Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/PatentPhysicist/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets



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The IPs listed above started adding references to this paper and its contents to several Wikipedia articles. As they were removed, the account User:Chanacya was created to protest against their removal in the talk page of the user that was doing it. Subsequently, the account User:PatentPhysicist was created, joining the discussion, outing himself as the author of the paper, and agreeing with User:Chanacya. Afterwards, User:PatentPhysicist proposed to extensively rewrite the article Yang-Mills theory to reflect his paper, with which User:Chanacya promptly agreed. Discussion about this disruption started in WikiProject Physics, where again User:Chanacya showed up to defend User:PatentPhysicist. This pretty much sums up the edit history of User:Chanacya, they never did anything other than defend User:PatentPhysicist and his paper. Tercer (talk) 22:55, 9 March 2021 (UTC)

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As a member of the post-World War II generation, I grew up devouring every page of the World Book Encyclopedia. In recent years, I have similarly benefited from Wikipedia which to me seeks to carry forward the noble heritage of World Book and Britannica in the modern interconnected world. Only in the last 90 days, however, have I undertaken in good faith to contribute back through some Wikipedia editing. But apparently, I may be a bit green in this department. Until this past week I had never even heard the term “sock puppet."

Amidst a cacophony of online voices, I would like to be helpful to Wikipedia's mission. And, so I can more effectively do so in the future, I'd like to become more familiar with the processes you utilize. So, to the "clerk, checkuser and / or patrolling admin" (or, speaking as a novice here, whatever term is suitable): What questions do you have that I can answer for you? And, is there any advice you may be so generous as to be able to provide me, for future guidance? PatentPhysicist (talk) 18:23, 10 March 2021 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Chanacya, will warn PatentPhysicist. IPs too stale to bother looking at. Closing. The SandDoctor  Talk 07:27, 13 March 2021 (UTC)