Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Lock Your Door/Archive

Report date May 5 2009, 08:41 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets


 * Evidence submitted by —  Dæ dαlus Contribs 

All puppets have related username, and all have basically the same set of contribs: harassing CoM.—  Dæ dαlus Contribs  08:41, 5 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.


 * Comments by other users

Requested by —  Dæ dαlus Contribs  08:41, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
 * CheckUser requests

CU is required for rangeblock potential, as the master and first sock listed were previously blocked, but this user came back as a third sock.—  Dæ dαlus Contribs  08:41, 5 May 2009 (UTC) There is no 3RR violation here, and whilst this would appear to be the same user editing around a community sanction (an indef block as a vandalism only account), there are a total of four edits across all the accounts. For recalcitrant vandals, the usual code is "B", but that doesn't apply here, because we are nowhere near the level of vandalism required for that. Mayalld (talk) 19:21, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments
 * Blocked and tagged.  Syn  ergy 05:09, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

 Syn  ergy 05:09, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Conclusions

Report date May 6 2009, 05:09 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets


 * Evidence submitted by —  Dæ dαlus Contribs 

Usernames, again, not to mention MO.—  Dæ dαlus Contribs  05:09, 6 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.


 * Comments by other users

Requested by —  Dæ dαlus Contribs  05:09, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
 * CheckUser requests

Again, for rangeblock potential. This user has now evaded several blocks. He needs to be CU'd so we can take care of him permanently.—  Dæ dαlus Contribs  05:09, 6 May 2009 (UTC) Block evasion doesn't really come into play where the attempt is this obvious, and as stated before, serious pattern vandalism requires that there have been dozens of cases. Mayalld (talk) 06:28, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments

all accounts are blocked. CU clearly not appropriate. Mayalld (talk) 13:20, 6 May 2009 (UTC) Mayalld (talk) 13:20, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Conclusions

Report date May 7 2009, 05:42 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets

Constant vandalism of User:ChildofMidnights pages. All usernames are very similar. DougsTech (talk) 05:42, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Evidence submitted by DougsTech (talk)



Possibly. Has been stalking me of late. ChildofMidnight (talk) 06:05, 7 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.


 * Comments by other users


 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments

all accounts are blocked. Mayalld (talk) 06:27, 7 May 2009 (UTC) Mayalld (talk) 06:27, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Conclusions

Report date June 11 2009, 05:46 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets
 * (Possible IP; performed an edit to High-functioning autism in line with the socks above and the named master)
 * (Possible IP; performed an edit to High-functioning autism in line with the socks above and the named master)
 * (Possible IP; performed an edit to High-functioning autism in line with the socks above and the named master)
 * (Possible IP; performed an edit to High-functioning autism in line with the socks above and the named master)

This is a case presently being discussed via IRC. All three seem to have a fixation with the article High-functioning autism; specifically adding a name to it and editing specifically to denigrate that individual (see deleted contributions for Sonichufan, ChrisChanSonichu, and Sonichusaysyeswecan). There is a strong feeling these are either sockpuppets or meatpuppets being organized offsite; I'm filing the request to confirm those suspicions and to root out any hidden sleepers. -Jeremy (v^_^v Cardmaker) 05:46, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Evidence submitted by Jeremy


 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.


 * Comments by other users
 * Am I allowed to comment here? If not, by all means move this to the discussion page. I'm pretty familiar with the whole background with ChrisChanSonichu and his web presence and I think this is just the work of a zealous troll who wants to lure Chris back onto the Internet with a promise that he has achieved his desired Wikipedia page. It's still a vandal/troll and I still recommend dealing with appropriately, but still, it's not ChrisChanSonichu. --Champthom (talk) 08:36, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Yep, after seeing the deleted pages, I think I get a gut feeling that this is just someone who produces mish-mashes of already published information about this individual. the deleted article Christopher Weston Chandler is basically a copy of CWCki article "Christian Weston Chandler" (I won't link to it in light of WP's paranoia on attack sites, but it can be easily googled), with some of the more blatant mud-slinging and sarcasm removed. What kind of a "fan" would copy an unflattering article from a critical site? Chandler himself writes in a quite distinct style, and has a penchant for writing his own sweet biographies from ground up (to borrow his expression a bit); this "fan" seems quite different. --wwwwolf (barks/growls) 10:41, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I should have checked this out myself before I posted that. If that's the case, odds are the intent was to make a negative article about Chris which would infuriate Chris and make him come back to the Internet. This is what happened with the ED article in August 2008 (I forget the circumstances but something major happened with the ED article that made Chris return to the Internet) and odds are this user was trying to start something to induce drama. In any case, it's vandalism and this probably won't be the last Chris related vandal on Wikipedia. --Champthom (talk) 22:44, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
 * A checkuser needs to actually check and see if User:ChrisChanSonichu has even an IP range match for the other accounts. It's possible User:ChrisChanSonichu might not, but I have no idea what Chris has done.  But furthermore most of these "Lock Your Door" accounts that were blocked look very unrelated to Chris-chan and look like random vandals just using the same proxy or something, but a lot of them were some POV pushers about China or something and kinda unrelated to Chris-chan. Are you ready for IPv6? (talk) 15:23, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

Requested by Jeremy (v^_^v Cardmaker) 05:46, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
 * CheckUser requests
 * - Tiptoety  talk 05:48, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
 * it seems Dominic has completed the checks (all the users are blocked and the IP is hardblocked). I might have missed something though. -- Luk  talk 06:24, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments

