Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Kp3te/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets


User:Kp3te (talk WP:ILLEGIT use of WP:IPSOCK account 64.85.181.34 (talk)

WP:SIGNS : WP:IDENTICAL WP:GEOSOCK WP:ILLEGIT : WP:GHBH,WP:SPASOCK
 * Puppeteer's user page
 * IPsock edits Puppeteer's user page
 * IPsock located in Bryson City, North Carolina per
 * User:Kp3te states "Kyle Pete is a 16 year old kid from Cherokee,North Carolina"
 * per |Google Maps, these cities are 10 miles away, which is within error limits of IP geolocation
 * Puppeteer only edits Puppeteer's user page (Special:Contributions/Kp3te)
 * IPsock only vandalises (Special:Contributions/64.85.181.34: Convention on Psychotropic Substances ‎, Hades , Ryan Johnson , Franco-Syrian War  ,,, Sun Yat-sen  and again after being warned to stop )

Evidence submitted by 4wajzkd02
4wajzkd02 (talk) 19:49, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

Comments by accused parties
See Defending yourself against claims.

Comments by other users
Even if the IP is user Kp3te, editing while not logged in is not in itself sock-puppetry. On the other hand, the IP should be warned and/or taken to WP:AIV. This is not the right forum for simple vandalism. Rhomb (talk) 07:30, 8 December 2009 (UTC)
 * "Even if the IP is user Kp3te" - It clearly is, per
 * "editing while not logged in is not in itself sock-puppetry". Correct. But, per WP:GHBH, using the logged-in account only to edit his user page (the "good hand", while using the IP only only for vandalism ("the bad hand") is defined as sockpuppetry and an WP:ILLEGIT use of 'alternate' accounts."'Good hand, bad hand' accounts: Keeping one account 'clean' while using another to engage in disruption."
 * "This is not the right forum for simple vandalism". Yes, but this is WP:ILLEGIT, "Inappropriate uses of alternate accounts", not simple WP:VANDALISM. --4wajzkd02 (talk) 11:04, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Conclusions
Kp3te indefinitely blocked. IP blocked 3 months. MuZemike 20:23, 8 December 2009 (UTC)