Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Aidan Work

User:Aidan Work
(banned user)
 * Suspected sockpuppeteer


 * Suspected sockpuppets
 * (indef blocked because of being banned)


 * Report submission by


 * ChoChoPK (球球PK) (talk | contrib) 21:37, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Additional puppets added by Hu 23:40, 23 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Evidence

See Requests for checkuser/Case/Numismaticman, and the result was. Another editor also noticed the similarity of edit patterns.


 * Comments

Even though I listed Aidan Work and Paisleyite1976, only actions against (if it is the conclusion) Numismaticman is needed. The other two are already blocked. --ChoChoPK (球球PK) (talk | contrib) 21:37, 16 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Ah, I see now. The folks at checkuser think (without hard technical evidence) that Numismaticman is evading a permanent ban, and they may well be right about then.  The only question is whether anyone wishes to enforce the ban and take responsibility for getting this right. Shalom Hello 02:17, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

I also noticed the same patterns: writing style, interest in numismatics, focus on former British Empire jurisdictions, weird use of linking day numbers and months in dates, links in section headers, and more. One key part of the pattern is incivility, as evidenced by this comment, left on my Talk page. Hu 22:26, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

I think there's strong evidence in the things presented above that this is a ban-evading sock, and I concur with the checkuser that, even absent hard technical evidence, this is a compelling case. The comment on User Talk:Hu certainly doesn't help his situation. I'm going to block User:Numismaticman as an apparent sock of User:Aiden Work. MastCell Talk 19:19, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Conclusions