlɐʇ)  03:31, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
 * I have talked with a second CU, and there is evidence to indicate that the library was not a point where this new user learned about Electriccatfish2. The blocked user is technically ✅ with Electriccatfish2. In otherwords the data indicates this is the same user. If Electriccatfish2 would like to counter this, he is free to email myself, DoRD (who consulted with me on the data), or the functionaries team. -- DQ  (ʞlɐʇ)  01:18, 13 October 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm putting this on hold so Electric can email DQ or another functionary. If I've not heard anything in a week, it might force our hand, so I recommend keep this page updated. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dennis Brown (talk • contribs)  00:05, October 18 2012 (UTC)
 * I have received no emails yet, for the record. -- DQ  (ʞlɐʇ)  16:44, 19 October 2012 (UTC)

— Berean Hunter   (talk)  04:42, 24 October 2012 (UTC)
 * It's been about ~1 week and two days since my CU results. If we were going to hear from him (especially since I sent an email to him), we should have heard from him by now, marking as checked again. -- DQ  (ʞlɐʇ)  14:27, 22 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Moved case to Electriccatfish2 and blocking master 1 week, tagging sock and closing.

11 November 2012

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main User has repeatedly admitted to using "over 20 sockpuppets" and challenges users to "find them". Not sure who exactly socks are, but I think this definitally warrants a CU to find and ban for socks. gwickwire &#124; Leave a message 18:31, 11 November 2012 (UTC)

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Whoops, seems someone had beat me to it. The sockmaster has been blocked, this can be closed. gwickwire &#124; Leave a message 18:41, 11 November 2012 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * - Dennis Brown -  2&cent;    &copy;   Join WER 13:55, 12 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Not proper form, links to different editor, etc. Closing. Dennis Brown -  2&cent;    &copy;   Join WER 13:55, 12 November 2012 (UTC)