Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Kmr535/Archive

Report date September 29 2009, 14:09 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets


 * Evidence submitted by Ultraexactzz

We have some removal of content at Keith Michael. A user identified himself as the subject of the article, and began removing content related to the subject's removal from Season 3 of Project Runway - See here and here for typical examples. An IP user warned Kmr535 for these removals here.

We then saw a string of four new usernames, all editing this article within 5 minutes of their creation. Three of them also signed their posts with their names in the edit summary (as with this edit), similar to the manner in which Kmr535 signed his posts to the same article (as with this edit).

The users were created thus:


 * created at 07:46 UTC, 27 September - First Edit at 07:48 here
 * created at 01:41 UTC, 28 September - First Edit at 01:45 here
 * created at 01:47 UTC, 28 September - First Edit at 01:52 here
 * created at 20:52 on 28 September - First Edit at 20:57 here

I am mindful of the interests that an article's subject has in ensuring that the article is accurate and factual, and the fact that this is a BLP is not lost on me - but we have processes for this sort of thing. The removals indicated here removed sourced material from the article, and I see no evidence of discussion on why that material should be removed. In the absence of process, this sockpuppetry becomes abusive, and that's a problem. Thank you. UltraExactZZ Claims~ Evidence 14:10, 29 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.


 * Comments by other users


 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments

All socks indefinitely blocked and tagged. Sockmaster blocked for 1 week. MuZemike 18:40, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Conclusions