Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Aladdin Zane

User:Aladdin Zane

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Crazysuit 03:08, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

Rogue Gremlin is a blocked sockpuppet (see Suspected sock puppets/Rogue Gremlin). I have suspected Aladdin Zane of being another of his sockpuppets for some time, after seeing both editors make some ridiculous edits to Elvis Presley's article, and after looking into both accounts I believe I have found conclusive evidence that this serial sockpuppeteer is continuing.
 * Evidence

Rogue Gremlin and Aladdin Zane give the game away by using many of the same, specific, userboxes on both userpages:
 * Nearly identical userpages


 * This user lives in Georgia.
 * This user is an Aries.
 * This user is of American Indian ancestry.
 * This user is of German ancestry.
 * This user is Irish.
 * This user's favorite color is purple.
 * This user is a member of Generation X.
 * This user supports recycling.
 * This user is American by birth; loves all nations - hates none.
 * This user is of English ancestry.
 * This user respects others' religions and realises not all people wish to follow the same path.
 * This user is a native speaker of English.
 * This user is a citizen of the United States of America.
 * This user believes it is every citizen's duty to vote.
 * This user advocates democracy.
 * This user is greater than the sum of his or her userboxes.''

The edit history of Waycross, Georgia is more evidence, Rogue Gremlin regularly edited the Famous natives and residents section, until he got banned. Soon after that, Aladdin Zane started editing the article, specifically the Famous natives and residents section.
 * Waycross, Georgia

Rogue Gremlin's only edit to the Okefenokee Swamp article is in the trivia section. Aladdin Zane's only edit to this article is in the trivia section.
 * Okefenokee Swamp‎

Rogue Gremlin was reverting other users' edits in Booker Huffman until he was banned. Soon after, Aladdin Zane starts reverting other users' edits in the article.
 * Booker Huffman‎

The edit history of Burt Reynolds is another giveaway, this sockpuppeteer has believed for a long time that he owns the Burt Reynolds article (just look at the talk page and the frequent reverting of other editors' good faith edits, Rogue Gremlin was actually blocked for edit warring here). They have both edited many other articles together.
 * Many other shared articles‎

What are the chances of two American Indian-German-Irish-English editors, both living in Georgia, favorite color is purple, both edit Okefenokee Swamp, Booker Huffman, Burt Reynolds, Elvis Presley, etc, etc? This is about as conclusive as it gets, unless Aladdin Zane added a banner to his userpage saying "I am a sockpuppet of Rogue Gremlin". That would be more conclusive. Crazysuit 03:08, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Comments
 * This account has not been used in sockpuppetry if you look at the definition of being a sock puppet. I have not been using this account to go to pages and revert then use another to do the same. This account was not used in any with another to get around the 3RR.Aladdin Zane 03:37, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Actually, if you are the same user as User:Rogue Gremlin, then you are evading a ban, which is against policy. See WP:BAN, and WP:SOCK. Dreaded Walrus t c 03:43, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

Found two other socks, already blocked while checking this. Rather convincing evidence, goes way beyond the chance level. Aladdin Zane is indef blocked and Rogue Gremlin's is extended from 3 months (already extended once) to indef for repeated block evasion and socking. — Rlevse  •  Talk  • 16:45, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Conclusions