Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Beckjord


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the case of suspected sockpuppetry. Please do not modify it. No further edits should be made to this page. All edits should go to the talk page of this case. If you are seeing this page as a result of an attempt to open a new case of sockpuppetry of the same user, read this for detailed instructions.

User:Beckjord

 * Suspected sockpuppeteer


 * Suspected sockpuppets


 * Report submission by: Mermaid from the Baltic Sea 01:47, 3 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Evidence

Beckjord is known for editing the Bigfoot page in order to insert material about himself or the interdimensional hypothesis, see an edit history showing User 63.3.68.138's additions to the Bigfoot article. Also, see the addition to the talk page that brings up a source for the interdimensional hypothesis. Edits to Jon-Erik Beckjord seem harmless (see history comparison) but, if truly made by Beckjord, these edits violate Autobiography. For previous sockpuppetry of Beckjord, see suspected sockpuppets here or see them individually: User:205.208.227.27, User:71.198.46.76, User:Beckjord can't sleep, must edit Bigfoot, User:Don't sleep clown will eat you, User:Dr Joe, User:DrJoe, User:Jon-Erik, User:Linuxbeackjord, User:Luminary666 and User:Orphanannie.Mermaid from the Baltic Sea 01:47, 3 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Also see Requests for arbitration/Beckjord, which shows prior evidence of Beckjord's habits and offenses, which seem quite similar to the present activities of User 63.3.68.138 Mermaid from the Baltic Sea 01:51, 3 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Also see User talk:DanielCD and User talk:DanielCD and the page history comparisons. The unsigned (that is, unsigned in the conventional Wikipedia way of using four tildes) comments left by 63.3.68.138 were signed (in plain text) as "Beckjord". This would seem to be a confession that 63.3.68.138 is Beckjord. Mermaid from the Baltic Sea 02:02, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Also see this page history for another "signed" confession. Mermaid from the Baltic Sea 19:26, 3 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Also see Requests for arbitration/Beckjord/Evidence and Requests for arbitration/Beckjord/Evidence which establishes the type of behavior by which Beckjord sockpuppets can be recognized.Mermaid from the Baltic Sea 06:13, 3 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Also see Favorite pages of banned users.Mermaid from the Baltic Sea 16:22, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

I tried to put the required notice on User talk:Beckjord but the page is protected so I couldn't do that. I tried to follow the rules, but I just wasn't able to do that one step. I'm doing all the other steps, though. I hope that is OK.Mermaid from the Baltic Sea 01:47, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Comments
 * Okay, I've put in a request at the requests for page protection page to see if I can't get that notice put on User talk:Beckjord. If it doesn't get unprotected and I can't get the required notice put up, I hope y'all will understand. Mermaid from the Baltic Sea 02:18, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Okay, now User:Royalguard11 inserted that notice for me at User_talk:Beckjord, so this detail has been resolved. Mermaid from the Baltic Sea 03:24, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, what's the point of this process? The IP's first edit clearly establishes it as Beckjord or an impersonator. Any edits it makes to paranormal topics should be reverted, per the ArbCom ban. &mdash;Bunchofgrapes (talk) 00:02, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
 * From reading the Wikipedia documentation about sockpuppets, I was given the impression that I was supposed to present proof in this way instead of slapping suspected sockpuppet templates on people's pages. Isn't the point that the original user was banned for about a year? Mermaid from the Baltic Sea 00:07, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
 * OK, take my comment as agreement with your proof :-). It's definitely him. What do you think we'd best do about it? &mdash;Bunchofgrapes (talk) 00:10, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Well, for starters, put a confirmed sockpuppet template on the puppet user page instead of the suspected template. Then maybe ban that IP, unless it's shared. I'm not really sure what to do, I thought that administrators took over that part of the decision-making process once they were sure it was him. Mermaid from the Baltic Sea 00:14, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Another thing: Beckjord is currently under a one-year ban from the ArbCom. His ban timer needs to be reset. Scob e ll302 06:19, 4 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Conclusions

Case proven, however we are discouraged from blocking IPs for more than a few days except in extreme cases. Will block for a week, but it may be more symbolic than functional. --AnonEMouse (squeak) 14:44, 6 February 2007 (UTC)