Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Pfainuk/Archive

14 December 2010

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Editing identical articles ,

Always there when needed in edit war,

Common spelling/punctuation,

Used to prevent others 3RR warnings.

--  MFIreland  • Talk  11:45, 14 December 2010 (UTC)

Comments by other users
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Please conduct an SPI check, with my blessing. I'm not Pfainuk, nor do I have anything to hide. I do however entertain a suspicion that the originator of this request is User:Vintagekits, given the editing style, topic interest and failure to engage in talk. Thanks. Wee Curry Monster talk 13:57, 14 December 2010 (UTC)

You might also like to look at these diffs, supplied above as these were reverts of an IP sock puppet edit warring on those articles. Sockpuppet investigations/Alex79818 for the SPI report I filed. User:Mkativerata‎ was the admin who blocked the IP addresses. The obvious conclusion is this smacks of retaliation. Wee Curry Monster talk 14:43, 14 December 2010 (UTC)


 * I can't convince myself that they are the same person, and I've been somewhat involved with both on the Gibraltar article for the last year. Similar interests and attitudes, possibly describable as allies, but not in any inappropriate way. Very different styles, and they have disagreed, though without clashing. Here Pfainuk proposes a checklist for a disputed edit. A little later Justin/WCM proposes to carry on with a much shorter version. They are somewhat at cross-purposes here in a way that doesn't suggest identity to me. I hope this helps. Richard Keatinge (talk) 16:57, 14 December 2010 (UTC)

This is just funny. No, I'm not Curry Monster. Nor am I MFIreland, Richard Keatinge, Elvis Presley or Santa Claus. Yes, it is possible for editors to have similar interests without being the same person.

I shall leave it to others to judge, given the lack of any significant evidence and the fact that both Curry Monster and myself have both reverted the same edit by MFIreland, whether this accusation is in good or bad faith. Pfainuk talk 21:47, 14 December 2010 (UTC)
 * But I am Spartacus. Wee Curry Monster talk 22:00, 14 December 2010 (UTC)


 * Run the CU, eliminate any doubts. GoodDay (talk) 17:56, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
I'm sorry, but we'll need a little more evidence than that. Do you have any diffs that support the idea these two users are the same person? TN X Man 12:48, 14 December 2010 (UTC)
 * I've notified both suspected editors about this case. It's true that there is a fair amount of overlap in their edits, but these are pretty established users, one with 9100+ edits and one with 5800+. They also converse quite a bit, so this may be a false positive in terms of sockpuppetry per se. It also seems that this case may be the result of some edit warring on Falklands War. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 13:53, 14 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Alright, I think we've had enough fun here. Closing with no action taken. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 22:23, 14 December 2010 (UTC)