Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Ricky Salmon/Archive

21 May 2011

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Something odd is going on at BBC Radio 2 and Andrew Peach; it also might be related to Ricky Salmon, and BigFish Media. An ip appears to have the same opinions and rhetoric as several other new ips and limited use accounts about a very specific issue involving who speaks at what times on the radio, and with a conflict of interest involving those positions. See also: Administrators%27_noticeboard/IncidentArchive692. Ocaasi c 17:30, 21 May 2011 (UTC)

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Checkusers will only do the check on. No IPs. EBE123 talkContribs 22:40, 21 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Bit confused. Do you need diffs connecting the ips and accounts or do checkusers just not check them? Ocaasi c 22:42, 21 May 2011 (UTC)
 * To clarify, a checkuser will only state if named accounts are the same. It will not say "User X == IP 1.2.3.4". —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 00:51, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * I'm closing this case without any further action, and here's why. First, I don't see a connecion between Ricky Salmon and NJ1985. Their other edits are on other articles, and it doesn't seem like they have similar styles. As to the IPs: the last two are stale by two years, and the rest haven't really edited recently. There hasn't been any significant edits made to the Ricky Salmon, BigFish or BBC Radio 2 articles in at least a few weeks, so this whole thing is stale. Relist if things happen, but be sure to include diffs or some other proof of evidence. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 00:57, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
 * That's fine. The connection between them all is BBC Radio 2.  If you're interested, read the link to the ANI thread.  ips have been pushing for months to change the layout of radio presenters, often mentioning ricky salmon (one of the named presenters) as supporting evidence.  Then ricky salmon shows up in the conversation, sounding much like the ips.  It looked suspicious.  All the diffs are at the linked ANI report.  No urgent need; if there's anything new I'll relist with diffs.  Thanks. Ocaasi c 16:07, 23 May 2011 (UTC)