Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Tony winward/Archive

Report date February 17 2010, 01:06 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets


 * Evidence submitted by Jarkeld (talk)
 * Using name Anthony or Tony Winward on userpage
 * Using the same picture: [[file:Mac Academy 2008.jpg]] on userpage
 * Making the same lists on the userpages & copying/pasting them between each other

Most edits by these accounts are made to the userpage of the account or the other 2 named accounts.

Seems to pass WP:DUCK Jarkeld (talk) 01:06, 17 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.


 * Comments by other users
 * Endorse After the sockpuppet report was submitted, both users blanked their page within half an hour of each other:  at 16:06 and 16:32 respectively. I could imagine that one innocent user might feel threatened by the report and blank his page, but two within such a short time? Tang Soo Do veteran also blanked  the talk page of Anthony Windward's former school, Macmillan Academy . Like the school and Anthony Windard, the IP address is also in Middlesbrough according to WHOIS . The IP has also edited the userpages of all the other suspected socks ({[Special:Contributions/82.17.114.38|contrib]), so WP:DUCK. They're either socks or people working closely together. What puzzles me though is what use the Tang Soo Do veteran user is to them/him. The only edits that user ever made besides blanking the school talk page are to his own and Riverside's userpages. Smocking (talk) 01:22, 22 February 2010 (UTC)
 * From Tony Windward's contrib list, I also found the zero-activity account Columbo that used to redirect to User:Anthony Winward and there are other clear indications he's a sock of Anthony on his user page's history . The strange thing is that that user never edited a single article. Something very weird is going on here. Smocking (talk) 01:37, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

I originally had the socks blocked, and then I noticed the username change from Tony winward to Anthony Winward. However, I am puzzled as to why the pagemoves to User:Riverside and User:Columbo, respectively, as I'm not seeing them anywhere in any log. –MuZemike 19:29, 17 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments
 * They weren't created according to the user creation log, from what I can see. I mentioned these changes to as the crat who renamed the user (see thread). --  Phantom Steve / talk &#124; contribs \ 20:03, 17 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Perhaps they were created on another project? I say that because normally I get that "User account "username" is not registered. If you wish to use "username" as your username, please make a request at Wikipedia:Changing username." message in red letters on top when I hit the edit button. –MuZemike 23:27, 17 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Given that he's blanked his talk page, my guess is that the redirect is an attempt to conceal his identity. Notice how his talk page is still at User talk:Anthony Winward. In fact, I was about to move User:Riverside back to User:Anthony Winward until I saw this discussion, and figured that I'd leave it up to this process. Cheers, CP 01:53, 19 February 2010 (UTC)

I've asked Winward to explain what he's trying to do. Hopefully we can get a response back. –MuZemike 17:31, 19 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Given this edit, and the similarity of the name, User:A.C.W might be another sock... Cheers, CP 03:40, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

After seeing the A.C.W account (along with the overlap between virtually all the accounts including the Tang Soo Do veteran account), I'm convinced that this is deception via multiple accounts. Socks indefinitely blocked and tagged, Anthony Winward blocked 1 week for sock puppetry. –MuZemike 03:56, 22 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Conclusions


 * Should we maybe also remove the redirected user pages? ie. User:Anthony Winward to User:Riverside / User:Tony winward to User:Columbo? Cheers, CP 16:29, 22 February 2010 (UTC)


 * They're all tagged with the exception of Tony winward, which is appropriately redirected to Anthony's userpage as a legitimate username change. –MuZemike 18:17, 23 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I meant to say that I'd done a bit of that, and forgot! --  Phantom Steve / talk &#124; contribs \ 19:07, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by Jarkeld
Uses the name Anthony, same writing style, edits his userpage exclusively. Samuelsons Club appears to be a club in Middlesbrough (quick google search) where Tony Winwards former school is located (see archive). Doesn't show interaction with his other accounts, nor had they been used to edit this user's page. Account was created before the previous SPI case was filed. Checkuser requested to identify additional low-profile socks. Jarkeld (talk) 23:01, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

Comments by accused parties
See Defending yourself against claims.

Comments by other users

 * I have indef blocked the account as a username violation, and deleted the user page. --  Phantom Steve / talk &#124; contribs \ 08:20, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments
Requested by Jarkeld (talk) 23:01, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

It's a username vio, and a patent WP:NOTWEBHOST violation. Just block. Tim Song (talk) 05:17, 3 March 2010 (UTC)
 * to confirm the link and to determine if there are sleepers. Tim Song (talk) 18:31, 3 March 2010 (UTC)


 * ✅, but no unblocked sleepers. There's a clear static IP under here that could possibly be blocked if things get really out of hand - A l is o n  ❤ 09:23, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by Phantomsteve

 * I noticed that the IP added a "keep" to Articles for deletion/Douglas Terrey, 3 minutes after Anthony Winward's "keep". I checked the IP's history (thinking it was an SPA, so I could tag it as such) and found a lot of cross-over with Anthony Winward, including the user pages of Anthony Winward, and, both suspected sockpuppets of Anthony Winward. --  Phantom Steve / talk &#124; contribs \ 08:16, 31 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Also note that this was the same IP address investigated in his sockpuppet case from last month. 96.52.5.187 (talk) 15:10, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

Comments by accused parties
See Defending yourself against claims.

Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments
Requested by --  Phantom Steve / talk &#124; contribs \ 08:16, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

case moved from Sockpuppet investigations/Anthony Winward SpitfireTally-ho! 17:42, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

, duck (and check the archives). Seems that Tony winward/Anthony Winward still doesn't get the point that he can't abuse alternative accounts/IPs. SpitfireTally-ho! 17:47, 31 March 2010 (UTC)
 * also just noting that the IP is apparently static, and can be hardblocked, if deemed nesscery. Personally I think a ~one month block on Anthony Winward and a ~one month block on the IP (with account creation disabled) would be sufficient SpitfireTally-ho! 18:23, 31 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I will do so --  Phantom Steve / talk &#124; contribs \ 18:32, 31 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Cheers Steve. Marking as closed, no need to tag SpitfireTally-ho! 18:42, 31 March 2010 (UTC)