Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/OmniousOK/Archive

Evidence submitted by Uncle G
There's fairly strong behavioural evidence linking all of these. Indeed, I'm only including the IP addresses, which are obvious because of edits like, at all in order to assist CheckUser findings. The concentrated focus on the two "James" articles links all of these accounts and IP addresses. As indeed do the fact that Dynex436, Wilson172, and OmniousOK have uploaded "my own work" images related to these subjects to Wikipedia and to Commons. There's a shared interest in pictures of people's purported signatures, too. Did I mention that several of these pictures, uploaded by different accounts here and on Commons, are all in one single account ? They're all apparently "own work" over there, too. Perhaps the most problematic edit is. Yes, that's right. What appears to be a hoaxer and sockpuppetteer has signed up to the taskforce for countering subtle vandalism. CheckUser is requested, by the way, because OmniousOK is still active. So there may well be some sockpuppet accounts that I haven't found lying around. The IP addresses, as said, are for CheckUser benefit. Their linkage to the named accounts is fairly obvious. Uncle G (talk) 07:25, 13 November 2010 (UTC)
 * commons:File:Curtis James Park Photo Shoot.jpg
 * commons:File:James Motorsports Logo (2).jpg
 * commons:File:Curtis James 2010.JPG
 * commons:File:Curtis James 2009.jpg
 * commons:File:Curtis James 2010.JPG
 * commons:File:Curtis James 2009.jpg

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Comments by accused parties
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Comments by other users
I don't think is connected - that user edited only on one day, 15 May 2007, and his autobiographical article is about a different Reginald James from the one AFD-ed. Of the others, Hendrick4life is actually the oldest account (30 Sep 2008); Wilson172, Dynex436 and OmniousOK were set up over three consecutive days 20 - 22 July 2009. JohnCD (talk) 11:47, 13 November 2010 (UTC)
 * You're right. My error.  Well spotted.  Uncle G (talk) 18:37, 13 November 2010 (UTC)

Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments
OmniousOK and Dynex436 are ✅, while all other registered users are ❌. No comment with regards to the IP addresses, but that does not mean the IPs are not also involved. –MuZemike 21:34, 13 November 2010 (UTC)
 * There's between Hendrick4life and Dynex436.  It's interesting that CheckUser didn't pick that up, probably because of the ages of the edits. Uncle G (talk) 03:36, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
 * That CHU request was for "Dynex" not "Dynex436", and was declined because "Dynex" already existed, but it helps tie Hendrick4life in with Dynex436 and OmniousOK. I'm surprised that Wilson172 is unconnected, being created at the same time as two of the others; he is certainly deep in the Curtis James hoax, plunging straight in with a major revision of the article (edit summary: "Re-Wrote entire article according to acurate information"). He must be a friend helping.
 * Socks or not, I don't think any of these users are here to help build an encyclopedia, and I propose to indef them all (except ReginaldJames) unless anyone disagrees.
 * Seven of the eleven IPs geolocate to Conyers, Georgia where James lives; the others are Atlanta and Washington DC. I don't see any point to blocking them, now that the hoax has been rumbled and I have cleared out all the references to James they spammed around the place. JohnCD (talk) 11:50, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
 * There is a final piece of evidence to tie Kendrick4life in: an internet search for that name turns up this where his email address is shown, beginning with "curt", and his birthday is given as July 31, the same as Curtis James. I have blocked and tagged OmniousOK as sockmaster, since the SPI is in that name (I guess it doesn't matter that it is not the oldest account?), Dynex436 as a confirmed sock, and Hendrick4life as a suspected sock. I have also blocked Wilson172 as one of the hoaxers, although there is no direct evidence of socking in his case. JohnCD (talk) 22:18, 15 November 2010 (UTC)