Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/EvanFinney08/Archive

Evidence submitted by RJaguar3
The names of all three accounts clearly suggest they are run by the same user (Evan Lee Finney, as indicated on the User:EvanFinney10 userpage; note that "ELF" are his initials). After his userpage User:EvanFinney08 was nominated for deletion a second time, he set up a copy of that page at User:ELF TV (see ). Later, User:ELF TV was blocked three times for disruptive editing ; the third of which was made indefinite after User:Enigmaman noted that "Based on talk history, this user has exhausted the community's patience." After the June 18, 2009 indef-block of User:ELF TV, in November 2009, User:EvanFinney10 began editing, starting with the November 25, 2009 edit of BrainSurge, in violation of the block on User:ELF TV.

Although the names of the accounts together with the given real name of the user operating them is quite strong evidence, more evidence can be found looking through common articles edited. Most of the edits from all three accounts are to 1990s and early 2000s television shows, especially those airing on the Nickelodeon channel. Here are some examples:

While there are a lot of Wikipedians interested in Nickelodeon shows of yore, this evidence (and there is a lot more you can find just looking at the contributions of each account) combined with the username evidence suggest these three accounts are all run by the same person. This person, having already been indefinitely blocked under User:ELF TV, continues to edit, a disruptive action that qualifies as abuse of multiple accounts.
 * Legends of the Hidden Temple
 * Edited by User:EvanFinney08 on April 3, 2008:
 * Edited by User:EvanFinney10 on November 28, 2009:
 * BrainSurge
 * Edited by User:ELF TV 4 times on April 8, 2009
 * Edited by User:EvanFinney10 several times from November 25, 2009 to December 6, 2010:
 * List of programs broadcast by Nickelodeon Games and Sports for Kids
 * Created by User:EvanFinney08 in 2008:, who also contributed many edits to that article:
 * Edited by User:EvanFinney10 July 4, 2010:

RJaguar3 &#124; u  &#124;  t  22:38, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Comments by accused parties
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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
ELF TV was indeed blocked for disruption, and then EvanFinney10 was created and continued in similar editing that got ELF TV blocked in the first place. All accounts indefinitely blocked and tagged. –MuZemike 00:33, 19 July 2010 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by RJaguar3
These IP sockpuppets appear to be run by the same puppetmaster, User:EvanFinney08, who was blocked for edits under the account User:ELF TV. After User:EvanFinney10 was blocked, he abused the unblock template, causing the privilege of editing his own talk page to be revoked (see , , , ). The two IPs have each edited EvanFinney10's userpage to request unblocking, by changing the Template:blockedsock template to the nonexistent Template:unblockedsock as well as, in the case of 75.108.171.228, the message "Please unblock this user or close the account." . Additionally, the two IP users continue to edit the same sorts of articles that User:EvanFinney08 edited, such as List of programs broadcast by TeenNick (,, ; see also , , etc. for edits by User:EvanFinney10). In light of the indefinite block on User:ELF TV and subsequently on all of Mr. Finney's accounts, the evidence that Mr. Finney has also edited under these IPs warrants the use of CheckUser. RJaguar3 &#124; u  &#124;  t  03:18, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

Comments by accused parties
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Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments
It's pretty clear these are block evasion attempts. That said, I'm leaving 75. unblocked, as it has not edited in several days. I've blocked 74. for 55 hours. I don't see much else to do here, leaving for final review. TN X Man 14:52, 7 August 2010 (UTC)
 * - I see no indication for a checkuser here, as (and has already been acted upon).  Sh i r ik  ( Questions or Comments? ) 07:25, 9 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Closing with no action on IP 75 Sh i r ik  ( Questions or Comments? ) 07:25, 9 August 2010 (UTC)