Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Mainewaynews/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets
This is a case involving serious BLP violations so I am not posting diffs. Administrators can review revdeleted entries in both accounts' contribs. See below. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 14:52, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

Comments by other users

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


 * Thank you, @Ivanvector. If Mainewaynews is not a forgotten password situation, and MaineDomesticViolence is merely and effort to amplify this BLP crusade with a more inflammatory username, would it be valid to restrict Mainewaynews as well? While the IPs may (or may not) match, the few edits the two accounts do match: Mainewaynews on 00:29, 15 October 2023 and MaineDomesticViolence on 17:09, 12 January 2024 ‎. Thank you again for your help. Garyallen262 (talk) 19:52, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * The two accounts are technically, but given that both accounts' few edits have been in pursuit of the same BLP crusade, they are pretty clearly the same editor. But Mainewaynews is not blocked, and this appears more like a forgotten password situation, so I am not taking any further action at this time. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 14:52, 5 February 2024 (UTC)
 * users should comment in the "comments by other users" section here, I've moved your comment up. By the policy, a user is in violation if they're operating a second account to evade a block or sanction, to avoid scrutiny of their edits, to deliberately appear to be two different people, or some other deceptive purpose advantaged by having two accounts. This case is very borderline: it's pretty obvious from their edits that they're not two different people, they haven't edited at the same time, and although they're clearly not here to build an encyclopedia it is possible that they just didn't know any better and will edit within policy if they can successfully appeal their block. We typically only block accounts if doing so prevents disruption, and since it seems they can't access Mainewaynews anyway I don't think I need to block them.
 * If you do see them using Mainewaynews, or you suspect they've created another new account or are editing while logged out, you can file a report here (there are instructions on the main page), you can make a post at the administrators' noticeboard for incidents, or you can contact our volunteer response team. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 12:28, 6 February 2024 (UTC)