Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Laughing Joker

User:Laughing Joker
- already blocked indef for POV pushing and disruption
 * Suspected sockpuppeteer

- already blocked indef for abuse of multiple accounts - already blocked indef for username concern - already blocked 24 hours for vandalism (Note this unblock request) - already blocked 8 hours for 3rr violation
 * Suspected sockpuppets


 * Report submission by

Tbo 157  (talk)    (review)  01:44, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Report by Wisdom89 01:23, 15 October 2007 (UTC) at Suspected sock puppets/97.82.225.246 was merged into this report.


 * Evidence


 * User:Laughing Joker was blocked indefinitely 2 days ago for POV pushing and disruption. 2 accounts listed above, User:Joker828 and User:CptHowdy, have made very similar edits, see ,,.  They have contributed to the same articles and the diffs listed above show the exact same edit made using the different accounts.  Tbo 157   (talk)    (review)  01:44, 14 October 2007 (UTC)


 * All suspected users have contributions spread between 3 articles: Creationism, Intelligent design, and Mary (mother of Jesus). Save for one or two examples (and the extensive edits to Primerica Financial Services by User:97.82.225.246), edits are made exclusively to these pages, typically reinforcing the exact same changes and often cooperating directly (one sock's changes are reverted with reasoning detailed, and another sock responds by slightly altering the information being added).--C.Logan 20:28, 15 October 2007 (UTC)


 * The | contributions page of User:JokersWild1 shows similar edits.


 * http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Intelligent_design&action=history


 * See, and


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 * See and.


 * For a closer examination of the problem, see contribution histories here, and  Wisdom89 19:19, 15 October 2007 (UTC)


 * The edit history of Creationism and Intelligent Design are strikingly similar to one another, as are the warning tags for all users Wisdom89 01:26, 15 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Comments


 * Originally reported at Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents by User:ConfuciusOrnis. Tbo 157   (talk)    (review)  01:46, 14 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Suspected sock puppets/97.82.225.246 has been merged into this case to allow for easier collection of evidence in order to put together a case. Tbo 157   (talk)    (review)  20:19, 15 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Some of the accounts listed above have already been blocked. Tbo 157   (talk)    (review)  20:04, 15 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Conclusions
 * All the named accounts have been blocked for various reasons (they're all socks, though); the IPs don't seem worth doing anything about at the moment. --Akhilleus (talk) 17:09, 19 October 2007 (UTC)