Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/HowieNina/Archive

Report date August 15 2009, 13:58 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets


 * Evidence submitted by Berean Hunter

This is a single purpose editor for Jack the Ripper-related articles. The oldest account is User:How Brown but the account which was blocked was User:HowieNina; I'm uncertain which one to call the puppetmaster. He owns jtrforums.com

User:How Brown adds self to Jack the Ripper suspects Reference list on 19 April 2008.

User:HowieNina was blocked indefinitely after edit warring to include his forum link on 10 October 2008 as a SPAM/Advertising-only account. Block log

Blocked user creates User:HBRo2 and admits who he is on 21 October 2008. I had removed a link he had inserted failing WP:ELNO and he inquired on my talk page. I was unaware of his block and attempted to assist him by explaining how his site would have to be modified to suit WP guidelines for inclusion.

User:JTRForums creates account, was flagged on Username policy and requests name change on same day (29 March 2009) to User:HowieNina, a name under which he was already blocked.

Same day, User:HowardNinaRipper replaces signature in an article (errantly placed) on 29 March 2009 identifying self as User:JTRForums.

User:Bigjonrees adds H. Brown to article the very next day (30 March 2009)...it is his only WP edit to date.

Today, User:HowardNinaRipper added self-reference to article.


 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.


 * Comments by other users

Requested by ⋙–Berean–Hunter—►  ((⊕)) 13:58, 15 August 2009 (UTC)
 * CheckUser requests

I believe User:HowieNina's block evasion merits a checkuser. Due to the number of socks already, I believe other socks may exist which I haven't located and I feel that a checkuser would reveal others.


 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments
 * Any results here would be, and so checkuser wouldn't be of any use. There is a chance these could be blocked based on behavioral evidence, however. NW ( Talk ) 17:48, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

Accounts are mostly inactive, blocking wouldn't serve much purpose. Brandon (talk) 03:42, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Conclusions

Suspected sockpuppets



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See my posting at Conflict of interest/Noticeboard. — Berean Hunter   (talk)  02:44, 27 November 2019 (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

 * DrKay (talk) 17:20, 27 November 2019 (UTC)