Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Rovington/Archive

18 August 2011

 * Suspected sockpuppets




 * User compare report Auto-generated every hour.

In fact I have no clearer evidence then "a bad feeling". Jabbsworth is a known sockpuppeteer (Sockpuppet investigations/TickleMeister/Archive) and a very active user in the euthanesia field. That makes it strange that he suddenly disappears at the moment his topic ban starts.

Hemshaw is a account created on 2-7-2011, in the midst of a lot of trouble between Jabbsworth, ClaudioSantos and me. Jabbsworth should have understood that blocks and ban were on the cards for him. So he might have created a sockpuppet in advance.

Hemshaw is interested in several subject where Jabbsworth was also interested in, like Euthanasia, Richard Jenne, Involuntary euthanasia, Non-voluntary euthanasia, User talk:ClaudioSantos.

What I hope to reach with this request is to remove any doubt off the shoulders of Hemshaw and confirm him as a honorable editor by pulling a blank. Or, if not a blank, remove a sockpuppet and puppetmaster out of circulation. Night of the Big Wind talk  21:20, 18 August 2011 (UTC)

@HelloAnnyong: the other SPI's triggered my suspicion and are related to Jabbsworth. Night of the Big Wind talk  12:19, 19 August 2011 (UTC)

Comments by other users
''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.'' Wait, I just told off Hemshaw, has he actually been socking abusively or not? And if not why is he blocked? If so why this SPI ????? Egg Centric 20:49, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
 * the accounts MrHenshaw, Hemshaw, Dmresearch and Rovington were all operated by the same person. However, it appears that the Jabbsworth account was not operated by that individual. SpitfireTally-ho! 21:09, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Ok... I can see that Dmresearch and Rovington were both editing the same articles. But MrHenshaw and Hemshaw (I wonder why one "m" one "n") don't seem to have behaviourally done anything with those two socks (and MrHenshaw doesn't seem to have done anything at all!) so why is Hemshaw blocked? To be explicit: I am not doubting the blocking at all, not saying any admin has done anything wrong... I understand I haven't anything like the full story - I am just asking cause the end is confusing to me Egg Centric 21:14, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
 * I also do not see Hemshaw editing in a similar way than Rovington. I also do not see MrHensahw editing at all. Actually the user compare report shows that Hemshaw edited in common with Rovington at one sole article (Lever Brothers) and they do not seem to be similar edits. Nevertheless, the checkuser confirmed they as sockpuppets, but given the evidence I have to ask if Hemshaw is really a sockpuppet of Rovington or they just share a common location/IP-range? --  ClaudioSantos ¿?  00:46, 20 August 2011 (UTC)
 * I mean, the accounts are named Hemshaw and MrHenshaw. They're pretty similar, so I'm wondering if one was meant as a fallback or a spare or something like that. That's one of the reasons we do a sleeper check - to find sleeper accounts like these. I'm gonna trust the CU results on this one. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 01:59, 20 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Well perhaps I am stressing the AGF here, but it should be noticed that farther than sockpuppetry there are enough reasons to have an username similar than another user's username, and actually it is surely likely to share a similar username with another user from the same location and IP-range, if that were the sole evidence here. For example, I am not from England but it seems that Henshaw and also Hemshaw are not unusual second names there. And even if MrHenshaw has a similar username than Hemshaw, I still do not see enough evidence relating Hemshaw to Rovington. Perhaps I am wrong, perhaps I am not. Perhaps we should first listen what will Hemshaw say about. But I still have another question: does in dubio pro reo aplies here or not?  --  ClaudioSantos  ¿?  02:28, 20 August 2011 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * - The evidence seems to match up, but I'll endorse to clarify. Also, what is the connection here between the other SPI cases? I don't really follow... —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 01:59, 19 August 2011 (UTC)


 * is ❌. Hers fold  (t/a/c) 04:39, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
 * I've moved this case to show Rovington as the master, and I've updated all the tags. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 23:22, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
 * is ❌. Hers fold  (t/a/c) 04:39, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
 * I've moved this case to show Rovington as the master, and I've updated all the tags. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 23:22, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
 * is ❌. Hers fold  (t/a/c) 04:39, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
 * I've moved this case to show Rovington as the master, and I've updated all the tags. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 23:22, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
 * I've moved this case to show Rovington as the master, and I've updated all the tags. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 23:22, 19 August 2011 (UTC)