Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Lord Mordley

User:Lord Mordley

 * Suspected sockpuppeteer


 * Suspected sockpuppets

Beeblebrox (talk) 19:19, 29 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Report submission by

Two Three SPA accounts with almost identical names. It doesn't get any more obvious than this.
 * Evidence

Yes, which is why there's no point in opening a report in cases like this. Two accounts who are obviously the same new user, but no abuse. More than likely it's a newbie who forgot the password to his first account.--chaser - t 19:22, 29 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Comments
 * I'm restoring and refiling this so another admin can have a look. Removing the AFD tag is more abuse than I initially saw, but I expect these accounts to all go inactive by the time the AFD closes. Block? Or just leave them tagged?--chaser - t 20:06, 29 November 2008 (UTC)
 * It has become very clear during the course of the AfD Articles for deletion/Jen Aggleton, the article these accounts created and edited, Jen Aggleton, is a deliberate hoax article, carefully constructed to appear as a legitimate article. This seems to me to qualify as vandalism and deliberate disruption. I think that all three LordMorley accounts should be indef blocked. Nsk92 (talk) 23:44, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

Not too concerned about the "sockpuppetry" itself, but due to the creation of what is clearly a hoax article, and the unclear relationship with User:Boshinoi (who appears to be a banned user or an imitator of a banned user, and who showed up to comment at the AFD), I think it prudent, per Nsk92, to block all three indef as vandalism only accounts, to prevent further mischief (at least by these three accounts) later on. --barneca (talk) 22:54, 22 December 2008 (UTC)
 * It was suggested at the AfD that this is a returning banned user, but I'm not sure what that was based on. Even if it is, they will probably move on to another new name, if they haven't already, seeing as they've been "caught". On the other hand, I don't see any harm in simply blocking all three and seeing if they ever bother to come back and appeal the block. Beeblebrox (talk) 00:34, 30 November 2008 (UTC)
 * The article Jen Aggleton has been deleted as CSD G3 (vandalism). I still think it is a good idea to indef block all three LordMorley accounts, as a preventive measure, so that they are not used for further disruption. Nsk92 (talk) 02:38, 30 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Conclusions
 * To clarify, blocking indef is valid even if there is no relationship to Boshinoi; but the possibility of a relationship is a reason to bother to go thru the motions of blocking inactive accounts, rather than just leave it alone. --barneca (talk) 23:07, 22 December 2008 (UTC)