Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Oxyman42 (2nd)

User:Oxyman42

 * Suspected sock puppeteer


 * Suspected sock puppets


 * Report submission by
 * MickMacNee (talk) 18:55, 31 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Evidence
 * Oxyman42 was created in April 2006 (under a different name)
 * A prior SSP case involving this account and some IPs was opened 19 Sep 2008, see Suspected sock puppets/Oxyman42
 * This account was blocked indefinitely on 20 Sep 2008 after some fall out from that case through comments in failed unblock requests of a short block resulting from that case
 * Various abusive IPs appeared after this case, targetting User Abd who filed the original case
 * User Oxyman, which was created on 5 December 2006, was blocked on 12 October 2008 as an obvious sock of Oxyman42 (but not as far as I can see doing anything malicious)
 * User Oxyman24 was created on 17 December 2008

Oxyman42 was blocked over a dispute with me elsewhere, and never realy showed he understood why socking is not allowed (see unbock requests and the subsequent block of Oxyman). Obviously all users have similar names. The new account Oxyman24 has recently registered a contrary opinion contrary to mine on an article. All users show an interest in UK trains.

Maybe there is nothing malicious here at all and it is just down to not knowing the rules (Oxyman42 was not indef blocked for socking, the Oxyman block was self evident by its name and its edits to Oxyman42). But if they and Oxyman24 are all the same person, they clearly need to be told to stick to one account, with others blocked. (although the worrying IP abuse from Oxyman42 continues with this latest incarnation on 20 December 2008 ). If Oxyman24 is not related he should probably also rename his account to avoid connections with Oxyman42.


 * Comments
 * OK I have just found this section,

Oxyman24 (talk) 00:55, 1 January 2009 (UTC) Master account already indef blocked, but I shall copy this diff to there for information. Oxyman24 indef blocked as obvious sock. LessHeard vanU (talk) 14:56, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
 * the only oppinion I have registered is that on Talk:LNER Peppercorn Class A1. I did not know I could not register a different opinion to MickMacNee's, I only actually read the post under the subheading "Infobox proposal" MickMacNee had not posted in this section so I didn't even know his views, I now see he has posted in the lengthy discussion above concerning an edit war on that article. Still I only posted an oppinion in the talk page and did not edit the article concerned.
 * Oxyman is a common nickname for net uses and duplication is not that surprising.
 * "they clearly need to be told to stick to one account" As I understand it you can have as many accounts as you like so long as you don't use them to break Wikipedia rules. there is no actual sockpupetry going on here and this user appears to be making up rules.
 * Further the only way to rename an account is to open a new one this would violate your one account rule so there is no way I can win here
 * "Maybe there is nothing malicious here at all" Should you not wait until there is evidence of something malicious before accusing users of Sockpupetry?
 * Conclusions

MickMacNee (talk) 06:53, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
 * New socks have appeared
 * Registered 1 Jan, straight into topic areas of Oxyman24
 * Matching User:Firefly behaviour on 1 Jan
 * Conclusions
 * I have indef blocked Firefly462 per WP:DUCK, and blocked the ip for 1 year under the same provisions - the WHOIS indicated that this was an assigned ip, therefore stable, and if the underlying ip should stop the creation of accounts. If new accounts arise let me know so I can review/block, and take it to WP:RFCU to see if there is an other underlying ip or small range that can be blocked. LessHeard vanU (talk) 11:44, 2 January 2009 (UTC)