Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Thechroniclesofratman/Archive

Evidence submitted by The359
Follows the modus operandi of Thechroniclesofratman, more recently known as User:Zaxby. Repeatedly edits boxing articles on Oscar De La Hoya and Jeff Gordon as well as other related articles, changing minor statistics which would most likely go unnoticed. Statistics are backed by references. User also repeatedly blanks his talk page when given warnings rather than offering responses. IIIVIX ( Talk ) 22:41, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: BoxingExperts has now been blocked for disruptive editing. I did not expect him to be blocked this quickly before I opened this investigation.  IIIVIX  ( Talk ) 23:00, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

Comments by accused parties
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Conclusions
All accounts indefinitely blocked, thus CU is unlikely needed. Nja 247 09:41, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by The359
Appears to be yet another sockpuppet of User:Thechroniclesofratman, more recently known as User:Zaxby. Follows his style of claiming to make corrective edits to articles related to NASCAR (List of NASCAR champions, see this edit under a false edit summary) or boxing (Oscar de la Hoya). Also follows the modus operandi of blanking his talk page whenever warned, as well as using WP:AIV to attempt to stop those who revert his edits or warn him. Also notice that Bashama added to the blocked IP editor's talk page, which again is similar to what this user has done to the past, have two socks communicate with one another. The359 ( Talk ) 06:36, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

Comments by accused parties
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Conclusions
User:BASHAMA indefinitely blocked and tagged. IP left alone. MuZemike 21:09, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by The359
Yet another sock of Thechroniclesofratman/Zaxby. Follows the same procedure, edits articles such as Yuma, Arizona claiming to fix one element of the article, but in fact editing various bits of numerical data to a slight degree without reference. Then when reverted and warned about this vandalism, they either revert it back or remove any warnings from their talk page. The IP address is currently under a block for this sort of vandalism, but immediately after this block appeared the User:MDesjardinss appeared, editing the same article as well reporting me to WP:AIV. New user then proceeded to attempt to be a good faith editor by adding greetings to new user talk pages (a method employed by User:Zaxby in an attempt to appear as a valid editor), while continuing to remove any warnings when he does something wrong and inappropriately using WP:AIV against anyone who reverts his edits. The359 ( Talk ) 04:24, 25 December 2009 (UTC)
 * I would also add the delicious irony of the fact that this new user is reverting multiple recent edits because they lack sources, after making this edit to the very article repeatedly vandalized by Zaxby and the IP listed above with the claim that there is "no need for sources". Also note that the addition of famous people was one of Zaxby's popular ways of vandalizing this article.


 * A look at Special:Contributions/Zaxby will also give a hint as to the similarity between Zaxby's previous attempts to appear as a valid editor by welcoming new editors and reverting recent edits without sources, in exactly the same style as MDesjardinss. The359  ( Talk ) 18:19, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

You are mistaken. There was no need for sources because their Wikipedia articles stating that they were born, or had lived in Yuma, Arizona. You had to do some research in order to realize that they didn't need to be cited. Curley Culp born in Yuma, Cesar Chavez born in Yuma, Cain Velasquez attended Kofa High School in Yuma.(MDesjardinss (talk) 22:33, 25 December 2009 (UTC))

