Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Tothwolf/Archive

Report date May 27 2009, 20:32 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets

Behaviorally, they talk the same. [] []. They even have similar articles in common. Either this is a meatpuppet, specifically recruited from IRC or something, or a sockpuppet. since these users edit IRC related articles, i wouldn't be surprised if the user was savvy enough to use different IPs for his sockpuppetry. There are also COI issues with Tothwolf editing Eggdrop, but i have queried the COI board and want to make sure I'm not outing before i mention anything specific.
 * Evidence submitted by Theserialcomma

Some sort of collusion is going on off-wiki, for sure, because I tried to remove a wiki as a source from Eggdrop, and Tothwolf added it back. we spoke on the discussion page and I explained why I didn't think a wiki was a reliable source. I was then warned by an admin for edit warring, and he wasn't. then the sockpuppets showed up, and another random editor requested full protection for the page. check the history of Eggdrop and the warning i received at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Theserialcomma#Eggdrop, and see for yourself if any of that was warranted, and only for me. i assume tothwolf colluded with these people on IRC and they agreed to help him. i'm not sure if that is a violation of any policies, but the admin in question certainly did not approach the situation in the best way possible, and the whole situation is getting fishier and fishier.

Theserialcomma (talk) 20:32, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

User:Theserialcomma (contribs) has been giving me quite a lot of trouble the last two days after I called them out on a couple of pointy AfDs  They then went after these articles   Also see this talk page:  as well as this talk page:  Note when the discussion on Talk:Eggdrop did not go in their favor, they opened a COI/N against me at  and initiated this SPI. They are also accusing me of edit warring on Eggdrop where I believe I only reverted once and I believe I was right to do so, also see this thread on my talk page I don't mind if someone wants to run a CU, although once this is cleared up I expect something to be done about User:Theserialcomma. --Tothwolf (talk) 00:21, 28 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.
 * If someone wants to run a CU, please feel free. Once it clears up that Thommey and I are entirely different people, I expect something to be done about the harassment and trolling from User:Theserialcomma.
 * Sorry. We don't run checks to prove innocence.  Sy  n 00:22, 28 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Comments by other users
 * First I need to make it clear that I have had prior discussions with Tothwolf offwiki, but not about this issue. So take what I say as you will.
 * Extremely unlikely to be a sockpuppet based on edit analysis at http://toolserver.org/~eagle/spi/1243462783.html however I cannot rule out collaboration between the two off wiki. The two users are involved in the same wikiproject (wikiproject IRC).
 * The only edits that leaves the door open to offwiki collaboration are edits to Talk:Eggdrop and edits to The Game (dice game) and related AFD. But collaboration on those two really can't be confirmed, and I would think is fairly unlikely on The Game (dice game). But as one of the editors here (Tothwolf) seems to have done good article work recently (brought mibbit to WP:DYK from the brink of an AFD. As such I don't really think blocks are warrented. ——  nix eagle email me 23:00, 27 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments


 * : This case requires additional and significant evidence in the form of diffs before anyone is going to come to the conclusion requested. Nathan  T 20:44, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

Not enough evidence for a check or any other action to be taken; please file a new case if more comes to light. Closing for now. — Jake   Wartenberg  00:30, 28 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Conclusions


 * — Jake   Wartenberg  00:23, 28 May 2009 (UTC)