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25 March 2013

 * Suspected sockpuppets


 * renamed The Master 19 November 2012‎
 * renamed The Master 19 November 2012‎
 * renamed The Master 19 November 2012‎


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Initial suspicion raised by an unusual obsession with a relatively minor point involving a misnomer:

"The Democratic machine and Cook County Regular Democratic Organization are the same thing." Talk:Democratic_Party_of_Cook_County 04:37, 18 November 2012 The Garbage Skow WP:CHU The Master

"For one, the RDO and the CCDP are ONE IN THE SAME." Talk:Democratic_Party_of_Cook_County 16:43, 23 March 2013 Homeaccount

"I take it you also concede that the Cook County Democratic Party and the Cook County Regular Democratic Organization discussed in this thread are one in the same?" Talk:Democratic_Party_of_Cook_County 21:10, 2 April 2013 Homeaccount

More generally, POV pushing and WP:OWNER and WP:EXPERT disruptive behavior tendencies at Democratic_Party_of_Cook_County and Chicago machine. Please see User compare report. Hugh (talk) 17:35, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

More specifically,


 * 1) "Logging out to make problematic edits as an IP address" interjecting an edit from an IP in an edit war context to frustrate 3RR |diff
 * 2) "Reviving old unused accounts (sometimes referred to as sleepers) and presenting them as different users" pushing POV as The Garbage Skow, meets resistance from community, waits a bit, returns as Homeaccount, please see Talk:Democratic_Party_of_Cook_County
 * 3) "Reviving old unused accounts (sometimes referred to as sleepers) and presenting them as different users" pushing POV as The Master, meets resistance from community, waits a bit, returns as Homeaccount, please see | Chicago Machine: Revision history
 * 4) "Avoiding scrutiny" and "Misusing a clean start" WP:CHU and multiple accounts misused to support POV pushing by create the impression of a relatively inexperienced editor in order to maintain the plausibility of repeated claims of lack of understanding of fundamental guidelines such  WP:CCPOL and WP:MOS in the context of multiple attempts at engagement on issues of WP:NPOV, tone, word choice, style, and WP:PARAPHRASE, while at the same time demonstrating the mastery of tactics such as WP:3RR indicative of the true level of experience, please see Talk:Democratic_Party_of_Cook_County Hugh (talk) 19:39, 30 March 2013 (UTC)

Misuse of clean start in terms of personal attacks in edit summaries:

"explain reversal of ignorant move" Talk:Democratic_Party_of_Cook_County 16:43, 23 March 2013 Homeaccount

"so people can see what this angry clown wrote" User talk:Homeaccount 18:04, 1 April 2013 Homeaccount

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Aside from the somewhat similar claims made in the two edits above (which were separated by more than three months), there doesn't seem to be any major crossover between these two fairly established accounts. Please provide additional evidence of sockpuppetry. Yunshui 雲 &zwj; 水  10:19, 26 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your patience (1st spi request), more specific evidence of sockpuppetry has been added. Hugh (talk) 18:28, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

Generally disruptive editing behaviour does not prove sockpuppetry. I am inclined to decline this CU request (and recommend the SPI be closed without taking action) unless there is evidence of one user inappropriately editing under multiple accounts and/or IP addresses. Please be more specific as to what in this user compare report supports a presumption of sockpuppetry (not simply disruptive editing, but specifically sockpuppetry). — Rich wales (no relation to Jimbo) 16:36, 26 March 2013 (UTC)
 * thanks for your patience, 1st spi here, I will add more specifics. Hugh (talk)


 * - The Master = The Garbage Skow because of the CHU, we don't need CU to prove that. CU will not connect IPs to accounts. Finally while the two remaining accounts may have similar opinions I see little evidence to run a CU. Rschen7754 09:11, 27 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Not enough info to show sockpuppetry; I looked at the contribution histories and couldn't see any obvious connections. — Rich wales (no relation to Jimbo) 05:50, 3 April 2013 (UTC)