Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Guitarherochristopher/Archive

Report date September 27 2009, 21:29 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets


 * Evidence submitted by Protonk

Some suspicions aroused by the behavior of Guitarherochristopher at this AN/I thread. Both have similar userpages, editing habits and affects. Though I will readily admit that differences exist in their language/diction. There is some overlap in pages edited, the concerning ones being deletion discussions. Protonk (talk) 21:29, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

Alright Im not a popsuckett (LOL) but Ill give you some hard evidence. He joined in 2008 I joined in july of this year, we both have diffrent IP addresses, He lives in California; I live on the East Coast. He likes U2, I dont really care about them, There are some similarities but I can assure you that I am a sock puttet of no one, we live across the country. (I have already been accused of this once, and I dont want to go through it again)-- Coldplay   Expert  23:23, 27 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Comments by accused parties

Was that question directed to me? If it was, I have no idea what your talking about.-- Coldplay   Expert  23:45, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

To explain that, yes I am friends with orangesodakid in real life, In fact best friends so when he got blocked he tried to ask to be unblocked but his CPU crashed so he called me and told me to talk on his behalf, I also took this oppertunity to try to get myself unblocked as well. Sorry :( But I am/orangesodakid is/are not sockpuppets of guitarherochristopher. I am just a fan of Coldplay like GHC and Orangesodakid is just my close friend. (he doesnt know GHC either)-- Coldplay   Expert  23:59, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

I do not know Guitarherochristopher. I do however know orangesodakid and yes \BF/ was involved in it (he blocked me but its ok) and now I realized that OSK sould not have given me his password. But this isnt about that its about me and GHC so once again I can prove to all of you who have doubts that we are two diffrent people. I am no friends with him at all.-- Coldplay   Expert  00:12, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

Here's some more evidence. If I was a Sock then how do you explain | this ? If I was the sock would'nt it be the other way around and he would revert my edit considering that he is supposed to be the master account?-- Coldplay   Expert  00:23, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

Actually Deserted Cities, we are 4 time zones apart. Im in Virginia and GHC claims to be in California CA is in the Pacific Time Zone while I am in the Eastern Time Zone, and the only wa that I know GHC is through wikipedia, nothing else. I have only been to California once in my life and that was to visit my cousins in Los Angeles-- Coldplay   Expert  17:04, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

See Defending yourself against claims.


 * Comments by other users
 * My spidey sense was tingling there as well, though I'd add in a couple of other names. I had emailed Hersfold privately regarding this; didn't receive a response (but I'd said I didn't need one). So not sure if it's been checked already. → ROUX   ₪  21:37, 27 September 2009 (UTC)


 * I believe that this is the link to the previous accusation of which NuclearWarfare was asking. – Katerenka  (talk • contribs) 23:51, 27 September 2009 (UTC)


 * These users are likely friends in real life, as was evidences by the recent Orangesodakid events (which I was involved in). There has been some level of disruption on MfDs but now large scale disruption. \ Backslash Forwardslash / (talk) 00:06, 28 September 2009 (UTC)


 * I've long been suspicious that these two are related, given their similar interests and style. CE claims they live in time zones three hours apart, but this and this show a generally similar editing time range. Also, CE's defense of Chris and other users with "hidden pages" set off red flags for me. I sort of assume that some of these users are related or know eachother somehow.  Deserted Cities (talk) 02:35, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

Requested by Protonk (talk) 21:29, 27 September 2009 (UTC)
 * CheckUser requests


 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments
 * - I'm getting a sense, like Roux, though I do have some doubts. A checkuser would be nice. NW ( Talk ) 21:45, 27 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Could you please link to the previous accusation? NW ( Talk ) 23:32, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

❌ J.delanoy gabs adds  18:50, 28 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Conclusions
 * Well, if technical evidence says no, then there is nothing more to do, as the behavioral evidence was only a "maybe". Closing...

04 June 2010

 * Suspected sockpuppets

Username is similar to User:CLOSEXACT, which is a blocked sock puppet. ~ Nerdy Science Dude  (✉ • ✐) 00:33, 4 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Evidence submitted by ~ Nerdy Science Dude  (✉ • ✐)
 * I know for a fact that he is a sock. His edits are in line with that of GHC, a banned editor and his sock, CLOSEXACT, (almost identical name). I suggest following the policy of WP:RBI.-- White Shadows you're breaking up 00:38, 4 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Ha, I just read the archive, and someone thought you were a sock puppet. Interesting. ~ Nerdy Science Dude  (✉ • ✐) 00:45, 4 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes I know.....-- White Shadows you're breaking up 00:47, 4 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.


