Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Chowbok


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Chowbok
Evidence

New user 68.198.52.124 made highly controversial change to Will Eisner without citation. Request was made at User talk:68.198.52.124 for citation.

Rv was made without citation by Chowbok, whose uncvil and incomprehensible edit summary consisted of "(How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? FOUR.)"

After posting a request at User talk:Chowbok for citation and for a comprehensible edit summary, I received un uncivil reply at User talk:Tenebrae.

Rv was made without citation by new user Mtn


 * This particular change, never made before that I could discern in the 4 1/2-year-old Will Eisner article, certainly not in the past year or so, was made three times in 24 hours by three users, two of whom were new.

Thank you for any help. -- Tenebrae 18:38, 7 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Response to below: No bad faith, due to meat-puppet possibility. Also 68.198.52.124 and Mtn have now admitted being the same person. In any event, I crafted a compromise solution on the Will Eisner page that avoids the contentious issue entirely, and have posted notice of this on all three user Talk pages and the Eisner talk page. If there are no objections over the compromise from the other person(s) involved, I'd be happy to withdraw this. -- Tenebrae 01:01, 8 June 2006 (UTC)


 * This is a bad-faith report by a user with an agenda and a hair-trigger. I noticed that he reverted a change at Will Eisner that I thought made sense, so I reverted it back. Just because I agree with somebody's edits doesn't mean they're sock puppets. I encourage admins to look at the edit logs--all of my recent edits will come from three IPs--my work IP, my old home IP, and my current home IP. The other user(s?) will not be coming from there.


 * I am angry and offended that a good-faith edit I made has subjected me to such harrassment. I'm a long time Wikipedia editor and have never been accused of such a thing before. If anyone could advise me on what recourse I have against this user, I would be most appreciative.


 * Finally, regarding the edit summary--undoubtedly brighter bulbs will get the point, but since I have to spell it out for others: Bob Kane was not the sole creator of Batman. He was the co-creator. This has been amply documented. This user's argument against this was that Kane must be the sole creator, since he was credited that way. I'll admit I was being too cute, but my point was that just because the comics credit him solely, it doesn't make it necessarily so. Just like how even if you call a dog's tail a leg, it still has only four legs--calling a tail a leg doesn't make it one. &mdash;Chowbok 21:01, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

To the admins: please note User_talk:Chowbok, where Tenenbrae scolds me for erasing posts by "other users", thereby admitting he knows that User:Mtn is somebody else. This proves that this accusation was brought in bad faith. &mdash;Chowbok 21:59, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Please do not withdraw. I want somebody to investigate this and clear my name. Further, I want it noted that this user reacts to editing disputes with false accusations. &mdash;Chowbok 16:02, 8 June 2006 (UTC)


 * I have held my tongue so far. Two of the addresses have admitted to being the same person. The evidence I presented speaks for itself as to reasonable suspicion. -- Tenebrae 18:58, 8 June 2006 (UTC)


 * I have requested the starter of this claim to go to check user. If they do not create one in time, or do not want to, I will create one; I have notified the user myself. Iola  k  ana |(talk)  19:51, 23 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Can I do it? &mdash;Chowbok 20:48, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Sure! Contacted user regarding this check user. Iola  k  ana |(talk)  19:12, 24 June 2006 (UTC)


 * I have started the RFCU. &mdash;Chowbok 14:50, 5 July 2006 (UTC)


 * WP:RFCU will typically not process checkusers requested by the person being checked. See many examples on any given RFCU page. ~Kylu ( u | t )  17:28, 7 July 2006 (UTC)