Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Fsbrat

User:Fsbrat

 * Suspected sockpuppeteer


 * Suspected sockpuppets


 * Report submission by

Bevinbell (talk) 05:12, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

makes very similar edits to Department of State and its talk page over last few months, single edit accounts. Also editing from 169.252.4.21 but thats a very large shared IP
 * Evidence

I am a new user and do not understand this. The page about sock puppeting was not clear. It appears that my edits to the article about the State Department were considered to be sock puppeting. But I thought that Wikipedia was a site that encouraged editing, not a place where those who edit are attacked and put on lists of suspects. Good Grief! FS Brat  -  Is it because I chose this name of FSbrat. I was not trying to insult anyone. I am a member of the U.S. FS and wanted to give us a more positive image, thats all...
 * Comments

I found this on the talk page of the person who accused me and present it, with my response, as evidence to whomever rules in these "cases".

Puppet
I had noticed you had flagged User:Fsbrat as a puppet. I was pretty sick of the constant revers for Department of State, United States Foreign Service, etc. Tensions among Foreign Service, Civil Service, and others serving abroad is quite high and people like him/her don't help. The IP address resolves for most State traffic, even I have unknowingly posted on it when I'm at lunch and the login system has not worked.

Keep up your diligence. Mikebar (talk) 11:25, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

I am "FSBrat" and first of all apologize if I chose an insulting or vulgar? name. As a member of the FS, I had no bad intentions. I grew up overseas and people like me are often called "Foreign Service Brats". Regarding the edits I made, they were based on personal experience and knowledge as an insider in the system at Foggy Bottom. My edit was reverted by someone who called it "vandalism". therefore I reverted it back and posted an explanation. Then the explanation (on the talk page which I thought was the proper place to post it) was also deleted, or at least partially deleted. Could you please explain why you are making such accusations?

Dear editors, I am "fsbrat" and again request clarification of this accusation of "sock puppeting". I wrote a message to Bevemball because he was listed as the accuser, but then he erased my message and replaced it with a bold warning stating: "DON'T POST YOUR CRAZY CRAP ON MY TALK PAGE". Maybe I posted the message in the wrong place, but it is unclear how users should respond to accusations. Please clarify and rest assured that I had no bad intent in choosing the name "fsbrat" or in editing relevant sections of the article about State Department employees.

If the name I chose is offensive I will change it. If any edit was improper I invite others to make corrections, but to delete/revert edits in the name of erasing so-called "vandalism", or "sock puppeting" is not what I consider responsible, diplomatic discussion.

Sincerely Fsbrat


 * Conclusions