 * Comments by other users

Obvious sock blocked. Amalthea 10:54, 5 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments

Evidence submitted by White Shadows
This user's userpage as well as his editing patters are obvious hints that he is indeed a sock of the banned editor Guitarherochristopher. I'd like a CU to verify this. See the previous cases involving socks of this user for more hints that lead that he is a sock of GHC. A link on his userpage also takes you to the GHC youtube page. Dead giveaway here.-- White Shadows There goes another day 00:56, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

Comments by accused parties
See Defending yourself against claims.

Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments
moved from Sockpuppet investigations/Triedradio, please see there for original history. SpitfireTally-ho! 11:01, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

Obvious sock ✅. What's the best way forward here? Can or should we get the user to appeal his ban? He seems to be producing content, and although I'm not at all familiar with the background of this user it might be that the issues that led to the ban are mostly resolved (except maybe the myspacing). Maybe talking to him about it can lead somewhere? Amalthea 12:00, 1 July 2010 (UTC)
 * This sock is blocked and tagged. I agree discussion may be productive, but socking around blocks is not encouraging. TN X Man  15:01, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by Nymf
This edit first caught my attention. Very odd to remove a comment like that just out of the blue. I went on to find that the first user was blocked for WP:NOTMYSPACE. Very similar to what this user is doing at the moment. They are both named Chris, as noted on both user pages. They both seem to have an obession with Dr. Pepper. The first user says that it was born in Sacramento, California, the second user says the west coast (Sacramento is on the west coast). They are both fans of Coldplay, etc. Very similar language, too. It's a duck. Nymf hideliho! 01:16, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

Comments by accused parties
See Defending yourself against claims.

Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments

 * Cyberduck icon.png Quack! Blocked and tagged. Blurpeace  19:03, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

18 July 2011

 * Suspected sockpuppets




 * User compare report Auto-generated every hour.

Claiming to be a newcomer and conveniently claiming to read guidelines for several days, this "newcomer" seems to have a extremely good understanding of Wikipedia intricacies such as GA review, blocking, and editor history. Editor recreated a deleted template Template:TVT Records started by and deleted through a TfD discussion. First edit (admin only) to the template claims that he is not 1007D. The makes edit to GA review of Tiger shark, which 1007D was involved with. . Finally, makes a series of edits to 1007D's user page that details the history of 1007D's editing activity and block. All of this knowledge seems a little too good to be studious newcomer and repeated claims that they are not 1007D makes me believe that they are indeed a sockpuppet. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 08:33, 18 July 2011 (UTC)

Comments by other users
''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.'' 1007D created that TVT Records template, but I didn't create it. 1007D is a different user, while I am not the same user as 1007D. 1007D was created by a person born on January 22, 1955. Pop Goes the Decay was created by me, and I was born on March 8, 1961. Pop Goes the Decay (talk) 08:41, 18 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Endorsed: Given the random and swift nature of User:Pop Goes the Decay's editing of User:1007D's userpage I think its safe to assume they are one in the same. Zoo  Pro  10:48, 18 July 2011 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * - I have duck blocked, but confirmation would be nice and any sleepers. (I am still considering this could be a meatpuppet, but we'll see.) -- DQ  (t)   (e)  13:59, 18 July 2011 (UTC)
 * ✅, no other accounts at a glance. TN X Man  14:40, 18 July 2011 (UTC)

23 August 2011

 * Suspected sockpuppets


 * User compare report Auto-generated every hour.


 * Signature contains same characters as his other socks.
 * His userpages resemble the pages of his other socks.
 * His editing interests resemble the interests of his other socks.
 * Randomly asked me (keep in mind I have NEVER talked to this user) for my opinion of 1007D, the suspected puppeteer. I Help, When I Can.[12] 10:46, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

Comments by other users
''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.''

With the ducky nature of the report and the CheckUser evidence, it looks like this warrants a block. —  Kudu ~I/O~ 13:45, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
✅. TN X Man  13:04, 23 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged. Favonian (talk) 13:52, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

10 September 2011

 * Suspected sockpuppets

While I'm not really certain if this is really the case or not, several things just don't seen right here


 * This user registered on 4 September, only 5 days after User:Anger-Cola was blocked as a sock, but seems to be rather knowledgeable on editing matters.
 * This user has a complex user page layout like 'Anger' and User:1007D did.
 * There also seems to be somewhat of an overlapping of what kind of userboxes these users have, although their collections aren't identical.
 * Overlapping edit patterns - mostly on Metallica and related articles, but also (to a lesser degree) Nine Inch Nails-related edits, and (only in common with 'Anger') Megadeth-related edits.

Again, it could be nothing, but something just seems off here.--L1A1 FAL (talk) 02:45, 11 September 2011 (UTC)

Comments by other users
''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.''

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
✅ and already blocked with talk page revoked. –MuZemike 02:51, 11 September 2011 (UTC)