Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/PoorPhotoremovalist/Archive

Report date February 17 2009, 23:03 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets

Two user accounts have recently been created with the sole purpose of removing articles, information or photos on wikipedia. The changes are unjustified and have been challenged by several other editors on those talk pages. ;Evidence submitted by J Bar (talk) 23:03, 17 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.
 * Another editor has just brought this allegation to my attention. Here is a message I left on another complaint page.

Some people may disagree with my username, but some editor, disgruntled about having their images removed or reformatted in a few articles has gone about to discredit me by starting up an account with a similar name and then vandalizing articles by removing content and leaving similar edit summaries in some cases to what I would have done. I would like to see the other users account blocked. If you think my name is innapropriate let me know and I will do everything I can to have it changed. Here is a link to the message that I left on this users talk page. Just encase he tries to delete it PoorPhotoremovalist (talk) 07:35, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Please note the other account has been indef blocked as requested by myself PoorPhotoremovalist (talk) 10:12, 18 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Comments by other users

Mayalld (talk) 08:36, 18 February 2009 (UTC) self endorsed by clerk to investigate whether the alleged sock is a sock of the alleged master, or the sock of some other editor attempting to discredit the alleged master. Mayalld (talk) 08:36, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
 * CheckUser requests


 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments
 * This account has already been discussed in a number of other locations, and in each case a conclusion has been reached that the second account is NOT a sock, but an account created specifically to discredit PoorPhotoremovalist by somebody who has a WP:POINT to make. There is some considerable degree of forum shopping going on here, to the extent that it gives rise to a reasonable conclusion that could possibly be involved. Mayalld (talk) 08:36, 18 February 2009 (UTC)


 * I did a check, but I'll let a CU more knowledgeable than me interpret the results. -- lucasbfr  talk 10:54, 18 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Poorarticleremovalist is ✅ a sockpuppet of, who has also been making a lot of other disruptive edits like with his IPs.
 * PoorPhotoremovalist is also clearly a sockpuppet from its edits, but I don't yet see any evidence that it has been used abusively, so I won't comment on those concerns unless there is a reason to do so. Dominic·t 11:52, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks :) -- lucasbfr  talk 12:14, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

blocked for abusive sockpuppetry. -- Kanonkas : Talk  11:57, 18 February 2009 (UTC) Sockmaster unearthed, and indef blocked Mayalld (talk) 14:56, 18 February 2009 (UTC) Noting here for future reference:
 * Conclusions
 * Post close checks
 * User:Loy Wong and are ❌
 * is too to check. --  lucasbfr  talk 10:01, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

Mayalld (talk) 14:56, 18 February 2009 (UTC)