Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/ColourWolf (5th)

User:ColourWolf

 * Suspected sockpuppeteer


 * Suspected sockpuppets

Arbiteroftruth (talk) 19:05, 3 August 2008 (UTC)
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 * Evidence
 * - A comparison of a legit edit and edits made by the IP listed above. The storyline features the same radical, terrorist oriented crap that ColourWolf has inserted on Wikipedia almost a year ago.
 * Plagues Of Truth, although he has not made any bad edits, fits the category of ColourWolf sockpuppets for two reasons: A. the user edits only Power Ranger and Singaporean actors and dramas, the set of pages that ColourWolf edits. Neither he nor ColourWolf has ventured beyond those pages. B. The account is trying to establish legitimacy before massively vandalizing Wikipedia. ColourWolf has been known to do this before. User:PowerClown123 is a good example.

ColourWolf's reign of terror has gone on long enough. It's time for everyone to stand up against this.


 * Comments
 * Plagues of Truth has made three edits, all of which seem to be in good faith. Surely this is a bit silly to then say that, because his 3 edits have been about the same two topics he is therefore a sock? The weird thing about someone making good edits to establish legitimacy before massively vandalising topics is that it looks exactly the same as someone making good edits to establish legitimacy. After looking at his edits one of the edits is nothing to do with the power rangers; your evidence is therefore "he has made good faith edits to one of the topics that ColourWolf has, therefore he must be a sockpuppet of colourwolf". By slapping a big "suspected sock" on this users page you may have scared off a potentially valuable user; editing the same page as colourwolfs socks is not grounds on its own for being a sock; if it was then from the page history you'd have been blocked for all your reversions. Ironholds 10:38, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Look again . Arbiteroftruth (talk) 16:06, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Also, how are we vandal and sock fighters suppose to do our job when we welcome socks with open arms? This guy is clearly a vandal, for he only edits the topics that ColourWolf edits. Arbiteroftruth (talk) 16:09, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
 * You have got to be joking. Please tell me you can see the flaw in the sentence "This guy is clearly a vandal, for he only edits the topics that ColourWolf edits." Contributing to 2 particular topics is not grounds for sock accusations unless said topics are moving every page to page_on wheels or similar. I note that you quickly reverted the edit you linked to even though it appears to be useful (clarifying a sentence) and in good faith. I also note that the user is now editing pages other than the two topics edited by colourwolf, which by your own admission implies he isn't a sock. Ironho<b style="color:#696969">ld</b><b style="color:#000">s</b> 18:18, 4 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Conclusions
 * I'm pretty confident that the IP is ColourWolf. But no evidence on Plagues Of Truth = ColourWolf. <b style="color:#0000FF;">OhanaUnited</b><b style="color:green;">Talk page</b> 22:15, 3 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Per Ohana. I will block the IP (if it already hasn't been), but I will not touch the other account due to lack of evidence. Try not to present your cases in such an overly draconian sort of fashion, Arbiteroftruth. It's not the end of the world :-) Scarian  Call me Pat!  23:43, 4 August 2008 (UTC)