Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/WikiRecontributer47/Archive

Report date March 31 2010, 21:50 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets

User filed a user name change request from Alexking321 to WikiRecontributer47, within 2 mins of the change a 'new user' Alexking321 was created. Both accounts have been editing the same articles.
 * Evidence submitted by Codf1977 (talk)

I have filed a ANI about this yesterday, but then it was only one or two edits, it has now turned into more.

I am requesting a check user, as it looks like the user is somewhat experienced in using the Wiki and suspect there may be one or more other accounts. Codf1977 (talk) 21:50, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

Guys I am not AlexKing321 - when I started using Wiki, my friend had already created account which I started using myself and then renamed to my current username and changed the password. Period. Once it was changed I didn't make any changes using alexking (unless logged in automatically by mistake) and not responsible for other "alexking" accounts. Can you please give me a link to these edits by alexking that you mentioned, so I can have a look? Also, I am not that experienced in using the Wiki and English is not my first language - I am a Russian software developer. Please do correct me. After a few months of anonymous editing(I was not familiar with the rules) I have gone public and now make contributions only from current account. Sarah x WikiRecontributer47 (talk) 10:49, 22 October 2010 (UTC).
 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.


 * Comments by other users

Requested by Codf1977 (talk) 21:50, 31 March 2010 (UTC)
 * CheckUser requests

clearly the same user. I'm not convinced that a sleeper check is nesscery, as a) I would have expected and other accounts to have edited Denise Lester already, and b) this seems to be a little bit of a misunderstanding on the behalf of WikiRecontributer47 in regard to policies regarding the use of alternative accounts and as to how a user name change should be processed, not necessarily a malicious attempt to deceive. Leaving it up to an admin to decide what action is appropriate. SpitfireTally-ho! 06:25, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments


 * Conclusions

Warned user. Since the accounts are clearly linked, I don't see a need for a block now. Tim Song (talk) 09:10, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by Smartse
LegalGeek based on the creation of The Royal Bet an article promoting Alex King, who previously admitted to being WikiRecontributer47 (see previous SPI) Smartse (talk) 16:32, 21 October 2010 (UTC)
 * The IP's, contribs link those of LegalGeek to the Edward Davenport article. Smartse (talk) 17:03, 21 October 2010 (UTC)

Thelawsuit based on editing of Edward Davenport - Alex King was/is Davenport's press representative (ref). Note the long history of promotional edits by SPAs to the article. Smartse (talk) 16:34, 21 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Also the law related nature of the usernames, Legalgeek and Thelawsuit suggests there may be some connection between them. I also found this userfied draft of an article edited by Wikicontributor47 before they changed their username about barely notable lawyers, strengthening the behavioural evidence that these accounts are related. Smartse (talk) 19:32, 21 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Their edits today, such as adding his religion and net worth without sources clearly indicate some link to Davenport. Wikicontributor's comment on my talk page about the religion addition (and the fact they started editing just as Thelawsuit stopped) strongly suggests that they are the same person. Smartse (talk) 19:32, 21 October 2010 (UTC)

Comments by accused parties
See Defending yourself against claims. I am young and still learning. Please block mentioned below accounts but leave my main account User:WikiRecontributer47 open as I love Wikipedia and couldn't leave without it. I've made User:LegalGeek & User:Thelawsuit to edit articles from another machine as I did not remember my password, and hadn't come across SOCK before. I did not mean to mislead anybody! Kiss. Sarah.

Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments
All three accounts are ✅ as being the same. No comment on the IP. TN X Man 20:49, 21 October 2010 (UTC)
 * I see this as a misunderstanding of policy. I've blocked the socks with no belief of intent of malice on the original account. Leaving the original account unblocked. -- Sh i r ik ( Questions or Comments? ) 01:34, 22 October 2010 (UTC)