Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Jgheuser/Archive

Report date April 2 2009, 21:28 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets

Terrier Nation was created by Jgheuser on March 23, but deleted as non-notable per an AfD only six days later.
 * Evidence submitted by Blueboy96

The very next day, Dirkdiggler8287 (who made the last edit to this article's first incarnation) recreates the article as a blatant piece of spam, and it was speedied 48 hours later (as a G4, though I'd have deleted it as a G11).

Now today--just over 24 hours later--Terriernation recreates the article, in a version that avoids a G11 by the skin of its teeth and is different enough from the first version to avoid a G4. So we have three supposedly different users attempting to edit an article about an obscure student-produced show within a short period of time. Coincidence? I doubt it. Blueboy96 21:28, 2 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.


 * Comments by other users

Requested by Blueboy96 21:28, 2 April 2009 (UTC) CU not appropriate. Mayalld (talk) 05:31, 3 April 2009 (UTC) (also stale)
 * CheckUser requests


 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments

There are several problems here. Mayalld (talk) 13:06, 3 April 2009 (UTC) Mayalld (talk) 13:06, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Conclusions
 * First the original delete, recreation and delete were twelve months ago, not twelve days ago. Neither the supposed master, nor the supposed first sock have edited recently, and even if Terriernation is the same user as one of these, the long abandonment of the old accounts takes this out of the scope of WP:SOCK
 * Secondly, whilst sleeper socks are not unknown, I just don't buy the idea that Dirkdiggler was created 12 months in advance (in 2007) just to be ready to do a bit of promo on a student radio station 12 months down the line.
 * Thirdly, even if the first two accounts are socks, they haven't edited anything for 12 months. What purpose would a block serve?