Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/The Rage Conspiracy/Archive

Evidence submitted by Wine Guy
My experience with the users above began at Evan Lysacek after this edit (a "general tidy") was made by Dr Roots, which changed all en dashes to hyphens and removed sourced references to Lysacek's religion. I reverted the edit, and left a note on the talk page of Dr Roots. Dr Roots found my note yesterday, and replied with this, and then blanked the page. SalemJames was then created, launching a personal attack at my talk page, referencing the note I had left for Dr Roots, among other things. SalemJames apparently doesn't like en dashes either. IP 92.136.41.83 then immediately continued on the diatribe begun by SalemJames. The other 5 edits from this IP are reminiscent of Dr Roots style. I left this note for Dr Roots at the time.

Today, Dr Lean re-appeared after having been dormant since October 2008. Dr Lean's 5th edit after re-emerging is remarkably similar to Dr Roots edit, which I had originally reverted (although this was labeled a "Comprehensive tidy" as opposed to just a "general" one). Dr Lean doesn't like en dashes either. If it walks like a duck ...

A checkuser may be in order to find other sleepers, but I would prefer that a clerk make that determination. Wine Guy ~Talk  03:09, 24 February 2010 (UTC)


 * I'm a bit perplexed as to what is up to, both below and with his edits between 17:39, 25 February 2010 (UTC) and 17:53, 25 February 2010 (UTC).  Wine Guy  ~Talk  18:28, 25 February 2010 (UTC)
 * I would just like to note that popups (which is usually accurate) shows SalemJames having been created in late 2008, but merely inactive until now.  —  Soap  —  22:32, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

Comments by accused parties
See Defending yourself against claims.

I'm not Dr roots, I just think its a funny name. Have fun being doubted by your CheckIP thingy. The Rage Conspiracy (talk) 08:23, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

If I was this Roots guy then I would be threatening this wineguy bloke. Besides, the IP checker will prove you wrong. The Rage Conspiracy (talk) 08:41, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

Comments by other users
Is it really necessary to exactly copy someone's evidence and exactly what they typed? Elockid ( Talk·Contribs ) 20:49, 25 February 2010 (UTC)
 * It's been removed. Elockid ( Talk·Contribs ) 20:51, 25 February 2010 (UTC)
 * There is also an RfA for one of the possible socks at Requests for adminship/The Rage Conspiracy, created by a mysterious Dr Huggies, who has no other edits. I've added him to the list, as well as an IP (92.40.83.167) who also edited the RfA and signed as "Simon Alexander".  —  Soap  —  22:20, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

Edits like this and this make things a bit suspicious. It seems like Rage really wanted to get the SPI closed. There should be no reason for this. Elockid ( Talk·Contribs ) 00:12, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments
case from Sockpuppet investigations/Dr Lean merged, SpitfireTally-ho! 18:09, 25 February 2010 (UTC)
 * And removed by filer SpitfireTally-ho! 20:52, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

added to suspected sock puppets, per creation of the page Dr Roots (including the text: "Hello, I'm Dr Roots"), self-endorsing for checkuser to confirm the links between all these accounts and to look for any sleepers, regards, SpitfireTally-ho! 08:21, 26 February 2010 (UTC)
 * This looks like two groups. ✅ The Rage Conspiracy = Dr Huggies and ✅ Dr Roots = SalemJames = Dr Lean. Dominic·t 00:46, 27 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged. -  F ASTILY  (T ALK ) 03:17, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

case is a copy from Sockpuppet investigations/Dr Roots/Archive SpitfireTally-ho! 16:52, 27 February 2010 (UTC)