Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Jean Girard

User:Jean Girard

 * Suspected sockpuppeteer


 * Suspected sockpuppets

— Athaenara ✉  01:00, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Report submission by

Beginning in 2008 mid-June, a nonsense hoax with an array of (mostly) similar titles was created and repeatedly re-created by the accounts listed above, as discussed in some detail on User talk:Athaenara. '' [Current link: User talk:Athaenara/Archive 00. — Athaenara ✉  19:11, 1 September 2008 (UTC) ] ''
 * Evidence

(15 June) (6 July) (23 July) (23 July) (27 July) (27 July) (27 July) (29 July) (30 July) (1 August) (1 August) (8 August) (5 December - getting difficult to trap and not worth salting!)

(8 December) (2009 Feb 14)

(2009 Feb 14)

(2009 Apr 01)

(2009 May 27)

A related page of alleged quotes from the alleged series was added to Wikiquote by user "WashingMachine11"—see Wikiquote:Wikiquote:Administrators' noticeboard.*
 * Comments
 * * Now at Wikiquote:Wikiquote:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive/012. – Athaenara ✉  05:20, 7 May 2017 (UTC)

"Jean Girard" and "CalNaughton47" ("Cal Naughton Jr.") seem to be based on names which appear in the Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby article. — Athaenara ✉  03:22, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Confirmed. Master blocked for 24 hours, all socks blocked indef.  Enigma  message 16:34, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Conclusions
 * I commented out the SSPa template Enigmaman added. This report was opened less than 24 hours ago, and notification of this case had not been made on the user talk pages at the time of "closing."  The anonymous IPs involved have not yet been given any attention, and ten days are allowed for filing a checkuser request.  The hoaxer (hoaxers) is (are) inventive and persistent and may dream up many more usernames and page names for the same hoax.  — Athaenara  ✉  23:05, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Case is clearly resolved, which is why I marked it as such. There is no requirement that cases must stay open for ten days, and SSP is not required before filing a checkuser. I suggest you do some SSP work, which would be much more productive for everyone concerned. Thank you,  Enigma  message 05:41, 1 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Another sock (StockMarket12) and two additional identical articles ("Martinez & Caldwell & Others" and "Caldwell & Martinez & Others") added above.  Note: I've never used this process before and don't know what procedure is supposed to be followed when additional socks show up after a new report has had the SSPa template added which effectively archives the page.   If a second report is supposed to be made instead, would you do that, please?  Thank you.  — Athaenara  ✉  15:22, 1 August 2008 (UTC)