Comments by accused parties
See Defending yourself against claims. I was patrolling recent changes and I noticed the two of you were constantly at each other and not coming up with a reasonable solution to the problem. Edit warring is just disruptive, as you have been blocked for before, as I may add. You are a conspiracy theorist on this encyclopedia and are merely doing nothing than damaging your eminence on this site.(MDesjardinss (talk) 08:03, 25 December 2009 (UTC)) Our job on Wikipedia is to make the site more reliable to use and to keep vandals away. Students could write a report using the information we have, but if we let the defacers gain the upper hand, then we have wasted our time. I just learned what a sockpuppet was today from a friendly admin who welcomed me to the site.(MDesjardinss (talk) 08:03, 25 December 2009 (UTC)) Now to the greetings. I'm a very friendly person, I'm sure all of you will get to know me eventually. I learned from when I edited as an IP how to greet other users from the Welcome to Wikipedia templates and I use them to make the new user feel welcome to the site. I'm sure many users do that.(MDesjardinss (talk) 08:03, 25 December 2009 (UTC)) Next to the warnings. The359 fails to understand that I was wrongly accused of vandalism three times today. If you actually took time to look at what happened, an IP had removed a reference without a reason and that is why I reverted that person's edit on George Michael, the singer. The link reported that Michael had died, but we all got it wrong. The George Michael that died was a sports broadcaster. I made a mistake by not reading the link and the IP made a mistake by reporting me for vandalism. User:Optakeover can clarify for you that I have been cleared of the warning. He also warned the IP not to just call people out for vandalism.(MDesjardinss (talk) 08:03, 25 December 2009 (UTC)) To the other warning: I think huggle did not pull the latest edit (unless I force it to) and so our edits "clashed". This made huggle warn you. --Tyw7 (Talk • Contributions) 01:47, 25 December 2009 (UTC) Tyw7 admitted that Huggle was the cause of the vandalism warning and that I was not at fault for the incident. That should clear up this dilemma.(MDesjardinss (talk) 08:03, 25 December 2009 (UTC)) No, I do not report people to AIAV who revert my edits, I report them for violating the rules and guidelines of Wikipedia, see Floyd Mayweather Jr. I did not report the users who reverted my edits. The fight between him and Pacquiao was canceled and that is why my edits were reverted because originally the fight was in "jeopardy".(MDesjardinss (talk) 16:26, 25 December 2009 (UTC)) Merry Christmas everyone!(MDesjardinss (talk) 15:39, 25 December 2009 (UTC)) The 359 reverted my edits http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yuma,_Arizona&diff=333987491&oldid=333846855, stating that I had no sources, but in this case you do not need a source. Curley Culp born in Yuma, Cesar Chavez, born in Yuma, Cain Velasquez, according to his Wikipedia article, he attended the Kofa High School in Yuma. I did my research on those three people and it looks like he wants to edit war, which I will gladly let him do by himself.(MDesjardinss (talk) 19:14, 25 December 2009 (UTC))

Comments by other users
I confirm that the statement made by MDesjardinss about being called a vandal is true. An anonymous editor who removed an external source link that does not pertain to the article, and MDesjardinss mistook it for removal of content. He reverted back to the revision containing the source link, and then was accused by another anon. user for vandalism. I sorted that out with the anon. user who made the accusation. See my talkpage if this issue is of any concern.

As for my comments regarding this sockpuppetry case, I can't say much as this is my first time dealing with such a case. Optakeover (Talk)   17:45, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments
Strongly support a checkuser here. First few edits were to nascar, boxing, taking a shot at The359, and then going on a welcome user barrage similar to recent sock Zaxby. Recent edits are edit warring at Yuma, AZ; also a common theme. Considering a duck block, but will wait for CU - primarily to ferret out other socks. Kuru talk  19:34, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

– Next time, please use the RFCU template (or wait until we get a better SPI system in place :) –MuZemike 19:26, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

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. J.delanoy gabs adds  17:39, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

Conclusions

 * Both blocked and tagged. NW ( Talk ) 19:18, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by The359
The IP address was previously listed in the last SPI as being a sock of Thechroniclesofratman, but was under a temporary block at the time. This block has expired and it seems the IP is in use again, making the same vandalism to NASCAR and Boxing related articles (1, 2), apparently under the false claim of fixing [g]rammar. The IP also made an addition to the article Shooter (film), which was reverted by Movieguruman, then reverted again by Movieguruman so that the addition was re-added. However the IP also made a note on User talk:BalticPat22 regarding polls on one of our Barack Obama articles, the same edits that Movieguruman himself is involved in. Movieguruman also made the same section removal as the IP to Vitali Klitschko. Movieguruman also follows the same routine as all previous socks, editing NASCAR and boxing related articles. And finally, although coincidental, Movieguruman claims his name is Ryan, while Thechroniclesofratman also claimed his name was Ryan O'Hara and heavily vandalised our Ryan O'Hara article several times.

