Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/The Hut/Archive

Report date April 27 2009, 16:08 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets

These four IDs have made similar or identical persistent and contested edits to Michigan-Ohio State rivalry. (User:The Hut has been reported for edit warring here.) The IP was previously blocked briefly for edit warring based on the same edits.
 * Evidence submitted by JohnInDC (talk)

The contested edits were originally posted by the IP. After the block, further reversions were made by User:The Hut. Examples:


 * By the IP: here
 * By User:The Hut: here
 * By User:Kill Bubba Kill: here
 * By User:OhioState4Life: here

The edits are somewhat idiosyncratic and unlikely to be made independently by different users. Further, both the IP and User:The Hut have made edits to NCAA Men's Division I Final Four appearances by coaches. See history. For that reason I conclude that User:The Hut and the IP are the same person.

User:Kill Bubba Kill and User:OhioState4Life, which were created after concerns were raised concerning the edits to Michigan-Ohio State rivalry, have persisted in making reversions similar or identical those by User:The Hut. User:Kill Bubba Kill also made one edit to NCAA Men's Division I Final Four appearances by school, revealing further shared interest with the IP and User:The Hut. I conclude therefore that these users are also puppets of User:The Hut. JohnInDC (talk) 16:11, 27 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.


 * Comments by other users


 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments


 * indef'd User:OhioState4Life William M. Connolley (talk) 21:15, 27 April 2009 (UTC)
 * and User:Kill Bubba Kill though a trifle less sure in that case William M. Connolley (talk) 21:20, 27 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Conclusions

users blocked Canadian   Nine  21:50, 27 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Accounts tagged; looks good. Thanks, everyone!  Archiving.  —  Jake   Wartenberg  21:58, 27 April 2009 (UTC)