Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/JBAK (2nd)

User:JBAK

 * Suspected sockpuppeteer


 * Suspected sockpuppets


 * Report submission by

Zaian 10:48, 13 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Evidence


 * Similar names (User:Ferdinandhartzenberg, Ferdinand Hartzenberg / User:Treurnicht, Andries Treurnicht - successive leaders of the Conservative Party, a former right-wing party in South Africa)


 * Uses same IP address range (ISP is NTL) (cf JBAK), edits at same times of the day, and IP address changes every day in the same way.


 * Main interest is the Battle of Ventersdorp article: (cf. JBAK)


 * Right-wing sympathies; feeling of victimization (cf JBAK, anon)


 * Reliance on right-wing website www.arthurkemp.com; puts references into edit summary rather than in article: (cf JBAK)


 * Misunderstanding the role of non-administrators: (cf JBAK, anon)


 * Uses a space after hyphen: (cf JBAK)


 * After previous user was banned, has now decided that it is not advisable to admit he's a sockpuppet: (cf JBAK)


 * Comments

Ferdinandhartzenberg has been blocked indefinitely for violating the username policy; however, it's important to prove sockpuppetry as well because he has followed up anonymously with a string of nuisance edits. He has repeatedly proved unsuitable for editing after initially being banned for death threats - look at my user page history for the type of abuse he is capable of. When not blatantly abusive, he is a nuisance editor, highly POV, thin-skinned, doesn't cite his sources, etc. It's unfortunately necessary to keep fighting this idiot because of the damage he causes by a deluge of edits to topics in South African history. Decent editors are few and far between in this area, and it's easy for his editing pattern to overwhelm and discourage them.


 * Both users are indef blocked, but the page history to User:Zaian shows consistent sock puppetry by anons. There's no reason why ten different people would randomly vandalize the userpage of someone who is not a rouge admin. :)


 * The evidence presented is beyond compelling. At first I thought the four edits by the newer username would be insufficient to reach a conclusion, but Zaian has done his homework well, and I agree with his assessment. Shalom Hello 14:16, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

I agree that these are socks. Both accounts have already been indef-blocked. If more accounts with similar behavior pop up, you can let me know or go to WP:AN/I for a faster response. If your userpage is being vandalized and you'd like it semi-protected, let me know or go to WP:RFPP. MastCell Talk 16:38, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Conclusions