Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/HTGS/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets
HTGS has been engaging in edit warring with me on both List of political parties in New Zealand and New Zealand National Party. The discussion had run dried and they stuck to their personal opinion rather than provide justification for their edits, which was going against No original research, while still continuing to revert the page. I opted stop partaking in edit warring with the user, report it, and have one of the New Zealand National Party protected, for full information, see the last URL link listed on this. However since this has occurred, a brand new user (Kiltroans) has popped up, and is directly engaging in the same edit reverting process with another user User:Helper201 that HGTS had been attempting revert earilier, and this new account has directly sent a message to me telling me I’ll be banned if I don’t stop my behavior. This is same tactic the HGTS had previously used while speaking on behalf of 3O without a response, and also talking on behalf of other editors that are not engaging in edits. I believe this is the same user disguised as a sockpuppet, to prevent a ban from continued edit warring and unwarranted edits.

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_political_parties_in_New_Zealand&diff=prev&oldid=1096712131

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_political_parties_in_New_Zealand&diff=next&oldid=1096714211

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_political_parties_in_New_Zealand&diff=next&oldid=1097169781

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_political_parties_in_New_Zealand&diff=next&oldid=1097748364

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:List_of_political_parties_in_New_Zealand&diff=prev&oldid=1097750571

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents#user:HTGS_Repeated_edit_warring,_constantly_wanting_to_start_trouble_without_explanations_for_their_edits.

SjShane (talk) 13:36, 13 July 2022 (UTC)

Comments by other users
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Hi, accused here! So isn’t a sock of mine. I don’t know exactly how this works, but I’m ok with that being checked. Honestly, SjShane has been so disruptive in attempts to protect his edits, accusing me of vandalism and bias, edit warring and then getting page protection, but I do understand this accusation. Kiltroans popped up right on time to carry on with changes that look very similar to changes I would make, they made changes to that page and nothing else. — HTGS (talk) 19:56, 16 July 2022 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * I'm not seeing anything remotely resembling evidence of sockpuppetry here, that would rise to the level of justifying the use of checkuser.  —&#8288;Scotty Wong &#8288;—  15:04, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Apologies as I had not correctly sourced all of the edits by both users and opted refer to the noticeboard for the edits HGTS has been making, instead of referencing them directly. This one day old user is partaking in the exact same edit warring over on the same pages, with the exact same edit that HGTS was applying prior to me filing a complaint on Administrators noticeboard on the basis of removing sourced content, biased edits and edit warring.  I strongly believe this is to evade a ban after being told to stop.
 * Edit by HGTS: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_political_parties_in_New_Zealand&diff=prev&oldid=1096739191
 * Edit by Kiltroans: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_political_parties_in_New_Zealand&diff=prev&oldid=1097711188


 * As already stated, this one day user is also claiming I am “raging” against the user HGTS. I find this unproductive commentary strikingly similar to what the user was writing before. SjShane (talk) 15:26, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Still seems a bit weak to me, but I'll defer to a clerk/CU for further opinions.  —&#8288;Scotty Wong &#8288;— 02:44, 14 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Not enough to connect these accounts - Kiltroans made three edits, then disappeared. Disruption seems to have stopped. Closing.  Girth Summit  (blether)  17:32, 29 July 2022 (UTC)