Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/68.162.247.229


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User:68.162.247.229

 * Suspected sockpuppeteer


 * Suspected sockpuppets

Ranma9617 07:54, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
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Twice in the past 3 weeks, 2 anon IP users have vandalized the WHDH-TV homepage, incoorctly identifying the station as an NBC O&O. Both times, the nonsense edits were reverted by either myself or User:Gridlock Joe. Both IP users have also vandalized other TV station pages(incorrectly changing ownership and/or other information) and have drawn warnings, but only 68.162.247.229 has actually drawn a block. Additionally, after my first reversion to an edit to the WHDH-TV page by 68.160.165.46, User:Orangemonster2k1 has noted on my talk page that other possible IP sock/meatpuppets include User:141.154.10.193 and User:68.162.243.40 as the vandal behavior of those 4 IP's is very similar. The 4 IP's, according to SVRTVDude's research(see my talk page), are Boston-based and assigned to Verizon.
 * Evidence

I have numerous times corrected vandalism coming from these IP addresses. All the times, the vandalism is directed to TV pages. Like many times, the ownership is changed on the infobox, inside the article, and on the parent company wiki page, like here on the WJLA page. Most are caught, but I have seen some that good-faith changes are made to the page after the vandalism and people don't notice it. This would be a big problem if someone was looking up information. I recommend the above IP addresses be permanently blocked and if it is possible, someone at Verizon in Boston called the next time a vandalism outbreak happens from a Verizon of Boston IP address. Rock on....SVRTVDude (Yell - Toil) 08:18, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Comments
 * These look like DSL addresses, which are dynamically assigned and shouldn't be permanently blocked. --Akhilleus (talk) 16:48, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Conclusions
 * This isn't sockpuppetry per se, but a vandal operating from dynamically assigned IPs. None of the addresses have been active for weeks, so closing. --Akhilleus (talk) 02:36, 15 March 2007 (UTC)