Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Laurelcanyon310/Archive

Report date July 30 2009, 10:26 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets

Very similar edits are repeatedly added by these users. See http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=V._S._Naipaul&diff=303872989&oldid=303752076 & http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=V._S._Naipaul&diff=304936106&oldid=304853266 & http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=V._S._Naipaul&diff=304714730&oldid=304189926. All of them seem like single purpose accounts for editing V._S._Naipaul ZencvLets discuss 10:26, 30 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Evidence submitted by ZencvLets discuss


 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.

Baloney. What you're undoubtedly encountering is a growing consensus that certain postcolonial theorists may be no more than common "stone-throwers," and that the collective subconscious wants this expressed. I've never heard of Emerson22. Get off it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Laurelcanyon310 (talk • contribs) 15:13, 30 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Comments by other users

Endorse checkuser to establish the fact that they are sockpuppets, though it seems likely from the similar additions of controversial content. NW ( Talk ) 05:10, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments

/ The IPs are close geographically and the editing times are consistent with someone commuting between school/work and home. The computers are different, because one is most likely a university computer and the other is the personal/home computer. The overlap of the predominance of edits on the same three articles, and nowhere else, makes this go from possible to likely in my opinion. -- Avi (talk) 06:42, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Conclusions


 * Accounts blocked indefinitely, IP blocked anon-only for 1 week. J.delanoy gabs adds  15:54, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
 * - Both accounts tagged. Marking for closing. NW ( Talk ) 15:59, 3 August 2009 (UTC)