Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Welshdave86/Archive

Report date April 17 2010, 23:45 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets

Seems a DUCK case. Welshdave86 created the Grant Avalon article which is nominated for AFD. Rafathegaffer and 3625Grant and registered soon after this and their first edits are at this particular AFD, defending the article as a keep. Excirial ( Contact me, Contribs ) 23:45, 17 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Evidence submitted by Excirial ( Contact me, Contribs )


 * Another piece of evidence arose at the AFD for Grant Avalon. An IP user which has edited the article before removed a delete vote from the article (So i am adding it). Also note that Welshdave86 created this article draft, with some added references. 3625Grant stated he is Grant, so if i were to make a well-educated guess Grant is a student at Mark Morris High School, playing in one of the sports teams there. Also note that the school is in Longview, and guess what article the IP edited and how? Longview - in this pro-grant edit.


 * Based on all this i took it upon myself to block the users mentioned, as i rarely saw a clear-cut case like this. Apparently Grant would be the inventor of the black jack, the puppet wrestling ring (Against all evidence) and a "Insert something notable here". Also, since the user stated all accounts edit trough the same IP i would cite WP:FAMILY and WP:MEAT as well, but the evidence alone should more then suffice. Excirial ( Contact me, Contribs ) 10:55, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

I don't appreciate being accused for things I did not do. I share a wifi system with others, others who can verify the importance of Grant Avalon. This is simply an overreaction, and an easy mistake for someone to make. Do not feel too bad, it was an easy conclusion to jump to. I'm sure you understand, because we've all had to share our wifi at one time, right? 3625Grant (talk) 15:12, 18 April 2010 (UTC)3625Grant
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Let me get this straight... your wifi is open and your neighbours have a similar interest in editing Grant Avalon? An amazing coincidence. Also, no one even mentioned edits being from the same IP, most users cannot see the IP addresses of registered users. Hairhorn (talk) 01:29, 19 April 2010 (UTC)
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Blocked users as an obvious DUCK case, see my previous statements. Excirial ( Contact me, Contribs ) 10:55, 19 April 2010 (UTC)
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 * accounts have been tagged. Autoblock'll catch any IP/s. Thanks Excirial, SpitfireTally-ho! 13:04, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

02 January 2011

 * Suspected sockpuppets




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I believe there was a prior case opened with two out of the 4 users mentioned, however, User:GiantSquidAttack has now started vandalizing and it seems clear that they are a sock (all users came to the rescue of the (now deleted) Grant Avalon article. This is to dot the i's and cross the t's and make sure everyone is now blocked.  D u s t i *poke* 03:53, 2 January 2011 (UTC)

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 * I've moved the case here from Sockpuppet investigations/3625Grant. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 04:06, 2 January 2011 (UTC)
 * CU is declined as all of the accounts are stale. Having said that, I've blocked the account per WP:DUCK. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 04:13, 2 January 2011 (UTC)