Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Gaspan

User:Gaspan

 * Suspected confessed sockpuppeteer


 * Suspected avowed sockpuppets




 * Report submission by

—  SMcCandlish  &#91;talk&#93; &#91;cont&#93; ‹(-¿-)› 18:43, 29 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Evidence

Update: All of the below is moot; the user, as User:Monopoly123 confessed, at Articles for deletion/Goof Ball. —  SMcCandlish  &#91;talk&#93; &#91;cont&#93; ‹(-¿-)› 07:23, 30 July 2007 (UTC)


 * All timestamps give are UTC.

Very cut and dry sockpuppetry in an ongoing AfD:


 * creates questionable article, at 22:14, 24 July 2007 (article is presently at Goof ball, was Goof Ball)
 * Knowing it is questionable, Gaspan very poorly sockpuppets supporting comments onto the new articles' talk page, at 14:08, 25 July 2007, not realizing that edit summary will show that he posted this himself
 * Admin Fuhghettaboutit nominates the article for deletion, 22:08, 25 July 2007
 * This WP:NFT article is sent to AfD, 22:12, 25 July 2007 (WP:AFD page is Articles for deletion/Goof Ball)
 * Author, shows up at 23:31, 25 July 2007
 * Shortly thereafter in the wee hours of the UTC-night, alleged other user,, a new account arrives out of no where, at 02:23, 27 July 2007. Note the similar writing pattern:
 * Gaspan: "...about this new growing sport..."
 * Easypeasy12: "...about this new sport!"
 * Significance: Extremely evidentiary, as virtually no one calls pool games "sports" in day-to-day English, outside the professional, industry context


 * Some time passes and then all of sudden, a very new account shows up,, at 01:41, 29 July 2007. Same whiny tone, and writingn pattern; note especially:
 * Gaspan: 'I never herd of the billiard game Goof Ball, but...'
 * WIKIERthanU: 'Though I've never even heard of a game called "Goof Ball"...'

—  SMcCandlish  &#91;talk&#93; &#91;cont&#93; ‹(-¿-)› 19:13, 29 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Comments
 * Pretty obvious, really. Use checkuser if necessary I guess.  The odds of these being different IP addresses are about nil. —  SMcCandlish  &#91;talk&#93; &#91;cont&#93;  ‹(-¿-)› 19:12, 29 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Conclusions
 * User:Gaspan, User:Easypeasy12 and User:WIKIERthanU are the same individual.Proabivouac 06:13, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
 * And same as User:Monopoly123, all per confession at AfD. —  SMcCandlish  &#91;talk&#93; &#91;cont&#93; ‹(-¿-)› 07:23, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

All accounts tagged and blocked indefinitely. MastCell Talk 19:45, 30 July 2007 (UTC)