Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Lance6968

User:Lance6968

 * Suspected sockpuppeteer


 * Suspected sockpuppets

Victoriagirl 17:33, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Report submission by


 * Evidence
 * Four of the five IP addresses are found at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales in Montreal. The fifth is located at Montreal’s McGill University.


 * All six accounts have made edits to Barbara Kay controversy. Four have contributed to Edward Kasner. Three have contributed to Montreal style bagel and Anti-Quebec sentiment.


 * All IP addresses in question have been used to revert changes made to edits by Lance6968. Three of the addresses - 132.211.195.140, 132.211.195.82, 132.206.58.39 – have referred to Lance6968 in their edit summaries (“Restoring lance6968 contributions”, “Revert to last edit by lance6968, “Restore Lance6968 contributions”, “Revert to Lance6968”)


 * On 11 Feb 2007 Lance6968 reversed edits made by Mel Etitis to Edward Kasner. Five minutes after the final edit, Mel Eitis’s user page was vandalized by 132.211.195.57. The only other edits made by 132.211.195.57 concern Barbara Kay controversy and Anti-Quebec sentiment, to which Lance6968 has contributed.


 * After 132.206.58.39 was blocked by Mel Etitis, his page was vandalized by 132.211.195.82. The only other edits made by 132.211.195.82 concern Barbara Kay controversy and Edward Kasner, to which Lance6968 has contributed.


 * With the exception of 132.211.195.140, all accounts have been used to make personal attacks on other editors. Three of the accounts - Lance6968, 132.211.195.57 and 132.206.58.39 have been blocked for this behaviour. Both Lance 6968 and 132.211.195.38 have accused other users of antisemitism and have drawn comparisons between certain users and Nazis.


 * In a recent post, 132.211.195.38 appears to have identified himself as Lance6968.. A request for clarification made by another user has gone unanswered.


 * Comments
 * The smoking gun is that no unfamiliar IP would have "reverted to Lance6968" if they just happened to see the article in April 2007. Lance had not edited that article since January - about 50 diffs earlier in the history log - and had not edited at all since February.  I think the match is proven beyond a reasonable doubt.  Lance6968 should be indefinitely blocked.  I'm ot sure how to deal with the IPs, or perhaps to semiprotect the magnet article. Yechiel Man  20:00, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Since opening this case, one of the accounts (132.211.195.38) has been used to vandalize my user page. Victoriagirl 23:18, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

Note: Reported at WP:AIV. Shalom Hello 23:18, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Conclusions

Yes, probably all socks. None have edited recently enough to warrant a block at this point. The IP which vandalized User:Victoriagirl's page was warned and could be reported to WP:AIV if s/he repeats it. If roving IP vandalism or sockpuppetry becomes an issue on the Barabara Kay article, semi-protection (via WP:RFPP) might also be useful. MastCell Talk 01:06, 6 July 2007 (UTC)