Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Jsaxton86

User:Jsaxton86

 * Suspected sockpuppeteer


 * Suspected sockpuppets


 * Report submission by

--Omarcheeseboro (talk) 13:41, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

This concerns a disturbing vandalism attempt on the page List of fatal bear attacks in North America by decade.
 * Evidence

I noticed this strange entry:


 * Nick Ruberto, 22, male
 * September 5, 2007
 * Black
 * Whilst drinking with his friends in Ely, Minnesota, the unfortunate Mr. Ruberto wandered into the woods to urinate. He never returned. Upon waking up the following morning, his friends found his mauled remains 60 yards (55 m) away from the cabin. The bear was later captured and killed by the Minnesota DNR. [3]

There was a reference with a link to the Minnesota Star Tribune newspaper. Nothing came up. I did a search on Google. Nothing besides links to the Wikipedia article. Since this was a recent event, I assumed there would be other articles on the web about it. Due to the lack of reference, I deleted the suspected entry and figured if there is a reference, let the person revert my edit and put a reference in and it'll be settled. Immediately user Jsaxton86 reverted my edit, but still did not provide a valid reference.

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_fatal_bear_attacks_in_North_America_by_decade&diff=228635646&oldid=219840847

He said you needed a Star Tribune membership to see it. I became a member, searched through the paid archives for an abstract, still nothing came up. In addition, I contacted the Minn. Department of Natural Resources and didn't receive a confirmation, and also found a MySpace page for Mr. Ruberto and his wife - no evidence of a fatal bear attack.

After I again took out the info about Mr. Ruberto, user HeartTransplant (notice no other edits before or after) appeared, reverted so the info about Mr. Ruberto appeared again, and said this:


 * I see the reference just fine, I don't know if I'm doing something right that omar is doing wrong, or if he's just attempting some sort of bluff here...

Rev: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_fatal_bear_attacks_in_North_America_by_decade&diff=228635646&oldid=220069592

After I again reverted back to take out the entry, no other action was taken. User gave up pretty quickly apparently.


 * Comments


 * Conclusions
 * Obvious; Master blocked for 24 hours, sock indef. Scarian  Call me Pat!  22:05, 11 August 2008 (UTC)