Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Libreleah/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets
I'll try to add more Diffs and details, if I have time. Here are two. 92.40.218.255: Libreleah user page self-described as a "passionate nut". 92.40.218.255 said "...I think Leah's nuts..." and much more that resembles user Libreleah writing style and positions.

If it is not too late, please add SPA account, as suspected sockpuppet. User page looked similar in style and brevity as User Libreleah's previously did, comments at Talk:Libreboot take similar positions, if more briefly stated. -- Yae4 (talk) 05:40, 19 June 2023 (UTC)

Libreleah account became active again shortly after more and more of the IPs were blocked. Libreleah shows similar disregard for wiki-rules as the IPs, and bases arguments on what seems to make sense, to Libreleah. I don't know if this is technically block evasion or puppetry, but it looks like that to me.

Behavior similarities: Not entirely, but nearly exclusive focus on Libreboot. Similar words often used in edit summaries, Talk:Libreboot and WP:AN: "Revert vandalism" or "REVERT VANDALISM", "revert persistent vandalism by Yaae4, such as intentionally adding a repository link that 404'd - revert this again and i will report you for edit warring, and general abuse of wikipedia ToS, I see others also complained about you" The above threat to report was carried out by Libreleah. Familiarity with details of libreboot.org, and who is involved. Libreleah declared COI connection to Libreboot.ORG. Geolocation in UK, the home of Minifree and Libreboot.ORG.

Clarification: The following users are WP:MEAT based on near coincident arrival at Talk:Libreboot and all supporting user Libreboot.

Although I initially did not consider it, and tried to ignore the possibility, it struck me that PhotographyEdits went nearly silent as Libreleah and two other editors got active at Talk:Libreboot and Libreboot. It could be coincidence, but all three four, except "Maddy from Celeste" in a few minor instances, enthusiastically support Libreleah's positions on Libreboot. The interaction overlaps are interesting. These are less likely Socks, but are Meat. Yae4 (talk) 08:21, 16 June 2023 (UTC) Revised: -- Yae4 (talk) 05:40, 19 June 2023 (UTC)


 * FWIW, Libreleah has declared COI and identity, and the location in UK of Libreleah's Libreboot.org and Minifree are not secret. -- Yae4 (talk) 10:12, 16 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Also here with "proof" -- Yae4 (talk) 10:22, 16 June 2023 (UTC)


 * I should note that Yae4 has now been banned from Wikipedia, precisely for abuse of SPI in what admin ToBeFree labels an aspersion. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&oldid=1163592152#Disruptive_editing_by_Yae4_on_elive_article_and_others
 * Yae4's accusation of sockpuppetry on my part is entirely without merit, and should be rejected in its entirety. This very report by Yae4, on SP/I, was used an an example of Yae4's aspersions, weaponising SP/I against other editors that they merely didn't like or otherwise disagreed with.
 * I would very much like to continue using Wikipedia. Ever since I started editing here, I've had so much fun! Aswell, I created my first entirely new article recently:
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kostroma_Nuclear_Power_Plant
 * This article is so stupid, but funny. It's about a nuclear power plant that doesn't exist, that got canceled 3 times in Russia. I plan to write more articles like this :) Libreleah (talk) 23:45, 5 July 2023 (UTC)

Comments by other users

 * Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.

@Yae4 No comment on other IPs or users, but none of these are me for sure and neither do I have a conflict of interest in the project. I just got a bit tired of everything and have other stuff to do as well. PhotographyEdits (talk) 08:43, 16 June 2023 (UTC)

Hi, I'm the accused. I can categorically and unequivocally say that I'm *not* a sockpuppet for any other account or IP. The purpose of my posting here is now to bring attention to this section of Wikipedia policy:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/SPI/Guidance#Defending_yourself_against_claims

It says here that I can claim bad faith, if I provide evidence, and I have just that. Firstly, please read:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Libreboot#Persistent_vandalism,_or_otherwise_disruptive,_non-neutral_editing_with_clear_conflict_of_interest_for_those_involved

(for that section, click "Show" to show the text, which was collapsed due to its length)

In those assertions, and as supported by other editors on the Libreboot talk page, it has been suggested that Yae4 may be editing the Libreboot article with a biased / non-neutral point of view, and an assertion of attempted hijacking by Yae4 was even made.

What followed was a rigorous discussion from many editors, where a consensus started to develop (and is still developing) that *libreboot.org*, the original subject of the article, does in fact have notability as per currently cited sources, many of which Yae4 himself added. However, Yae4 has persistently tried to make the article be about another domain name *libreboot.at* instead, despite most of the current sourcing supporting *libreboot.org* and *libreboot.at* having weak sourcing (sourcing that I should point out constitutes *original research*, in direct violation of the policy banning original research, in the article - FSF-affiliated sources support libreboot.at, yet FSF sources were dropped for libreboot.org on the grounds that they are original research, due to libreboot.org's historical connection to the FSF).

In addition to all of this, based on these and other observations, a complaint about Yae4's abusive editing was lodged on the administrators noticeboard:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard#Username_Yae4_engaging_in_persistent_disruptive_editing_of_the_Libreboot_article

In response to all of this, Yae4 has simultaneously:


 * Opened a sockpuppet investigation against me (on this page, that you are reading now)


 * Proposed a *2nd* AfD / article for deletion, on Libreboot: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Libreboot_(2nd_nomination)

As stated here and elsewhere, I believe Yae4 is acting in bad faith. I myself, although I do have a strong connection to the subject of the Libreboot article, have raised valid arguments on the talk page, *declared* such connection. I also did *not* propose deletion of *libreboot.at* on the article, instead I advocated: libreboot.org should be most prominent and considered the official website of Libreboot, the subject of the article, with libreboot.at being a footnote for now since (as other editors also agreed on that talk page) libreboot.org has superior sourcing compared to libreboot.at

When you read the history of the discussion, Yae4's primary assertion is that Libreboot is related to the FSF, and thus any FSF based sources should now refer to libreboot.at, on the grounds that libreboot.org no longer adheres to FSF policy. The exact context for what I'm talking about can be read on the Libreboot article's talk page.

Sorry for the long entry, but I felt I needed to be thorough.Libreleah (talk) 10:54, 16 June 2023 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * CU I see no grounds for checking PhotographyEdits or the other users mentioned. Spicy (talk) 09:28, 16 June 2023 (UTC)
 * , filer has since been community banned and in extensive AN*discussions, there was no action taken against Libreleah nor any indication that others were acting in concert. Any editor in good standing is welcome to revisit this should they feel it necessary. Star   Mississippi  01:53, 15 July 2023 (UTC)