Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Gimmetrow/Archive

Report date March 16 2009, 19:41 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets

I request that the WP:CHECK checkuser tool be used to determine if user:Soidi and user:Defteri are sockpuppets of user:Gimmetrow. I would like to be able to treat each as a separate person but Soidi and Defteri emerged with instant Wikipedia knowledge to support Gimmetrow in a dispute that is now in mediation after months of discussion on the talk pages and archives of Roman Catholic Church       beginning in November 2008. I understand that Wikipedia acknowledges some alternative accounts but does not allow sockpuppets to be used for voting or editwarring which is what is occurring in this case. I do not want to upset anyone if they are legitimate users but it is hard to consider these three as separate people when they use the same words and logic interchangeably and the dead accounts with scant edits (Soidi and Defteri) suddenly came alive with edits to support Gimmetrow's argument against a consensus of 15 regular Wikipedia editors. Thanks.


 * Evidence submitted by  Nancy Heise    talk  19:41, 16 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.


 * Comments by other users

Requested by  Nancy Heise    talk  19:41, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
 * CheckUser requests

This is too much of a fishing trip. We can't run a CU with zero behavioural evidence that points to socking. Mayalld (talk) 23:08, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

I am not seeing any 3RR, whilst I am seeing several other editors taking the same point of view. I don't see any voting or any editwarring on a brief review. Please provide specific evidence. Risker (talk) 21:36, 16 March 2009 (UTC) No action taken. Insufficent strong evidence given. -- Kanonkas : Talk  15:42, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments
 * I see distinct behavioural differences between the edit summary usage of all three accounts, which tends to suggest that this is three different people with similar views. Mayalld (talk) 23:08, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Conclusions