Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/DigiFilmMaker

User:DigiFilmMaker

 * Suspected sockpuppeteer


 * Suspected sockpuppets


 * Report submission by

Girolamo Savonarola 04:20, 16 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Evidence
 * Both user contribution histories are nearly identical, with virtually all edits only pertaining to Red Digital Cinema Camera Company article.
 * Edits are always solely to restore the link to a webforum called redcamcentral.com
 * Suspected sock-puppet's first edit includes an edit summary with similar language about the "growing forum" as the original user's comment from the the day prior.
 * Overlapping activity periods with similar lulls in edits.
 * April 10-13 - April 10, 3:19 (DigiFilmMaker), April 11, 1:04 (DigiFilmMaker), April 12, 4:46 (James 8445), April 13, 1:52 (DigiFilmMaker). No further activity from either account until...
 * April 21 - 16:35 (DigiFilmMaker), 16:36 (DigiFilmMaker], and 16:42 (James8445). No further activity from either account until...
 * April 28-May 1 - April 28, 15:13 (James8445), May 1, 1:44 (DigiFilmMaker), May 1, 1:45 (DigiFilmMaker), and May 1, 1:46 (DigiFilmMaker).  DigiFilmMaker continues to revert occasionally in retaliation for user consensus link deletion. Since these reversions go unnoticed, account activity is low until...
 * August 14-15 - August 14, 1:11 (DigiFilmMaker), August 14, 2:55 (DigiFilmMaker), August 14, 22:34 (DigiFilmMaker), August 14, 23:06 (DigiFilmMaker), August 15, 3:30 (James 8445), August 15, 3:31 (James8445), and August 15, 15:16 (James8445).
 * Editing periods for each user are contemporaneous in date and time.
 * Similar syntax and editing style when each user chats. See and  each from DigiFilmMaker and compare with  and  by James8445. (Edit: now also with  by DigiFilmMaker.
 * The sock puppet is deliberately being used for two purposes: circumvention of the 3RR rules, and creating the illusion of community consensus on the talk page.
 * Besides sock puppetry, the larger outstanding violations for these accounts are 3RR (possibly applicable even independent of sock puppetry) and spam violations. The accounts only exist to promote this website, and have made no substantive edits outside of this purpose. The user talk space of DigiFilmMaker is consistently and swiftly blanked by the user so as to create the illusion that he has received no warnings about either of these problems.


 * Comments


 * Conclusions
 * Clear use of a sockpuppet to break the 3RR, several times. DigiFilmMaker hasn't edited in several days, but will be blocked for 48 hours; James8445 is indef blocked. If DigiFilmMaker returns after the block, it may be worthwhile reporting him at WP:COIN for promoting his own website. --Akhilleus (talk) 04:09, 23 August 2007 (UTC)