Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Gerry1214/Archive

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The suspected sock account seems to have a surprisingly good amount of knowledge of Wikipedia policies in spite of being an IP user active for only about two days. He is able to cite and cleanly grasp knowledge of WP:NOCON and WP:VD  while arguing against a position.

In addition, he is using mostly the same dialogue (and even the same diffs to the same sources) as the suspected sockmaster, while arguing for the classification of the 2016 Nice attack as terrorism:


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I simply can't help but find it at least a little suspicious. Parsley Man (talk) 19:19, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

Actually, I would like the admins to disregard this if this turns out to be true. The IP user is active whenever Gerry1214 is not, and this could be a case of unnoticed log-out. My apologies. Parsley Man (talk) 19:24, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

Disregard that now, Gerry1214 is treating the user as a separate person. Parsley Man (talk) 02:02, 2 November 2016 (UTC)

Note that the IP user has been blocked for 48 hours for edit-warring. No similar block notice is up for Gerry1214 (if they are indeed the same person and therefore should be sharing the same IP) but I can never tell. Parsley Man (talk) 05:53, 2 November 2016 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
Insufficient evidence to tie the IP to Gerry1214. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 20:22, 3 November 2016 (UTC)

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This seems like obvious block evasion by Gerry1214. That 78.54.107.82 is even continuing multiple conversations that Gerry1214 had been involved in on Talk:Immigration and crime in Germany  seems to remove any doubt.

After I reverted the edits of the first IPsock, per WP:EVADE,   2003:86:AB04:EEFD:D101:4499:326F:3C1 has restored all of them and has removed the  template from the first IP twice. 

Neither IP has edited anything else. Toddst1 (talk) 17:44, 19 December 2016 (UTC)

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It is really strange, how quick users are labelled here. I'm NOT a sock puppet of Gerry1214. And other users should not be labelled before a proof is given.--2003:86:AB04:EEFD:D101:4499:326F:3C1 (talk) 18:00, 19 December 2016 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
Both IPs blocked by Jpgordon for block evasion.
 * Closing. GABgab 16:10, 20 December 2016 (UTC)