As the last SPI and Checkuser found several other sockpuppets who were not known at the time, I believe checkuser is warranted once again. The359 ( Talk ) 17:36, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

Comments by accused parties
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Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments
Requested by The359  ( Talk ) 17:36, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

for a sleeper check on the IP, which appears to be very static, and can probably be blocked quite restrictively. The account appears to be related, but checking it independently of an IP check wouldn't appear to be necessary. Thanks, SpitfireTally-ho! 17:43, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
 * No sleepers found on the IP. --jpgordon:==( o ) 22:48, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

IP hardblocked by Tim Song, SpitfireTally-ho! 15:31, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

28 April 2011

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Previously indef blocked user has returned:  Arbor8 (talk) 14:10, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

Comments by other users
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 * WP:DUCK. Addition of welcome templates to new users, edits to notable residents of Yuma, Arizona, NASCAR-themed user name, removing warnings from his talk page, very poorly made reversions, followed by unnecessary warnings against vandalism.  EDIT: Oh, and linking to his own Twitter account?  Brilliant.   The359  ( Talk ) 18:27, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

Well, I reverted the edit because I deemed it unnecessary. Please take a look at the link again. The user added "Whom?" at the end of the paragraph. How was that poorly revised? Please tell me and I will fix it the way you want. I have 2 warnings on my page. (AROUNDNASCAR (talk) 22:57, 28 April 2011 (UTC))

Oh. Oh. Oh. That was a mistake. I apologize. I will apologize to the IP. I didn't look at the edit entirely. I looked at the top and just seeing "Whom" looked wrong. I didn't look at the bottom where it came up as "According to Whom?" Apologies for that. Thanks. (AROUNDNASCAR (talk) 23:00, 28 April 2011 (UTC))
 * And completely ignoring the sockpuppet element of the discussion. Fit to a T.  The359  ( Talk ) 23:18, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

I don't really know what this is really about, so you'll have to explain to me exactly what this is. What have I done wrong already? Every mistake that I've made, I've apologized and/or corrected. (AROUNDNASCAR (talk) 00:49, 29 April 2011 (UTC))
 * As a precaution I'd suggest CU, this Mr. O'Hara here tends to have a group of two or three sockpuppets working at one time, usually crossing paths at some point. The359  ( Talk ) 01:58, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * ✅, along with PoliticoGuru. I have blocked the IP. Dominic·t 10:55, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Both confirmed accounts have been blocked and tagged. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 13:05, 30 April 2011 (UTC)

17 January 2013

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Only one IP to note this time. The IP's sole edits to Wikipedia have been to add "Ryan O'Hara" to two Arizona articles that were frequently vandalized by these sockpuppets. Ryan O'Hara is the name supplied by numerous other sockpuppets in the past as well. As usual, the information is not only not notable, but also patently false. This sockpuppet's vandalism usually centers around hoaxes.

As for why I am starting the SPI with only one IP address present at the moment is that CheckUser has found various other socks, registered or anonymous, from this user in the past. As there are currently no registered sockpuppets visible yet, I think it's a high possibility that there is one that has yet to be found. The359 ( Talk ) 06:08, 17 January 2013 (UTC)

Comments by other users
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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * - - Endorsing for checkuser. Same strange obsession with fictional Ryan O'Haras and similar bad grammar in edit summaries make me think this probably is fratman. This IP would mean he moved to a new location, but based on WHOIS, not a big stretch. Endorsing to look for sleepers, which were uncovered on two other checks. Someguy1221 (talk) 09:27, 17 January 2013 (UTC)

Nothing of interest to report (no sleepers). As for the IP, technically but behaviourally I think its operator is rather obvious. AGK [•] 14:43, 18 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Thank you AGK. Closing. Someguy1221 (talk) 18:58, 18 January 2013 (UTC)