Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Elspeth Monro

User:Elspeth Monro

 * Suspected sockpuppeteer


 * Suspected sockpuppets

Nobody of Consequence (talk) 00:21, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Report submission by

Monro always uses the same kinds of edit summaries with cryptic abbreviations/acronyms, and always tags his own socks as such using IP addresses. ,, , , , ,
 * Evidence


 * Comments
 * The Elspeth Monro vandal has a long history of creating socks and using IPs, engaging in various kinds of shenanigans, then tagging his own sock puppets talk pages with sock templates. He even tags the pages of other blocked puppetmasters as Elspeth Monro socks, probably as a way to build up a vanity page of socks to show off online. Mostly he's just annoying however he's also been creating maps and uploading them with his sock accounts. I suspect these uploaded maps and images are in many cases copyvios and even if not they are most likely totally bogus and deliberately incorrect. Who knows how long this vandal has been introducing bogus information by means of uploading images. I've got one map image speedied, but when I tagged this one the other day, he began vandalizing its page with multiple db templates with meaningless nonsense for the reason. THIS IS HIS M.O. I have reported this person multiple times to ANI, but all anyone ever says is "what do you want us to do?" We need to put a stop to this person somehow, before they totally corrupt Wikipedia with images containing bogus information. This whole thing is immensely frustrating because nobody will listen to me and I don't have the tools to checkuser and block his socks myself. NOTE: The socks listed above are a miniscule fraction of the actual socks and IPs (almost all in the same range) this person has used and no doubt is using as we speak.Nobody of Consequence (talk) 00:21, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
 * I ran some check and determined the following:
 * Elspeth Monro's normal edit time: 5:11:26
 * Mike A Mitchel jr's normal edit time: 11:8:41
 * Remaining accounts (IPs) normal edit time: 17:13 to 19:18
 * The IPs can be concluded to be socks. on the 2 registered accounts (or so it seems). OhanaUnitedTalk page 00:38, 5 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Maybe the named accounts are actually meatpuppets then? That may make a bit more sense... a couple of clowns playing games with each other instead of just one derango. Nobody of Consequence (talk) 02:44, 5 August 2008 (UTC)


 * To be honest with you, your evidences are on the weak side. A lot of people use shorthands (me included) and people who don't know will think they're cryptic. Not in this project though, in Wikispecies, I use a lot of shorthand like IW, VN, ref, img, syn, etc. Good luck guessing them, especially the first two ;) OhanaUnitedTalk page 07:32, 6 August 2008 (UTC)


 * After reviewing the two registered accounts, I see little evidence to support their socketpuppets. There's also very little information about the two accounts to even look at, and apparently the checkuser cleared them. Now, I didn't see any, but did Mike A Mitchel sign his edits w/ Elspeth Monro like the IPs. If so, then we have more and better evidence to look at. --DJS24 19:53, 7 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Some comments: not sure if there was any checkuser. The check appears to be based on editing times, and other sockpuppets show no consistent editing time, for example .  Of the 16 pages edited by Mike A Mitchel jr, 14 have previously been edited by IPs in the 86.25.48.0/21 and 86.29.240.0/20 ranges; I don't think this can be a coincidence as there is no other connection between the pages.  Also the use of "vandalisum removed": used by Mike A Mitchel jr in the edit summary on User talk:86.29.247.207. A search for this phrase on Wikipedia finds two results: one is an edit by 86.25.54.9 on User talk:86.25.54.205 the other is by 86.29.251.59 on User talk:86.29.240.36.  It has also been used in edit summaries; unfortunately they cannot be searched, although I have found this edit by  on User:Homer slips.‎, the user page of a blocked sockpuppet of Elspeth Monro. --Snigbrook ( talk ) 02:56, 8 August 2008 (UTC)
 * No, no checkuser was performed related to this case, as far as I know. Apologies for the confusing symbols above. Ohana was trying to adapt the checkuser templates here. See WT:SSP. His didn't mean that anyone performed a check.  Enigma  message 03:29, 10 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Conclusions
 * Per Ohana. Can't see anything. Although, both the Mickey's have related usernames and their deleted contribs match up but I can't match them up with Elspeth. Scarian  Call me Pat!  21:28, 11 August 2008 (UTC)