Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Patriotspeople/Archive

Report date March 8 2009, 04:53 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets

Open-and-shut puppetry case upon checking the first two users' edit histories. Either that, or two people adding the Nazi flag to Ron Paul's article within 24 hours is coincidental. Please block immediately.
 * Evidence submitted by JJB

However, I wanted to check for James Salsman as well, known to be Nrc.. and Loss.., as it's spring cleaning time again. Possibly these two accounts are too inexperienced at sockpuppeting to be Salsman, but possibly he is just getting too tired again to care about being so obvious. I would appreciate it if Thatcher could take a look at the historic IPs. It is the same confrontational, oblivious style with segregated accounts. Experience trumps diff requirements here IMHO.

If the sockpuppeter is Salsman, kindly redesignate this case LossIsNotMore 15 (or whatever).

If not but you can track Salsman's known historic IP data to his current sock factory, please throw it in and redesignate.

If neither, throw me a dissuasive icon, and thank you for your time on the top two obvious socks. JJB 04:53, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

Just cracked the other code, LakeJacksonWN is a WP:U violation because Lake Jackson is Paul's hometown and WN is White Nationalist. Please handle, thanks. JJB 04:55, 8 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.


 * Comments by other users

Requested by JJB 04:53, 8 March 2009 (UTC)
 * CheckUser requests

a total of 6 edits by the two obvious socks, coupled with no activity whatsoever for well over two days tells me that Ongoing serious pattern vandalism just isn't going to fly. Thatcher is no longer a CheckUser, so if this were to go to a CU, it won't necessarilly be handled by a CU with a lot of experience of this puppet master, so diffs are needed. Mayalld (talk) 14:03, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

If a username is a violation of WP:U, it needs to be reported at WP:UAA Mayalld (talk) 14:03, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments


 * Conclusions
 * Accounts look the same and are here for no good, so blocked. Old accounts are stale, so CU not likely to be useful.  Otherwise done.   MBisanz  talk 05:24, 15 March 2009 (UTC)