Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Purpy Pupple/Archive

Evidence submitted by J Milburn
See Wikipedia talk:Featured picture candidates. As soon as (a sock of ) was blocked,  emerged. I sent an email about it, but I forget who to, and I never received a reply. Purpy Pupple jumped straight into FPC, and has recently been joined by ; the similarities of the usrepages, as well as the fact they use the same camera and shoot in the same way, seems suspicious. I wouldn't mind particularly, but if they are the same person, we now have vote stacking. Whether they are both Franklin.vp (as I originally suspected Purpy Pupple to be), I don't know, but I find the relationship between the two of them to be suspicious enough on its own merits to warrant checking. J Milburn (talk) 13:23, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

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See Defending yourself against claims.
 * Firstly, it is clear that we are from different countries, go to different schools, and, quite frankly, have different lives. For instance, I live in Canada and go to the University of British Columbia, whereas AmericanXplorer13 lives in America and goes to some high school. The mere fact that I log in from IP addresses directly associated with the University of British Columbia must be sufficient evidence for this.Purpy Pupple (talk) 23:02, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Further evidence of my identity is at:
 * My flickr page, which contains many of the photos I also uploaded to Wikipedia, . Purpy Pupple (talk) 23:02, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
 * My personal website, which also links to my flickr under the Gallery page, and lists my photography gear under the misc page: . Purpy Pupple (talk) 23:02, 14 November 2010 (UTC)


 * The fact that we use the same camera is merely coincidental. However, we use completely different lenses -- I have a Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8 VC lens and a Tair 11 (and wrote an article about the latter) whereas he uses the kit lens, a Canon EF 100mm lens, and a Canon EF 75-300mm lens. Evidence of my lenses can be found in the EXIF data of some of the photos I uploaded, as well as in my Flickr. Purpy Pupple (talk) 23:02, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
 * The fact that we have a similar userpage is because I copied much of the underlying layout and markup from AmericanXplorer13, since I believe that the userboxes and such are free for anyone to use. Purpy Pupple (talk) 23:02, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, I'm sorry for having accused you. I was wrong, and I hope I've not upset or offended you at all. J Milburn (talk) 23:25, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

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Technically ❌ to each other and Franklin.vp. TN X Man 14:59, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Fair enough. Apologies to the users involved for the accusations. J Milburn (talk) 16:04, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Marking for close. TN X Man  03:44, 15 November 2010 (UTC)