Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Historyday01/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets
Intentional editing-while-logged-out to continue bludgeoning Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/S.A.L.E.M.: The Secret Archive of Legends, Enchantments, and Monsters. This conduct calls into question Historyday01's previous denial of COI. It's ducklike behavior, entirely inconsistent with how an editor who's been around so long should be behaving. BUT, it's so obvious it could be a Joe Job-like attack by someone who doesn't like Historyday01. I leave it to clerk/admin discretion how to handle this in light of our well-considered reluctance to link IPs with usernames. Jclemens (talk) 17:16, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

Comments by other users

 * Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.

I will say here that 71.246.78.77 is not my account and I am not associated with it. That user clearly doesn't like me, so you are right about that. I think this user arguably falls into the "Obvious, disruptive sock puppet" and a "Disruptive "throwaway" account used only for a few edits" as stated here so I don't believe a CheckUser is necessary as a result. Furthermore, it says on WP:CHECKME that "On some Wikimedia projects, an editor's IP addresses may be checked upon their request, typically to prove innocence against a sockpuppet allegation. Such checks are not allowed on the English Wikipedia and such requests will not be granted" so that policy should be followed above all else. I take my privacy very seriously, which is the only reason as to why I am hesitating here. I only have one alternate account, which I've previously acknowledged already on my user page, which I will repeat here: "In order to fulfill WP:SOCK, my alternative account is User:Historyhermann1993, although I don't use that account." Perhaps blocking that specific IP (71.246.78.77) or banning creation of new accounts from that IP (71.246.78.77), i.e. WP:SOFTBLOCK, could be possible solutions here. Speaking frankly, I do not believe this is a serious case. The IP user probably just needs a better education at how Wikipedia works. Looking at their edits, it looks like they are a SPA and that's all, meaning that user's edits should be labeled as such.Historyday01 (talk) 00:15, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Both are now blocked. —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 01:26, 23 June 2024 (UTC)