Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Monochrome Monitor/Archive

20 June 2015

 * Suspected sockpuppets




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Switching to IP edits to revert twice more after 3rd revert at. IP left a message for editors who are interacting with Monochrome Monitor on the latter's talk page at. Note earlier intentional deceit, attempting to conceal editor's own use of this IP account by leaving spoof interaction with self at. – Fayenatic  L ondon 21:40, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

Comments by other users
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 * I USE MY ACCOUNT FROM A PROXY SERVER. I'VE SAID IT MULTIPLE TIMES. It works with something called Owncloud. --Monochrome _ Monitor
 * I did ask someone at my IP to comment on my edits, but that's not sockpuppetry. --Monochrome _ Monitor  21:47, 20 June 2015 (UTC)
 * This appears to be an admission of breaching WP:3RR – despite quoting it against others. – Fayenatic  L ondon 22:46, 20 June 2015 (UTC)
 * sounds like an admission of WP:MEAT to me. Jytdog (talk) 00:20, 21 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Is that all s/he meant? I thought the first response about the proxy server was an admission that the IP edits which reverted dubious templates (rather than adding comments) were done by the same person, therefore breaching 3RR. – Fayenatic  L ondon 22:19, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

Also, please note that User:213.127.198.146 added a comment at Talk:Intelligent design, changed the autosignature to User:Monochrome Monitor, then erased that signature. I reinstated the original IP sig. So either Monochrome is editting under another IP, or the IP is trying to impersonate Monochrome. Either way, that address should probably also be checked as well. --‖ Ebyabe talk - Health and Welfare  ‖ 13:30, 23 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Ebyabe. I guess you didn't notice I already pointed this out below in the admin section. I expect Monochrome Monitor to answer my question about it, as well as the more important questions about the IP 50.187.216.93. Their comments above aren't quite clear. Bishonen &#124; talk 14:54, 23 June 2015 (UTC).

I had a similar discussion with this editor at this thread.

It's worth noting that the IP has edited only 94 pages, of which almost half have also been edited by the accused editor. On 16 of these articles, interactions were less than 10 minutes apart. Although it is worth noting that some of these edits are against one another.

However, I have just found proof here. I think this seals it.

Oncenawhile (talk) 23:46, 23 June 2015 (UTC)
 * , your reference to "being evasive about it when challenged" seems to underplay this - the editor not only lied directly when challenged ("No, that's not me"), but also went to some effort to divert attention by creating fake edit wars and phoney conversations. Oncenawhile (talk) 13:22, 24 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Well, OK, I guess so. A little underplaying does no harm IMO; we don't have to put people in the village stocks by using the harshest form of words possible. MM has been given the standard block for a first offense of this kind, two weeks. Thanks again for your useful diff, which completely tipped the scale for me. Bishonen &#124; talk 13:35, 24 June 2015 (UTC).
 * Not sure how relevant this is, but I suspect this is the same editor. See here.  The user appears to be shifting IP addresses fairly frequently, probably just a dynamic allocation, but it looks to me that they made a mistake here and then tried to cover it up (the next edit was to remove the username.  I note that there are reports on the user's talk page of logging off then editing as an IP.  Seems consistent with what is reported here. Just relised this edit is mentioned below, no need to duplicate. -  Nick Thorne  talk  02:07, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
What server you use your account from has nothing to do with anything, User:Monochrome Monitor. The question is whether you have edited logged out from the IP 50.187.216.93. Please state explicitly above whether you have or not. Also whether you have "asked" somebody else using the IP (? How would you know what IP somebody else was using..?) to "comment", as that is how I read your statement above. Incidentally, you clearly did edit logged out from a different IP here and here: those diffs show you signing the IP edit with your name, then quickly removing your name again. Any particular reason why you removed it? Bishonen &#124; talk 12:46, 23 June 2015 (UTC).

Monochrome Monitor has not edited since making a couple of rather hard-to-interpret, tenuously relevant, posts on this page, and has not responded to my specific questions (which I alerted her to on her page). My good faith only goes so far, especially in view of this diff provided by Oncenawhile above. I consider the sockpuppetry confirmed per WP:DUCK and have blocked Monochrome Monitor for 2 weeks for abusing multiple accounts and being evasive about it when challenged. No need for a CU at this time. Bishonen &#124; talk 08:27, 24 June 2015 (UTC).


 * A similar oversight here. This IP account was used to support a proposal by MM here. — kwami (talk) 22:42, 24 June 2015 (UTC)


 * Oh, I was quite a handful, wasn't I? I suppose I still am. Lying to hide my IP was a sort of Streisand Effect. Always digging myself into deeper holes. I was petrified of my computer for weeks, I thought disgruntled editors would send me emails. Anyway... I have turned eighteen since then. ;) You all were great sports during my tantrum. Is this archived for posterity? --Monochrome  _ Monitor  14:27, 23 November 2015 (UTC)


 * I'm afraid so, but at least it's not indexed. If anyone ever suspects you of doing it again, it would be raised at Sockpuppet investigations/Monochrome Monitor, which is currently blank except for a link to this archive.
 * Thanks for coming clean. Welcome to adulthood. It gets better ;-) – Fayenatic  L ondon 17:30, 23 November 2015 (UTC)
 * I sure hope so! --Monochrome _ Monitor  17:37, 23 November 2015 (UTC)