Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/TinaKatherineEarhart/Archive

Report date August 2 2009, 15:35 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets


 * Evidence submitted by StephenBuxton

Note Users have identical user pages. Also note use of initials TKE, as indicated by User pages. Both users have made unreferenced assertions of violence at Cherry Hill, New Jersey on that page and on others. Examples include:

TinaKatherineEarhart:, ,

TheKurdishEmpire:, ,

IP addresses have reverted blankings to re-insert faked information, but with faked edit summaries copied from previous edit summary:

Stephen! Coming... 15:35, 2 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.

"The Network" is laughing itself silly! We are not "sockpuppets"; we are members of TKE on many different campuses all throughout the United States. I, for example, live in Kentucky, and I go to school in another state. "The Network" is a part of TKE; our function is to write articles about southern New Jersey landmarks. We pass the responsibility from one chapter to another and our article writing responsibility never lasts more than three or four days. We have computers and IPs everywhere! Sorry, chumps!--67.201.81.253 (talk) 16:26, 3 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Comments by other users

Looking at the WHOIS information, the two 68 IPs come from New Jersey, while the 67 IP comes from Kentucky. It is of my opinion that, while meatpuppetry is present, it is unlikely that all the listed accounts come from the same user. MuZemike 22:23, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments


 * In my opinion, both accounts should be blocked. The 67. IP belongs to the Columbia Sussex Corporation, which operates hotels - including two in New Jersey. Nathan  T 23:02, 4 August 2009 (UTC)


 * And, it has a hotel in Philadelphia - coincidentally close to both Camden NJ and Wallingford, PA (where the 68. IPs trace to). I'll shoot an e-mail to the Hotel giving them a heads up on misuse of their network. Nathan  T 23:23, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

Accounts blocked indefinitely. The 68.80.. is too big to rangeblock, 67.201.. is possible, but undesirable (16000+ IPs). I'd suggest semiprotection if it gets out of hand. J.delanoy gabs adds 05:17, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Conclusions
 * Accounts tagged, IPs detagged. Closing... NW ( Talk ) 05:22, 6 August 2009 (UTC)