Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/JRAROCKNROLL/Archive

24 August 2011

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Oddly, the sockmaster in this case is the static IP. The static IP edits since February with unsourced and erroneous information based on fansites (mostly but not only on Kiss articles). The IP was warned and blocked multiple times, but he doesn't care. He now uses this user (creates August 9) so he can edit while blocked. I can go and show that the edits are similar, but since he just slipped I don't think this is necessary: here he edited his IP talk page while the IP was blocked, but signed his user name. As I'm not 100% sure this qualifies as a WP:DUCK, I'm also asking for checkuser. Muhandes (talk) 07:09, 24 August 2011 (UTC)

Comments by other users
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 * WP:DUCK is based on judgement - here, this is very clearly a sockpuppet created to evade a ban, so I would reckon that CheckUser isn't needed. The procedure would be to hardblock the account indefinitely. To be sure, I'd also hardblock the IP, although this should be done sparingly. —  Kudu ~I/O~ 13:56, 24 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Very well, I was a bit close to the subject so I wasn't 100% sure I am impartial, but if an impartial editor thinks it's a duck, a duck it is. --Muhandes (talk) 15:36, 24 August 2011 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
I'm sorry, but checkuser generally does not disclose connections between IPs and named accounts. TN X Man 14:05, 24 August 2011 (UTC)
 * The IP is currently blocked, so right now they should only be using the account. Relist if there are further complications. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 02:50, 25 August 2011 (UTC)