Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Justpassinby

User:Justpassinby

 * Suspected sockpuppeteer


 * Suspected sockpuppets


 * Report submission by

Bondegezou (talk) 23:47, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

This is a complicated case about the article for the band Pure Reason Revolution. User Justpassinby has only ever edited this and related articles. His/her posts generally have a negative attitude towards the band and its members, but, earlier on, edits made tended to be more reasonable and followed policy, e.g.. More recently, Justpassinby's edits have been unreasonable (e.g. ); various editors considered these edits to be vandalism and left warnings. These were ignored and this led to Justpassinby being blocked. Since then, there were a sequence of vandalising edits by 78.105.130.169 (the first ever edits from this IP address): these largely repeated Justpassinby's edits (e.g. ) or continued in a similar vein and I presume are Justpassinby avoiding his/her block. Then came the first and only edit by user Joncourtney. Jon Courtney is a member of Pure Reason Revolution. However, the edit made by the user Joncourtney was insulting towards Jon Courtney and the band and was in a similar style to edits by Justpassinby and 78.105.130.169, so I am concerned that the Joncourtney account may be a sock-puppet and it raises further issues of impersonation. There have been two further edits by 78.105.130.169 since too. I would like to suggest semi-protection for the page and further administration action against Justpassinby and the Joncourtney account.
 * Evidence

I initially reported this at WP:ANI and it was suggested I bring the matter here.


 * Comments
 * Further vandalism of Pure Reason Revolution by 78.105.130.169 today.
 * (Sorry: forgot to sign the above!) Bondegezou (talk) 12:29, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
 * 78.105.130.169 blocked for a week as an obvious sock. Black Kite 15:28, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

I think JonCourtney should be blocked indefinitely as a suspected sockpuppet. If he is innocent, he is able to appeal the block by the usual method. The evidence suggests that this is Justpassinby evading his block.

I don't see a preventative purpose in blocking Justpassinby again. A stern warning should suffice. Shalom (Hello • Peace) 02:54, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

User seems to have stopped disruptive editing. Notify an administrator and point to this report if the problems resume. Jehochman Talk 16:00, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Conclusions