Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Garhauer (2nd)

User:Garhauer (2nd)
(2nd)
 * Suspected sockpuppeteer


 * Suspected sockpuppets


 * Report submission by

bad &middot;monkey  {{sub| talk to the {:}}  ::  14:04, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Edits to Anchor relating to promotion of "Anchor Buddy" anchoring accessory.
 * Evidence

First IP placed first promo spam a few weeks ago:
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anchor&diff=prev&oldid=199474985

Then once more:
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anchor&diff=199475429&oldid=199469196

User Garhauer and Anchorbuddy then made attempts to keep it against reverts - these accounts now both permanently banned after 1st incident report (for promotional user names).

First IP then went through and re-added some of the promo material plus defaced some elements of other article relating to product they appear to have a problem with:
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anchor&diff=205444955&oldid=205013316

New user Anchoring appeared and re-did above.
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anchor&diff=205975220&oldid=205447359

Second IP reverting as above again.
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anchor&diff=206154197&oldid=205997368

New user Rewih single purpose and appearing to take a more subtle approach. Nonetheless likely a sockpuppet.
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anchor&diff=208468789&oldid=206886026 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Badmonkey (talk • contribs) 09:34, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

IP is callplus.net.nz, a common New Zealand ISP.
 * Comments


 * Addition: Added User:Anchoring as additional sockpuppet. bad &middot;monkey  {{sub| talk to the {:}}  ::  11:32, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Addition: Added User:124.197.16.33 as additional sockpuppet. bad &middot;monkey  {{sub| talk to the {:}}  ::  05:57, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Addition: Added User:Rewih as additional sockpuppet. <font color="#33333">bad &middot;<font color="#66666">monkey </tt> {{sub|<font color="#AAAAA"> talk to the {:}}  ::  09:33, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

I'm confident that these are all the same person. I didn't check the diffs, so I'm not certain, but the editing pattern is shared by all accounts and IPs listed here.
 * Conclusions

Rewih is the only account that's not currently blocked. I'm going to leave a note on his talk page advising him to be careful, and that should be sufficient. Shalom (Hello • Peace) 03:13, 5 May 2008 (UTC)