Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Wolfsteritory/Archive

Report date May 16 2009, 08:10 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets

Both create and vandalize articles that advertise a web design website. The IP is only blocked for 24 hours.  SKATER  Speak. 08:10, 16 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Evidence submitted by  SKATER  Speak.


 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.

Wolfsteritory has been indefinitely blocked for spamming. MuZemike 14:28, 16 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Comments by other users
 * How can you be a "sockpuppet of an IP"? By that logic every single user on Wikipedia is a sockpuppet. –  iride scent  17:31, 16 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I messed up reporting it, I'm quite aware the Wolfsteritory was blocked indef. The IP however was only blocked for a day and will most likely continue to spam with this link.-- SKATER  Speak. 17:38, 16 May 2009 (UTC)
 * So we live with it and reblock if it starts abusing. We do not indefblock IPs; whoever's using it today is likely not the same person who'll be assigned it tomorrow. –  iride scent  17:41, 16 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Alright, My apologies for wasting time then. Happy editing,-- SKATER  Speak. 17:48, 16 May 2009 (UTC)
 * But if the user persists on spamming we can surely slap on a block for a fixed period of time, i.e. a month or two. MuZemike 22:00, 16 May 2009 (UTC)
 * A month long block? Please tell me this is a joke or you've misread something somewhere; this is an IP with a total of six contributions in its entire history. Can I suggest all those concerned here re-familiarise themselves with Blocking IP addresses; that "should not be blocked more than a few hours" is there for good reason. –  iride scent  22:21, 16 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Iridescent: MuZemike was talking about further spamming, and is correct that the block length will go up if its persistent (not to mention block evasion). The case name is correct, because the ip came first in this case.  Syn  ergy 20:34, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

I'm leaving this case open for 24 hours starting after the ip's block is over. After that, this can be closed.  Syn  ergy 20:34, 17 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser


 * Note - redirected this case to the username as sockmaster per request from nixeagle, should have but didn't notice that Synergy intended to leave it under the IP. Nathan  T 16:08, 18 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Conclusions