Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Shortscircuit/Archive

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BLUF: I created an article via AfC (LowTierGod). Shortscircuit, who created an account with an express interest in removing the article, accuses me multiple times of being a vandal, bad faith actor, and a "troll." https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:LowTierGod&diff=prev&oldid=1016881930 https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&diff=prev&oldid=1016892411

I must add there is far more significant evidence outside of Wikipedia (long story short, the subject has made YouTube videos associated with his Wikipedia account and has posted insulting messages to the YouTube account he believes is mine), but I do not know if that evidence is admissible.

Anyway, I bring this up at WP:ANI, where we are both told to chill out, assume good faith, and cease interacting with each other. So I do.

Shortscircuit continues to insult me, now indirectly ("sneak-dissing"): https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:LowTierGod&diff=prev&oldid=1016924958

As the article is clearly an unhealthy but recovering WP:Battleground, I mostly depart the page, content that there are sufficient eyes on it now to ensure accurate information within the guidelines of BLP. I shift my focus to other information I wish to introduce to Wikipedia. As the LowTierGod wars stop, so too do most of Shortscircuit's edits - he makes none from 14 April until 17 April, seemingly similarly satisfied that our conflict is over.

A few hours after, User:81.104.32.216 leaves a disgusting edit on my talk page, calling me a "paedophilic stalker" obsessed with degrading "people I'm jealous of." https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:BananaYesterday&diff=1018448492&oldid=1018403578

There are a few big things that stand out to me about this user's unfriendly message:
 * 1. His use of British English (as Shortscircuit does)
 * 2. His poor grammar (frequently misspells words such as "references") https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=LowTierGod&diff=prev&oldid=1016879550
 * 2. His proclivity for comma-less run-on sentences (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&diff=prev&oldid=1016885487)
 * 4. His tendency to put those run-on sentences in his edit summaries (see his contribution history in entirety https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/Shortscircuit&offset=&limit=500&target=Shortscircuit)
 * 5. The vandalism was done during the typical time of day in which Shortscircuit has been active (~0400 on Wikipedia's clock)
 * 6. The IP Address accusing me of stalking, trolling, and harassing others. That can only be in reference to the LowTierGod debacle, and Shortscircuit is literally the only user who directed hostility toward me during this debacle.

I politely request a checkuser. I can submit the evidence related to this that occurred outside Wikipedia (on YouTube) easily if it is admissible. I will not be surprised if the CheckUser does not return an exact match, as the IP edited my talk page on mobile. BananaYesterday (talk) 17:06, 18 April 2021 (UTC)

Also, I understand that CheckUser's are normally not performed to connect accounts to IP Addresses (for privacy reasons) except in rare circumstances. I think this situation warrants a rare circumstance - the request is not to "WP:OUT" this user whatsoever, but to check whether WP:DUCK indicating that a user who left a very, very disgusting message permissible under no circumstances is accurate. --BananaYesterday (talk) 17:41, 18 April 2021 (UTC)

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 * Very helpful, thank you. Glad to know all I need to do to harass others without consequence is hit that logout button. You admins didn't even give the IP a warning. Man your tendencies to play favorites confuses me. Cheers. BananaYesterday (talk) 13:42, 21 April 2021 (UTC)
 * , I understand that you're frustrated, and I feel your pain. But, we all operate under the privacy constraints of the Wikimedia Foundation, and one of those is that the checkusers, while they have access to confidential log data which could tie an IP to an account, they are not allowed to divulge that connection publicly.  So, when Oshwah said "CheckUser declined", that just means a CU can't get involved in this particular case.  It's still on the queue to be handled using other tools.  And, unfortunately, SPI is badly backed up, so nobody may get to investigating this for a while. -- RoySmith (talk) 00:19, 22 April 2021 (UTC)
 * I appreciate your sincerity a lot, Roy Smith. Sorry to hear there's such a queue. I hope the matter can be looked into one day but appreciate you guys giving the IP a block now regardless. --BananaYesterday (talk) 02:35, 22 April 2021 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * . Checkuser does not confirm accounts to IP addresses - only accounts to accounts.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   04:28, 21 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Nothing left for SPI to do. The IP is already blocked (and likely dynamic anyway), and the issue has been discussed at WP:ANI. -- RoySmith (talk) 15:16, 27 April 2021 (UTC)