Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Netkinetic

User:Netkinetic

 * Suspected sockpuppeteer


 * Suspected sockpuppets

Cheeser1 (talk) 21:13, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Report submission by


 * Evidence

Edit histories overlap completely, editing pattern totally the same, and more to the point, Netkinetic has been harassing and stalking me, and he's using this IP to back himself up. He even forgot to log back in when blanking my request for him to stop stalking me (here), and then said he blanked it (here). I placed a note, with AGF intact about sockpuppetry vs. legitimate use of multiple accounts (and/or forgetting to log in), but he removes this and insists that he is "fighting vandalism" (which means calling me a vandal when I tell Netkinetic to stop stalking me). Netkinetic previously filed a frivolous SSP complaint against me (which went through - it was confirmed that I had nothing to do with the IP editor and that the report was filed without cause, and it was later blanked as a courtesy and to protect my privacy). This may be compelling his behavior, although I'm not usually one to speculate.

This isn't the where stalking complaints get lodged, but we'll just note, for context/explanation, this lovely WP:DICK move, in spite of what my edit was and even this. Note that the user (admin) whose spelling mistake I corrected reverted Netkinetic (here) per WP:STALK (see his additional comments).


 * Comments


 * Conclusions

I disagree that edit patterns overlap completely - there's certainly no overlap with the IPs December 06 and January 07 edits. The August 07 edits are in the same field, but then the September, October and December edits don't overlap at all.

The 28 March edit was to revert your removal of the RfC tag (which had already been removed twice by a bot and once by User:Eusebeus, and on 1 April to remove Cheeser1's comments on Netkinetic's talk page. That's the slightly strange edit, and I can't really see why it was justified.

The rest of the edits are to his talk page - to be frank, your post here, which you continually reinserted after the IP deleted it, is far from helpful in its tone, and you might like to note that there is a perfectly good template for suspected sock puppets - username.

The editing times are somewhat different as well - the IP generally edits mid-to-late afternoon UTC, whereas the account is almost without exception very early morning hours, or mid-to-late evening.

There's therefore insufficient evidence that the IP is a sock of Netkinetic. To be honest, I don't think either user (Cheeser1 or Netkinetic) is entirely without blame here, so I suggest that you both stay away from each other for a bit. The wiki's a big place. GBT/C 13:02, 4 April 2008 (UTC)