Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Timmeh/Archive

Report date October 3 2009, 17:49 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets

See page history of Requests_for_adminship/Timmeh_3.
 * Evidence submitted by Irbisgreif (talk)

The four suspected socks rushed in and began supporting, with the RfA being close to the Bureaucrat discretionary range, and each is named after a different South Park character.

If User:Timmeh is socking in an attempt to become an admin, this is a very serious issue. Hence I believe a checkuser may be warranted. If not, I apologize to SPI for any wasted time. Irbisgreif (talk) 17:49, 3 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.

Welp, I have to say I really doubt this is actually Timmeh, because I doubt he would do something so wrong and so obvious in order to plump up his vote count. But I supported, so I could be biased. But besides the out-of-character nature of the socks, there's also the fact that he's away at the moment and probably isn't aware that he's on SPI. He probably won't be back until after the RfA expires. -- Soap Talk/Contributions 17:59, 3 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Comments by other users

This is clearly socking, the only question is by whom. It might be a one time troll, a supporter, or even an opposer trying to make Timmeh look bad. If at all possible, it would be nice to know who is behind this... Although I imagine there is a substantial chance this was done from a public computer and not the socker's normal IP. --ThaddeusB (talk) 18:01, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

Requested by Irbisgreif (talk) 17:49, 3 October 2009 (UTC)
 * CheckUser requests

I looked at the socks, and they are all coming from a library. Timmeh has not edited from that range, and I did not check him directly, since I do not see any credible evidence to suggest that he would be foolish enough to sock so blatantly on his own RfA. J.delanoy gabs adds 18:09, 3 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments


 * Conclusions
 * No need to tag; closing. NW ( Talk ) 20:37, 3 October 2009 (UTC)
 * There's no reason to believe that these accounts would be related to Timmeh, and the CU shows no connection. All accounts have been indef blocked, archiving.  Jamie  S93  20:40, 3 October 2009 (UTC)