Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/68.9.184.169

User:68.9.184.169

 * Suspected sockpuppeteer


 * Suspected sockpuppets


 * Report submission by

Torc2 (talk) 07:30, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

An anonymous user has been continually trying to add unsourced, challenged information to List of Clone High minor characters and several associated Clone High episode articles. (diff, diff, dozens - possibly hundreds - more examples of the same edit available). 68.9.184.169 was warned multiple times, never communicated back, and was eventually blocked for these unsourced edits. Immediately after that block, 72.209.0.165 made his first and only edit by adding the same information (diff). The WHOIS for each address traces to the exact same ISP: 68.9.184.169, 72.209.0.165).
 * Evidence

Tracing back the history of List of Clone High minor characters, these same edits were attempted by several different IP addresses that all trace back to the same ISP (with the exception of the IPs that begin with 72.65, which currently trace to one other ISP, but might have been recently reassigned since these edits are older). Also, the IP usage doesn't overlap, and clearly indicate a single user with a dynamic IP:

72.65.167.197 - February 18, 2007 - February 25 72.65.180.47 - February 25 - March 12 John fogerty man - March 12 - April 10 72.65.160.60 - April 11 - April 15 72.65.164.50 - April 22 - April 29 72.195.131.207 - May 3 - May 5 72.65.162.132 - May 7 - May 10 72.65.170.23 - May 11 - May 25 70.181.51.125 - May 27 72.65.170.23 (again) - June 1 72.195.129.50 - June 13 70.181.51.125 (again) - June 14 68.1.175.61 - June 17 - August 18 70.181.50.52 - August 19 68.110.197.253 - August 20 - August 21 68.9.184.169 - August 22 - January 5, 2008 (interspersed with several 1-day anon editors listed below - this address was eventually blocked for 12 hours due to unsorced edits) These were all briefly used IPs whose edits are interspersed with 68.9.184.169 (however, the edits never overlap - it's still clearly one user jumping between 68.9.184.169 and other IPs). 68.9.187.123 - September 8 68.110.198.197 - September 8-9 68.147.51.72 - September 16 72.65.177.181 - September 23 72.65.172.228 - October 4-8 72.65.184.17 - October 21 72.65.190.47 - October 25 72.65.172.156 - October 31 72.65.166.192 - November 5 68.14.9.223 - November 16 68.14.9.223 (again) - December 16 72.209.0.165 - January 5

For periods not listed, there were no similar edits. Most IPs listed only had a short run of edits - often only one or two edits - and otherwise are unused.

I would also like to request permanent semi-protection on List of Clone High minor characters and all associated Clone High articles.
 * Comments
 * raise a request at WP:RFPP for article protection, there no benefit in any long term blocking of the IP addresses —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gnangarra (talk • contribs) 11:24, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
 * The protection's actually already done.Torc2 (talk) 22:15, 15 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Conclusions
 * No point in blocking these IPs, this problem is best addressed through semi-protection. --Akhilleus (talk) 18:44, 16 January 2008 (UTC)