This is a sockpuppet of Lock Your Back Door Tonight. I haven't bothered to identify its original account, as it seems pointless. But a bunch of other accounts were blocked (see my block log) as socks as well. You might want to check that British IP to see if it's an open proxy, since it's a different country from the other edits. Dominic·t 06:27, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
 * It's worth noting ChrisChanSonichu isn't yet blocked. I'll get him now. (If I'm putting this in the wrong section feel free to correct me) -Jeremy (v^_^v Cardmaker) 06:33, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

Mayalld (talk) 11:50, 11 June 2009 (UTC) Mayalld (talk) 11:50, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
 * moved to original master. Mayalld (talk) 10:29, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Conclusions

Report date June 11 2009, 18:58 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets


 * Evidence submitted by MuZemike

Again recreated Sonichu the Electric Hedgehog in the same manner as the previous accounts mentioned in this SPI. MuZemike 18:58, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Has also made another edit inserting a living person's name under high-functioning autism (see ). MuZemike 19:05, 11 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.


 * Comments by other users


 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments


 * ✅ Already blocked, . -- Luk  talk 19:06, 11 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Tagged. Tiptoety  talk 19:09, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Conclusions

Report date October 7 2009, 17:47 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets

Their entry on the List of people on the autism spectrum are similar as this is how it follows
 * Evidence submitted by Donnie Park (talk)

"Christian Weston Chandler, a homosexual who writes the Sonichu The Electric Hedgehog comic series."

If it is not a sock, then it is by a vandal Donnie Park (talk) 17:47, 7 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.


 * Comments by other users


 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments


 * Conclusions

Report date October 18 2009, 15:20 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets

The tag "homosexual writer", written in List of people on the autism spectrum just determine to me that it is the same vandal Donnie Park (talk) 15:20, 18 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Evidence submitted by Donnie Park (talk)


 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.


 * Comments by other users


 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments

No further action needed, as the IP is pretty much stale at this point. KarpaDio (already indefinitely blocked) has been tagged as a sock of User:Lock Your Door, the Sonichu vandal. MuZemike 23:32, 19 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Conclusions

Suspected sockpuppets

 * (note: this account appeared after I had filled out of most of the information below)
 * (note: this account appeared after I had filled out of most of the information below)

Evidence submitted by Soap
Sonichu-related vandalism, and a similar username to User:MiiShiiShii, who has been already determined to be a sock of Lock Your Door. Also created a redirect from Terrible nigger president to Barack Obama. There has been similar vandalism on List of people from Charlottesville, Virginia, which is the hometown of the real Christian Chandler, but it may not be related to this account because it seems to a long-running gag to add his name to the page. (I have previously requested protection on the page for this reason but it was declined). I suspect this user has already abandoned the account and will edit in the future from a different account, so a hardblock would be helpful if it can be justified based on resemblance to previously blocked accounts. -- Soap Talk/Contributions 17:04, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

This is what I mean about switching usernames. After one account gets warnings, they make a new one so they can start fresh. -- <B>Soap</B> Talk/Contributions 18:08, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

Comments by accused parties
See Defending yourself against claims.

Conclusions
Blocked and tagged. MuZemike 19:02, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

Report date November 3 2009, 11:25 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets

On the basis of this edit "Christian Weston Chandler, the creator and sole writer for the highly popular webcomic character Sonichu. He is also a homosexual." which indicates that it is by the same user. Donnie Park (talk) 11:25, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Evidence submitted by Donnie Park (talk)


 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.


 * Comments by other users


 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments


 * Conclusions
 * Blocked six hours ago by Garion96; tagged appropriately. <b style="color:navy;">NW</b> ( Talk ) 16:02, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

Report date March 20 2010, 10:49 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets

The sole Sonichu-related vandalism I can ever link to is to this sockpuppeteer, who have a long history of related vandalism Donnie Park (talk) 10:49, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Evidence submitted by Donnie Park (talk)


 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.


 * Comments by other users

Requested by Donnie Park (talk) 10:49, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
 * CheckUser requests

– Soap is right. This is more of coordination by multiple people as opposed to just one person. CU will not likely help here. –MuZemike 23:51, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

Moved from Sockpuppet investigations/198.188.155.32. <b style="font-family:papyrus; color:darkred;">Elockid</b> ( Talk·Contribs ) 13:29, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments

Can you clarify? I'm not seeing the connection between the serial vandal of ChildofMidnight's user page and this IP. Auntie E. (talk) 23:08, 20 March 2010 (UTC) Marking as closed. I will not discuss here the actions I have taken. Contact me in private for any inquiries related to this. –MuZemike 23:51, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Okay, now I see the Chris-chan autism edit. Unfortunately, it's probably been too long since the last check in November, plus the evidence is slim. Auntie E. (talk) 23:19, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I believe that the focus recent SPI's under the name Lock Your Door has shifted to anyone posting "Sonichu" vandalism in any article. Since Sonichu is an Internet meme (google it if you wish since I cannot link to ED directly), it is quite likely in my opinion that they are not actually all the same person, but I have seen other administrators block "Sonichu" vandals on sight which suggests blocking is widely practiced even if not universally so.  Also, he added Chris Chan to the List of people on the autism spectrum page on March 15, which, although it is still further back than most edits that IP blocks are usually made for, suggests that the IP has been generally in the control of the same person from November until today.  —  Soap  —  23:22, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I misread the above, and thought that this IP had been vandalizing in November. Personally, I think that if consensus can be established to block these users on sight, they can just be reported to AIV rather than here, since it tends to move a lot quicker.   —  Soap  —  23:25, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Conclusions