Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Shamir1/Archive

Evidence submitted by George

 * 1) 07:19, October 26, 2009 - Shamir1 reverts.
 * 2) 16:43, October 26, 2009 - Shamir1 reverts.
 * 3) 00:36, October 27, 2009 - 98.207.94.76 reverts, blanking additional text.
 * 4) 04:05, October 27, 2009 - Shamir1 reverts to the exact same version as the IP editor.

I saw Shamir1 removing text and reverting edits at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy article, noting in his edit summaries that he felt the sources being used were insufficient op-eds. I spent some time cleaning up the article, specifically focusing on improving the quality of the sources (before and after), yet Shamir1 reverted my edits too. During the time I was making the edits, an IP editor blanked parts of the page, but I assumed that it was the usual vandalism you get from IP editors from time to time. However, I noticed that Shamir1 didn't revert back to the version that he had before, but instead reverted to the IP editor's version (which was largely the same, but blanked out additional passages of the text). This seemed highly suspicious to me.

I traced the IP address back to Berkley in California, and looked at the history of Shamir1's user page, which indicated that he also lived in California. I also noted that the only other edit from the IP address was also to an article that Shamir1 has edited. Shamir1 has violated 3RR before (on a couple of occasions, at least) but I'm not sure if he's been involved in sock puppetry or not before (or if he even intended to). Since I don't know if he's used sock puppets in the past, I felt it would be best to request a CheckUser to determine if he has a similar IP address; if so, then he's violated 3RR again. ← George talk 05:55, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

Comments by accused parties
See Defending yourself against claims.

CheckUser requests
Requested by ← George talk 05:55, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments

 * although a patrolling administrator could probably handle this without a checkuser. Nathan  T 21:51, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
 * ✅. Hers fold  (t/a/c) 19:09, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

Conclusions
Shamir1 blocked 48 hours for edit-warring and sock puppetry. MuZemike 01:53, 30 October 2009 (UTC)