Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Nothughthomas/Archive

Evidence submitted by ChrisO
A question has been raised on my talk page by another editor concerning indications of possible sockpuppetry by these two editors. User:Tony Sidaway asked User:Saldezza:


 * A certain User:Nothughthomas who appeared on Wikipedia at about the same time as you did, and who shares some of your opinions and editing areas was blocked for 24 hours from 22:05, 29 December 2009, and at 23:18 you requested an unblock despite no block having been placed on your username.  Is it possible that you share an IP address with this user or are using Nothughthomas as an alternative account?

I'm uncertain whether these are the same individual, but the evidence pointed out by Tony is striking; it could be explained by sockpuppetry or possibly the sharing of user accounts (i.e. the owner of the Nothughthomas account mistakenly logging into the Saldezza account to post an unblock request, or forgetting to log out of that account before posting the request). I believe a checkuser run would be in order, as User:Saldezza is currently blocked. -- ChrisO (talk) 05:04, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

Comments by accused parties
See Defending yourself against claims.

I would like to note User:ChrisO did not inform me of this as required. Further, this is a retribution investigation in the matter of an enforcement question I filed against him. (see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:General_sanctions/Climate_change_probation/Requests_for_enforcement#Comments_by_other_users) Two admins are engaged in filing large volumes of complaints, secretly and without notifying impacted users, against users opposed to an article probation that has been placed by them. Nothughthomas (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 07:27, 2 January 2010 (UTC).


 * You are incorrect. Notification is not required, depending on the situation. –MuZemike 07:29, 2 January 2010 (UTC)


 * And what situation predicates multiple, secret and unnotified, enforcement actions being taken against me and User:Lar hosting additional discussions about "banning me for my own good" with User:ChrisO under his "discretionary authority" if he can't get a complaint to stick? Nothughthomas (talk) 07:36, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments
❌. Dominic·t 06:31, 2 January 2010 (UTC)