Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Justpassinby/Archive

Report date July 1 2009, 17:40 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets

See Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of Justpassinby for other, earlier socks.


 * Evidence submitted by Moonriddengirl

In March 2008 this user was indefinitely blocked for abusing multiple accounts. His primary focus seemed to be on attacking Jon Courtney and Pure Reason Revolution. A lot of ink was spilled over his apparent vendetta against this band and this singer at administrators' noticeboards: see. This user seems to be picking up with that vendetta, with his first edits to vandalize the band's label ( and ) and the band's article. In addition to sharing Justpassinby's apparent dislike for the band, he refers here to a conversation I had with Jusspassinby. His vandalism combined with his appeal to policies & guidelines seems to add up to a persistent effort to game the system to trash this band and musician he dislikes. I think similarity in interests and aims, a previous clear history of socking and other behavioral evidence adds up to a likelihood of a returned sockpuppeteer who intends to disrupt these articles for his own aims.


 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.


 * Comments by other users


 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments


 * Conclusions

I'd say this was probable based on the contributions and the similarity of edit summaries. Blocked/tagged. Peter Symonds ( talk ) 15:49, 2 July 2009 (UTC)