Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Truthteller52/Archive

Report date April 27 2010, 22:22 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets

Truthteller52 has spent most of April in a slow-motion edit war on Erik Paulsen--in fact, virtually his only edits are to that article. Waywaygone pops up on April 22, also solely editing the Erik Paulsen article and generally supporting Truthteller52. The similarity is too much to be a coincidence in my mind. Blueboy96 22:22, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Evidence submitted by Blueboy96


 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.

This is a phony accusation by partisans of Erik Paulsen who have been systematically slanting this page to burnish Paulsen's image. Factual edits are deleted without explanation. Slanted edits are introduced without citation. My edits are an attempt to introduce balance and always include citations and rationale. Further, the edits by Waywaygone are entirely favorable to, and slanted towards, Paulsen. That user has repeatedly deleted --without explanation-- factual, cited contributions that I have made. Please review the history for this page. My edits include defensible rationale as do those of David Straub. Many others do not. I AM NOT Waywaygone. He has reversed my edits and vice versa.Truthteller52 (talk) 14:36, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

For the last several days I have been changing the edits by Waywaygone and Truthteller52. It has basically been an ongoing editing war. David Straub (talk) 02:35, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Comments by other users
 * This claim is irrelevant to a charge of sockpuppetry. Truthteller52 (talk) 20:31, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

Requested by Blueboy96 22:22, 27 April 2010 (UTC) The editing styles are similar, and maybe there is a second puppet hiding in the dust. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 14:36, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
 * CheckUser requests

I'm not sure about this one (or if I would have endorsed it), as both users seem opposed to each other's viewpoints rather than supporting. I highly doubt we have a person edit-warring with two separate accounts. –MuZemike 23:10, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments
 * per Mike. I'm not seeing it. Tim Song (talk) 03:17, 2 May 2010 (UTC)