Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Hardlinger


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the case of suspected sockpuppetry. Please do not modify it. No further edits should be made to this page. All edits should go to the talk page of this case. If you are seeing this page as a result of an attempt to open a new case of sockpuppetry of the same user, read this for detailed instructions.

User:Teddy.Coughlin

 * Suspected sockpuppeteer


 * Suspected sockpuppets

Sable232 01:47, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Report submission by

This user has been creating hoax automobile articles for weeks. The first incident was Articles for deletion/Toyota Axina. Second, Articles for deletion/Chevrolet Valiza, third, Articles for deletion/Opel Rekord (2008 version). More is outlined at Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive223. I also have a suspicion about User:Teddy.Coughlin, who also uses IP User:24.218.46.5. This user constantly adds misinformation to articles, but I do not recall if he created any of the hoax articles.
 * Evidence

First, Teddy.Coughlin was the original hoaxer, so I changed him to the sockpuppeteer, and made Hardlinger a Sockpuppet. Anyways, I have put up with this user long enough, and I don't want him over running Wikipedia with hoaxing accounts. We need to nip this in the bud early, so I think we need an IP ban on him. We need to stop this before it gets out of control, so I hope that we can get some action from the Admins, as they have seemed to be dawdling when it comes to this situation. Karrmann 02:41, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Comments
 * The admins haven't been dawdling, nobody's put any formal notice together on this until now. --Sable232 03:34, 10 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Something else interesting. Teddy.Coughlin's userpage was created by User:Tesquivello, a known disruptive editor who appears to also masquerade as IP User:167.230.104.90.


 * More evidence is required. I don't see any connection between Teddy.Coughlin and Hardlinger, or between Teddy.Coughlin and the blocked accounts Dathe remoncado and Tony Nizwin. Please supply evidence connecting the accounts, preferably in the form of diffs. --Akhilleus (talk)
 * There are no diffs. As I stated already, this issue is about hoax articles which have no diffs because they have been deleted. EVERY SINGLE CONTRIBUTION from Hardlinger, Dathe remoncado, and Tony Nizwin were hoaxes. I find it very hard to believe that every week an entirely different person created a bunch of hoaxes more or less in the same vein. --Sable232 04:19, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Without additional evidence there's no reason to take action. No connection is evidence between Teddy.Coughlin and Hardlinger, nor between Hardlinger and Dathe remoncado/Tony Nizwin. --Akhilleus (talk) 17:06, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Conclusions