Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Ueken/Archive

Report date April 16 2010, 09:38 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets

Use of multiple sockpuppets to exclusively edit and create articles concerning the topic of so-called "religious-exempt colleges" or "religious-exempt degrees." The names Ueken and Uekhen are deceptively similar; Baramba and Zingoole were created in quick sequence and have one edit apiece on the sockmaster's article (In fact, all of the socks besides Brunovitz were created within a couple of minutes on April 14, 2010); the others seem to have two edits apiece on a couple of articles relating to educational accreditation.  Glenfarclas  ( talk ) 09:38, 16 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Evidence submitted by  Glenfarclas   ( talk )


 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.
 * I admit and confess to all these "sockpuppets". I haven't seen any rule against multiple accounts./Uekhen (talk) 00:16, 19 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Comments by other users
 * In AGF, since the new user admits to use of multiple accounts due to ingnorance, but knows now that he was incorrect to use them, would it suffice to block all but User:Uekhen, and let him continue editing as ONLY User:Uekhen?  Schmidt,  MICHAEL Q. 05:55, 19 April 2010 (UTC)
 * I think blocking all but one account with a warning not to sockpuppet again would not be unreasonable, though I'm unclear why "ignorance" alone would cause someone to create six new usernames in the span of a few minutes.  Glenfarclas   ( talk ) 06:12, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

Blocked all related accounts except for Uekhen.  caknuck °  needs to be running more often  23:45, 19 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments


 * Patrolling admin has moved case to completed so I am closing this case accordingly. All accounts have already been tagged and the sockmaster has been notified and acknowledged the warning. Sh i r ik  ( Questions or Comments? ) 00:21, 20 April 2010 (UTC)