Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/JRG/Archive

14 August 2015

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The JCN217 account has made eight contributions to Wikipedia. Three date from July 2015 and concern Sydney public transport. The remaining five all relate to a dispute about a single, obscure, Sydney public transport page created by JRG. After I listed that page, List of New South Wales railway station codes, for speedy deletion, I added a courtesy note to JRG on his talk page (though the user is ostensibly retired). Just over an hour later, JCN217 began making edits again after a break of one month – and only to that page (and associated talk pages). The user claims to have reference material to support the content, something they no doubt have in common with the page's original author. In addition, JCN217 displays a very good knowledge of Wikipedia policies/guidelines for a user with just eight edits to their name.

It seems to me unlikely that a new user with background material on this highly obscure subject would chance upon this page an hour after I alerted JRG to its deletion nomination and begin fighting tooth and nail to retain it, quoting policies and so on, despite never having participated in any discussions on the site previously. Mqst north (talk) 14:14, 14 August 2015 (UTC)

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 * - Abandoning an account and registering anew one after 8 years does not look WP:ILLEGIT to me. Did you try to discuss this with ?  Vanjagenije   (talk)  00:58, 17 August 2015 (UTC)
 * If that is a legitimate approach for JRG to take (assuming it is him) then I am happy for this investigation to lapse. Sorry for the inconvenience. Mqst north (talk) 05:08, 17 August 2015 (UTC)


 * Closing the case.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  08:02, 17 August 2015 (UTC)