Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Law Lord/Archive

Report date June 23 2009, 19:32 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets


 * Evidence submitted by Mintrick

An otherwise uninvolved IP user made his only edits to a template he is not using, but Law Lord has engaged in edit warring over. I believe Law Lord logged out to perform these edits, in order to avoid the 3RR (which he successfully provoked me into doing, and immediately reported). I simply cannot see any reason why an uninvolved IP user would come out of the blue to make these edits.

The following edits constitute four reversions:


 * http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template%3AUser_en-gb-5&diff=297779658&oldid=256158702 81.170.10.52
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template%3AUser_en-gb-5&diff=297789573&oldid=297786159 81.170.10.52
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template%3AUser_en-gb-5&diff=297805070&oldid=297794665 Law Lord
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template%3AUser_en-gb-5&diff=297944887&oldid=297861661 Law Lord

Submitted. Mintrick (talk) 19:32, 23 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.

I have only edited while logged in, so I am innocent.

I have not engaged in edit warring.

I have reported Mintrick for edit warring, and he was blocked 12h for it.

I think this user is accusing me of using a sockpuppet in bad faith and out of spite. --Law Lord (talk) 23:24, 23 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Also, he ought to have notified me about this investigation, since it clearly says in Sockpuppet_investigations/SPI/Guidance that the person requesting an investigation must notify all accused parties. This seems like harassment to me. --Law Lord (talk) 23:32, 23 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Comments by other users

Requested by Mintrick (talk) 19:32, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
 * CheckUser requests


 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments


 * : Evidence is not sufficient to suggest a likely link between Law Lord and the IP. Since Law Lord had edited the template in the past, it was likely on his watchlist - prior to the IP edits, the template hadn't been edited at all since December of 2008. Law Lord involved himself in an edit war begun by the IP, but so have Dickylon and others. Suggest this case be closed. Nathan  T 15:55, 24 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Conclusions