Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Rawhide1683/Archive

Report date July 17 2009, 03:30 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets

See also: HrafnTalkStalk(P) 03:30, 17 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Evidence submitted by Hrafn
 * On (or around, depending on local time) 3 July Rawhide1683 (a WP:SPA) introduced a large amount of information (approx 1k→11k) copied from the Rawhide Boys Ranch's website (www.rawhide.org) to (first edit, last edit, approx 15 intervening edits), resulting in a couple of bot-warnings and my outing them as blatantly WP:COI. This username was later blocked by an admin as 'promotional' (after the creation of Bingo478).
 * Immediately thereafter, Rawhide1683's edits stopped and a new (likewise SPA) account, Bingo478, started editing this article, including restoring the www.rawhide.org material . The article was later speedy-deleted and then recreated (again sourced almost entirely to www.rawhide.org, but with a thin veneer of directory-sites as window-dressing) by Bingo478.
 * 12.54.62.99 (an IP that had previously restored the www.rawhide.org material, and is likewise a prolific SPA on this article) had the article recreated again via WP:AFC . I would further note that this IP is shown by WHOIS as being registered to "RAWHIDE INC".
 * WP:Articles for deletion/Rawhide Boys Ranch
 * WP:COIN
 * deletion log for Rawhide Boys Ranch


 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.


 * Comments by other users
 * I wanted to note that originally, I thought that Bingo478 was created in response to the block of Rawhide1683. If that was the case, the creation would have been appropriate, as editors blocked for having inappropriate usernames are encouraged to either request a name change or to create a new account with an appropriate name. But the fact that Bingo478 was created before the block belies that rationale. Editing with the IP might also be an attempt to hide the COI when recreating Rawhide Boys Ranch. --  At am a chat 21:06, 17 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments


 * Conclusions

Some differences, but this meets WP:DUCK. I've blocked the sock. No action taken on the master account as yet. Peter Symonds ( talk ) 22:27, 19 July 2009 (UTC)