Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Greininger

User:Greininger

 * Suspected sockpuppeteer


 * Suspected sockpuppets


 * Report submission by

These three user accounts all appear to be run by the same person, for the purposes of inflating the importance of Gregory Corso, and promoting an upcoming film about Corso: Greininger, Lacostemaison, Noncorporeal.
 * Evidence

First, note the history of Gustave Reininger:

These three user accounts are the primary contributors to the page (and also note that the user name "Greininger" strongly suggests it is the account of "Gustave Reininger", himself). Note that a good deal of the content of this page discusses the latest project by Reininger, a documentary about Gregory Corso: "Corso - The Last Beat" (2008).

Second, look through the history of Beat Generation:

All three of these user accounts have been used to make similar edits promoting Gregory Corso, typically by inserting his name into the introduction (to be clear: Corso is not off-topic, but most editors agree that the weight of critical opinion does not support that he's as notable as the big three: Kerouac, Ginsberg and Burroughs).

I believe the first of these edits was this one:

Greininger - Revision as of 10:06, July 16, 2007

Then some months later there's a very similar one:

Noncorporeal - Revision as of 16:30, September 23, 2007

After Noncorporeal's changes were reverted several times, the edits by Noncorporeal stopped, and immediately edits by Greininger started up again:

Greininger - Revision as of 15:55, September 24, 2007

More recently there was another attempt made to put Corso in the introduction:

Lacostemaison - Revision as of 08:53, November 8, 2007

Note that previously there had also been some complaints about excessive numbers of photos of Corso being added by Noncorporeal: Noncorporeal. User:IrishGuy reported receiving threatening email concerning the matter: Talk:Beat_generation.

Doom 08:38, 9 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Comments

I believe that an IP check will confirm that all three accounts are most likely the same person.


 * Conclusions

I suggest blocking the sockpuppet accounts, and if possible, blocking the IP address, at least temporarily.