Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/TheBossOfCollect/Archive

Report date January 16 2009, 22:59 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets:


 * Evidence submitted by Kelly

Some of the accounts above have already been blocked, but user creates single-purpose accounts apparently for the purpose of harassing User:Collect over a prior dispute at Talk:Joe the Plumber. Kelly hi! 17:45, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

Hi - Can someone tell me where I can appeal to have my username UNblocked?
 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.

I posted a Request For Help on User:Kelly 's talk page, but unfortunately Kelly mis-interpreted my request.

I am NOT a sock puppet. I had the previous names "BossOfCollect"/"...Colect". I was TOLD to change my name as it offended user:collect, even though no contact or debate with that user had even occurred.

As requested, I changed my name. In addition to dropping any reference to "Collect" from the new username I created, I have made an effort to link my previous username to my new username as a method of tracking history, SPECIFICALLY so I would NOT be mistaken for a sock puppet.

Lastly, without even being asked, I posted on my Talk page, User:Collect's and Kelly's (Collect's friend), an APOLOGY & explanation, and that I would not be using any such variation of Collect, nor any interaction with collect whatsoever.

Despite all these efforts, my new name, which Admin requested I create, was blocked for being a sock puppet. Help!

Previous message posted:

FYI, I am TheBossOfCollect & "...Colect". It's not sock puppetry or anything else, nor am I in collusion with any one else.

I felt Collect has made himself such a persistent nuisance on JTP by preemptively deleting opposing opinions, continual edit-warring, biasness in selective rule-citing etc. that I engaged in a little mirth-making to lighten the situation up.

Collect habitually uses his familiarity with WPâs rules and careful timing to cleverly screen his continually egregious behavior from Admin sanctions that, I feel, should have occurred earlier.

I actually made heartfelt suggestions to Collect, asking that he kindly play well and objectively with other editors and maintain a better sense of fellowship, but alas, he deleted my simple suggestions and continued the edit-warring, etc.

Despite Collectâs efforts to wield Wikiâs regulations like a mace in order to cow newbies and opposing editors, I see WP admin have at last noticed Collectâs persistent behavior. They have warned and sanctioned Collect as they deem appropriate. Thereâs no need for TheBossOfCollect to persist in raising a red flag about User:Collect.

Funny that Collect would rather believe in a global conspiracy of complete strangers against him, rather than consider the more reasonable possibility that his persistently negative behaviors on WP have incurred the same degree of ire in many other individual editors.

Thereâs no offline collusion (at least that Iâm aware of). Itâs just a matter of one person finding persistently disagreeable behavior tiresome. I realize by allowing myself to be baited by User:Collect that I too have grown tiresome, so will voluntarily change my silly user name.

Happy New Year, Everyone. 71.35.119.40 (talk) 16:55, 14 January 2009 (UTC) âPreceding unsigned comment added by 71.35.119.186 (talk)


 * Comments by other users



per comment below. Collect (talk) 14:24, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

Requested by Kelly  hi! 17:45, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
 * CheckUser requests

A IP block seems like a good idea here. Tiptoety talk 00:53, 17 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments
 * Merged from Requests for checkuser/IP check. Tiptoety  talk 22:59, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

I don't think any further block is possible here. While there is a small (/24) rangeblock that could be applied, I do not think it would be particularly effective. I am therefore tagging this request as. [[Sam Korn ]] (smoddy) 00:49, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

No further action taken -- rangeblock unlikely to help.
 * Conclusions

The Helpful  One  19:12, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

[[Sam Korn ]] (smoddy) 00:49, 19 January 2009 (UTC)