Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Koopa turtle

User:Koopa turtle

 * Suspected sockpuppeteer


 * Suspected sockpuppets


 * Report submission by

Torc2 11:46, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

Evidence of the sockpuppetry can be seen in the type of sneaky vandalism (in the form of unsourced edits) such as this (this whole article, really), this, this and this, racist edits to subjects like NIG and Nigg, and common subjects like highways and cities in Michigan, video games, "Lists of songs about...", models of American cars, and the word "poop." They also use redirects to further POV, such as here and here.
 * Evidence

Here's one instance where they edited the same topic within hours of each other: here and here

I believe these are actually sockpuppets of Nintendude, who has been blocked indefinitely and has created a bunch of other puppets.
 * Comments

I've spent more time investigating this than is healthy, and I can't prove beyond a reasonable doubt that these users are the same person. Even the edits to statutory rape were to different parts of the article and in different styles; and that article naturally receives a lot of unneeded attention. My suggestion is to treat Koopa turtle as a new-ish user. His edits seem to reflect some newbie tendencies: some are good, and some got reverted by me just now, not for bad faith, but just because they're inconsistent with prevailing style on Wikipedia. I don't think anybody needs to be blocked or even warned. Shalom (Hello • Peace) 17:19, 7 October 2007 (UTC)


 * I think if you look at the totality of the edits and compare them to Nintendude, it's pretty clear. Especially given edits such as Koopa turtle's creation of Niggers who like pooping out their butthole and edits made by known Nintendude socks like this one,  this, andthis in which the page was filled out with that same phrase repeated over and over.  See also these edits in Nigger (disambiguation), where an edit by known Nintendude sockpuppet Curly snake is followed six minutes later by an edit by 24.208.224.153.  Torc2 21:55, 7 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Also, the IP discovered and blocked from Nintendude's rfcu was 24.208.226.51. They look pretty close to me.  Torc2 22:09, 7 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Yes, the "niggers" evidence (sorry for using that word) is fairly strong. I now think that Koopa Turtle may indeed be a sock puppet of Nintendude. Shalom (Hello • Peace) 15:13, 8 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Conclusions

I blocked this user, I think the correlation (after running some checks) is strong and Koopa Turtle should be tagged as a Nintendude sock. ++Lar: t/c 20:35, 11 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Since blocks have been handed out, there's no reason to keep this open. --Akhilleus (talk) 16:54, 19 October 2007 (UTC)