Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Griot/Archive

Evidence submitted by Copana2002
User has a similar name to User:Griot and edited the Matt Gonzalez article which is apparently a characteristic of Griot; he/she seems to have concentrated on Ralph Nader-related articles in the past. See Requests for checkuser/Case/Griot and contribs for more info. Copana2002 (talk) 21:17, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

Comments by accused parties
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Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments
Any suspected socks? –MuZemike 21:18, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Case moved to /Girot; the appropriate one. NW ( Talk ) 03:15, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

Blocked and tagged. –MuZemike 02:18, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by Copana2002
User undid reverting of Griot2's edits and left a misleading message on article talk page. Since this is the only edit the user has ever made, it seems likely that User:LandonAdamScot is another sock of User:Griot. Copana2002 (talk) 04:15, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

Comments by accused parties
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• 1. User:Griot uses a different IP range, ISP and region altogether. • 2. Removing valid, sourced content is a violation. • 3. The name User:Griot2 is a bit obvious. • 4. As it turns out, it isn't so difficult to perform an independent Check User with one's own software program. • 5. 71.139.25.253, 71.139.12.211, 71.139.23.172 are in IP range of User:Griot and far more consistent with contributions of User:Griot than my (single) contribution upon which this accusation is based.

In conclusion, the whole schomoozle is BS. I'd like an apology from the accuser, a paid vacation, and $500K in damages. I'm not altogether kidding.

My concerns regarding the accused have been twice removed. Refer to my contributions for additional notes. LandonAdamScott (talk) 12:45, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

LandonAdamScott (talk) 11:28, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments
Moved from archive page. Obviously vindictive and bad-faith report of by LandonAdamScott removed. Tim Song (talk) 12:28, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

This is quacking loudly. Blocked and tagged. Peter Symonds ( talk ) 12:58, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by Copana2002
User has a new account which mimics my own account name (they simply added the digit "2") and the first edit they made was on the Matt Gonzalez article as is characteristic of User:Griot. Also, user has engaged in odd behaviour where they follow me around Wikipedia and edit the same articles that I do, suggesting User:Griot once more. Copana2002 (talk) 22:14, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

Comments by accused parties
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Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments
Blocked and tagged. –MuZemike 04:55, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

20 June 2011

 * Suspected sockpuppets




 * User compare report Auto-generated every hour.

See "Admin comments" section below, also compare IP edits to that of previously blocked account SCFilm29. Hers fold  (t/a/c) 15:53, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

Comments by other users
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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
Noting this here for future checks, no further action needs to be taken here. This IP address was reported to me by on my talk page, and does show very duckish signs of being Griot. If anyone notices future incarnations, pay particular attention to the sock's contributions, as this guy has been known to create "contribution sentences" by making innocuous edits to pages and edit summaries in a particular order, such that the contribution log then shows an oversightable phrase. Hers fold  (t/a/c) 15:53, 20 June 2011 (UTC)