Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Wooblz!/Archive

Report date September 17 2009, 09:27 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets


 * Evidence submitted by U-Mos

Brought to my attention today when User:HiMyNameIsTom blanked the User talk:Wooblz! twice this morning. Wooblz! commenced editing on June 17 2008, and with the exception of one edit disappeared from September 2008 until February 2009. HiMyNameIsTom edited from September to December 2008, and didn't reappear until this morning (when Wooblz! was given a final warning for disruptive editing, the latter's last edit to date being to blank this warning). They both seem to edit largely on Lostprophets articles in recent times, and also Blink-182 in the past. Neither have ever used edit summaries, and as far as I can see their disruptive editing habits (ie. re-doing reverted edits) are consistent with each other. Also, Wooblz!'s twitter page as linked to on his talk page is called HiMyNameIsAsh. Both have also displayed the annoying habit of adding new sections to the top of my talk page without signing in the last day. U-Mos (talk) 09:27, 17 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Not sure how relevant this is to this investigation, but I have given MyNameIsTom a final vandalism warning for his highly disruptive edits at Make a Move and Wake Up (Make a Move) this morning. Had Wooblz! made these edits he would have been reported by now. U-Mos (talk) 09:32, 17 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.

Yep, it seems that both are the same person. I've encountered both a few times and have seen the similarities personally, though I didn't have enough evidence to file a report. Now it looks like there is enough evidence to confirm sockpuppetry. Good work, U-Mos. Tim meh  ( review me ) 11:36, 17 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Comments by other users

Additional information needed: Please provide a code letter. SPCUClerkbot (talk) 09:27, 17 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments
 * Checkuser request self-removed. U-Mos (talk) 10:28, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

User:HiMyNameIsTom has been indefinitely blocked as a sock puppet. The sockmaster, User:Wooblz!, has been blocked for 3 days for sock puppetry. MuZemike 19:59, 17 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Conclusions

Report date September 18 2009, 14:16 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets

Further to the previously banned HiMyNameIsTom, it seems these two may also be alt accounts for Wooblz!. Again, no edit summaries. Again, repeating the same reverted edits such as BAAguy in The Betrayed recently (one of which had also been performed by Wooblz! before its original reversion). Again, lots of edits on Blink-182 and Lostprophets articles. BAAguy has been active on The Betrayed since Wooblz! was blocked for sockpuppetry. 124.176.119.146 is a possible IP address for Wooblz!, having edited in many of the same articles (including the short-lived Next Stop Atrocity / For He's a Jolly Good Felon, redirected just a couple of hours after being created by Wooblz!) and also adding non-notable info seemingly [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=July_31&diff=prev&oldid=222836046 about Wooblz! himself] (see User:Wooblz!), as well as (according to the IP's talk page) editing on AshMustDie, apparently about and presumably created by Wooblz!. U-Mos (talk) 14:16, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Evidence submitted by U-Mos


 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.


 * Comments by other users

Requested by U-Mos (talk) 14:16, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
 * CheckUser requests


 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments


 * . Nathan  T 15:17, 18 September 2009 (UTC)


 * The IP is Wooblz!, BAAguy is ❌. Brandon (talk) 17:32, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

No action taken. Even the behavioral evidence really doesn't indicate sock puppetry, either. MuZemike 17:43, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Conclusions

13 December 2010

 * Suspected sockpuppets




 * User compare report Auto-generated every six hours.

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Self-admission. Thornofhate's user page states "Formerly known as Wooblz! The reason for account change is I want to start Wikipedia fresh again." If further evidence is required, among Thornofhate's first actions since registering yesterday were redirecting Wooblez!'s userpage and talk page to Thornofhate's. The reason this is a problem is Wooblz! was indef-blocked for disruption. He is not allowed to dodge the block by creating a new account, even if he intends to act in good faith. The rule is one editor, one account. If Wooblz! wants to continue editing Wikipedia, he needs to appeal his block and demonstrate that he's not going to repeat the same behavior. If he then wants to start afresh, he can request to change his username. Recommend permanently blocking the Thornofhate account & blocking account creation for both. IllaZilla (talk) 22:24, 13 December 2010 (UTC)

Comments by other users
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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * blocked the sock, so there's nothing left to do here. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 13:11, 14 December 2010 (UTC)

23 May 2011

 * Suspected sockpuppets




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Became active shortly after the last account ( was blocked, editing in the near-exact same areas such as Lostprophets and Blink 182. I questioned the user and got a rather cryptic response at User talk:Chickensdoorknob. Rehevkor ✉  12:58, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

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 * Based on Rehevkor's evidence, I'm suspicious too. Surprised I didn't notice it before. Based on the contribs he appears to be acting in good faith and overall constructive, but if it is Wooblz!/thornofhate then he needs to properly appeal his block at User talk:thornofhate rather than sockpuppet. --IllaZilla (talk) 16:49, 23 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Yes, I'm not User:Thornofhate/User:Wooblz!. I know it's hard to believe. I don't want to be backstabber to User:Thornofhate/User:Wooblz!. But if I have to... We live in a dorm, where the computer/internet thing is shared, and yes quiet obviousely User:Thornofhate/User:Wooblz! didn't have a brother. The reason we have the same interest is because we're in a band together so therefore we share similar musical taste. -- CDK (talk) 06:05, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Last time it was "my little brother did it", this time it's "my roommate did it". Yeah... --IllaZilla (talk) 21:22, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
 * After last time I'm having a hard time believing any of that. That you'd suddenly decide to start editing Wikipedia almost as soon as your "friend" is blocked, editing in almost the exact same manner, in almost the exact same articles, to me you are clearly the same person. Rehevkor ✉  22:52, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Chickensdoorknob blocked indef per WP:DUCK. CheckUser is unlikely to give useful information as the user admits to having the same/similar IP address. -- King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 05:06, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Sock blocked. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 05:07, 24 May 2011 (UTC)