Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/jk1944/Archive

Report date June 30 2009, 22:10 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets


 * Evidence submitted by Jheald

See Talk:Jonathan King

A series of edits made by anon IPs have recently been identified to be by the subject of the article Jonathan King himself; they closely track his known movements, despite the anon poster's claim to be on a different continent entirely.

The edits consistently seek to aggrandise JK's career, and minimise or contextualise his 2001 convictions for child sexual abuse.

The four accounts above share a similar SPA focus on Jonathan King, with similar concerns to present him in the best light.

appears to be Jonathan King's acknowledged account, from which he uploaded a recent photo of himself.

Seeing that JK is (or at least has been) a high-profile media name, a full checkuser run is appropriate, to see whether technical evidence does or does not support the potential sockpuppeting raised on the talk page. Given the circumstances, it is appropriate to seek evidence which is as solid as possible, before proceeding decisively.


 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.


 * Comments by other users

Requested by Jheald (talk) 22:10, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
 * CheckUser requests

F : suspected COI and sockpuppeting by high-profile media name. Given the circumstances, it is appropriate to seek evidence which is as solid as possible, before proceeding.

Solid evidence provided.--Aervanath (talk) 02:57, 2 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments


 * Conclusions
 * ✅ Currently available technical and behavioral evidence indicates that the following accounts are related:
 * The following accounts are too stale for technical evidence; behavioral analysis required:
 * The following accounts are too stale for technical evidence; behavioral analysis required:
 * The following accounts are too stale for technical evidence; behavioral analysis required:
 * The following accounts are too stale for technical evidence; behavioral analysis required:

-- Avi (talk) 04:10, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

I have blocked the three confirmed accounts. Behavioural differences between and the confirmed accounts prevents me from blocking it, and if it is Jonathan King's account, it might be best not to issue a block. Peter Symonds ( talk ) 13:48, 2 July 2009 (UTC)