Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Someone65/Archive

19 March 2012

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(Posted in behalf of User:Wiqi55, who is currently blocked and unable to edit. See User talk:Wiqi55 ~Amatulić (talk) 15:02, 19 March 2012 (UTC))

User Pass a Method started editing shortly after was blocked for evasion. I have interacted with this user only recently and noticed that his behavior is identical to Someone65. His evasion of blocks and sanctions also allowed him to use bait and be disruptive towards other editors.

The list of shared articles is long and contains the same mixture of peculiar/obscure subjects (e.g., Lina Medina, Christophe Lemaitre, Symbols of Islam, etc).

I randomly examined some of his edits in religion-related articles and found identical diffs, e.g., and, or closely related ones, , etc. Since the behavioral evidence is rather conclusive, I did not see a need for checkuser. Best.
 * "I did not see a need for checkuser", so basically the user wiqi55 wants him banned even before a checkuser is used, it seems he already has marked him as guilty.It also seems like the user wiqi55 has a vendetta against "Pass a Method" (and feels he baited him and got him banned, see line 5) and for that reason I dont think an admin should waste their time to satisfy the vendetta of this banned user--Misconceptions2 (talk) 23:38, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
 * The motivations are irrelevant; what matters is the fact that there are nearly identical diffs from a user account created a couple weeks after Someone65 was blocked (Pass a Method created 2011-03-10, Someone65 blocked 2011-02-23), and that deserves some investigation. If a checkuser is necessary (as it may be for cases of block evasion), I have changed the status of this case to reflect that. Personally I am skeptical that such a well-established account might be a sock, but valid doubts have been raised. ~Amatulić (talk) 01:26, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Using a similar range is indeed inconclusive, and you say "This is your chance to say what you should have said in an unblock request a year ago.", what do you mean by this, it seems your assuming he is somone65 without full evidence. If he is the same account it seems he has stopped edit warring for some time, which got him banned. he has also reverted quite a lot of vandalism, an admin would be able to better judge whether he has returned to the actions of somone65 if its the same account. Like Amatulic, "I am skeptical that such a well-established account might be a sock"--Misconceptions2 (talk) 19:14, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
 * You should come here more often then if that makes you skeptical. But let's give Pass a Method a chance to comment first. Amalthea  19:43, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
 * He has already commented and denied he is s65--Misconceptions2 (talk) 19:57, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

Comments by other users
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Well S65 is not me. Some of our edits might overlap because both accounts have made thousands of edits. Nevertheless, the majority of our edits are different. Pass a Method  talk  09:48, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

@Amalthea, I assure i am not Someone65. I'm actually surprised we have a similar range. It must be a coincidence. I can recall using Ip's before i used this account, but i have never signed up with a username before this one. As for the diffs, i commonly make quite lengthy track-backs on revision histories, especially if there have been many consecutive edits by IP's or new users. This may have caused some similar (or identical) diffs. Pass a Method  talk  21:19, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * - Someone65 is . This will have to be decided on behavior alone. T. Canens (talk) 09:04, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Using a dash of [[Image:Pixie dust.png|16px|link=|alt=]] magic pixie dust I still can confirm that Pass a Method is using the same ranges that Someone65/ used. Which by itself is not conclusive, I stress. Together with the strikingly similar diffs and very similar edit summaries (judging by a brief look), I do consider it likely the accounts are operated by the same person though. Different question: Pass a Method has edited for over a year now; do the issues that led to the original block persist? Any comment, Pass a Method? This is your chance to say what you should have said in an unblock request a year ago. Amalthea  19:12, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
 * It's apparent to this point that a block is not going to happen. Marking as closed. --MuZemike 18:13, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
 * I have unmarked it to give other admins an opportunity to review further evidence at User talk:Wiqi55. ~Amatulić (talk) 00:23, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
 * This is not new evidence, he already posted that 4-5 days before it was closed, and that evidence is also inconclusive, I agree with Muzemike, its should be closed. I think we should judge Pass a method based on his recent contributions, which have been good and generally problem free, reverting ip vandilsm e.t.c --Misconceptions2 (talk) 00:40, 26 March 2012 (UTC)

I'm marking this as closed again; after another five days, it is clear that nothing is going to happen. --MuZemike 23:19, 31 March 2012 (UTC)