Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Emnx

User:Emnx

 * Suspected sockpuppeteer


 * Suspected sockpuppets

blocked for vandalising my user and talk pages vandalised my user page vandalised my user page vandalised my user page
 * additional suspected ip socks


 * most likely culprit (real puppetmaster)
 * This user is the one referred to in the comment on my user page, and their last edit prior to the creation of Emnx and User:IP-81-157-73-83 is this one.
 * This user is the one referred to in the comment on my user page, and their last edit prior to the creation of Emnx and User:IP-81-157-73-83 is this one.


 * A request for checkuser has been opened, Requests for checkuser/Case/Emnx


 * Report submission by IPSOS (talk)


 * Evidence

All three are single purpose accounts concerned only with one article, Mandrake Press. User:Emnx and User:IP-81-157-73-83 were both created on the same day, May 31, after a dispute with User:81.157.73.83 about whether to split this article. They both support the IP user's position, using similar language and similar accusations. They all appear to have a conflict of interest over the article, but when directly asked refuse to either confirm or deny. See Talk:Mandrake Press.


 * Sockpuppetry was used to disguise 3RR violation
 * 1st revert by IP address,  13:37, 31 May 2007
 * 2nd revert by IP address, 13:42, 31 May 2007
 * 3rd revert by Emnx, 08:13, 1 June 2007
 * 4th revert by Emnx, 12:54, 1 June 2007


 * ip address removes notice from User talk:Emnx, calling it "my page"
 * diff


 * block evasion
 * Edited as during 3 day block (between 09:17, 24 May 2007 and 09:17, 27 May 2007) of  for vandalising my user page.


 * repeated removal of sockpuppet tags during investigation
 * has repeatedly removed the sockpuppet notices from his user and talk pages during the investigation, despite clear instructions in the notes to the subject that the tags must be left for 10 days.


 * Comments

Yes, EMNX is the account I have started using.

Yes I was editing under 81.157.73.83

Yes I started and account IP-81-157-73-83 to make a point about demeaning anon users but have closed it.

Sock Puppet: No.

To play Devil's Advocate I actually took OPPOSING views i.e. I added delete tags and saying the WHOLE article should be deleted! rather than argue to keep it together.

Hardly the actions of someone trying to bolster an argument but making identical arguments.

If I forgot to sign. . . oops! Sorry! But under this user name I have been editing creatively linking and enhancing a wide range of related articles.

IPSOS has openly admitted that following vandalism of his user page he is using Mandrake Press as the battleground? Why?--Emnx 15:06, 1 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Taking opposing positions is called good hand/bad hand, and is a prohibited use of sock puppets. Read WP:SOCK. IPSOS (talk) 16:27, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Just for the record I don't have a static IP address - so does that make me a Sock Puppet. Also, I sided with you and then you still reverted my edits -- you got very confused with what you actually want from the article as you seem more intent on arguing than allowing others to build the article. I have repeatedly asked you to contribute to the article but you simply revert or delete (which is your predominant pattern of editing).

Either improve the article or leave others to get on with it. . . please move on and stop making Mandrake Press your personal battleground.--Emnx 23:48, 1 June 2007 (UTC)


 * You're the one making it a battleground. I've simply tagged a few things that need attention. And that's "working on the article". I don't have to contribute text to it, and can't, as all my web searches have turned up zero reliable third-party sources about it. My position remains unchanged. That the article should be split and that it be determined if the current company is notable enough for an article. What's wrong with that? Just because you don't agree with me doesn't give you the right to vandalise my user page or give the appearance of more support for your position by editing as several different users and IP addresses without disclosure at the time you were doing so. IPSOS (talk) 00:14, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

Your 4th edit war since April! Nuff said?--Emnx 20:40, 3 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Of course, it's impossible to say how many a vandal like you has been in, since you have no edit history with your dynamic IPs. Why not provide us with a list of all the articles you've edited with which IPs as there is still no proof you are anything but a single-purpose account, probably the owner or employee of Mandrake Press. IPSOS (talk) 01:38, 4 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Conclusions
 * Blocks were handed out following the positive checkuser result. --Akhilleus (talk) 16:09, 5 June 2007 (UTC)