Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/PEAR

User:PEAR

 * Suspected sockpuppeteer


 * Suspected sockpuppets


 * Report submission by

ornis ( t ) 04:40, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

Common Interests Timing Edit summaries Frequent use of the edit summary "Revert of vandalism" or variants, regardless of whether the edit was vandalism or not.
 * Evidence
 * Richard Stallman and NAMBLA: ,,
 * GNAA:, ,
 * Anti-Christian bias and The God Who Wasn't There:, , , , , , , ,
 * Weird redirects:, , , ,
 * Wicca: ,
 * BSDM: ,
 * Allysin Chaynes: ,
 * Evolution denial:, , , , , ,
 * :,
 * Voting on each others AfDs:, , ,
 * Also, striking out votes against his AfD: ,
 * Persecution complex:, , ,
 * Voting on each others AfDs:, , ,
 * Also, striking out votes against his AfD: ,
 * Persecution complex:, , ,
 * PEAR- account created: 09:00, 11 August 2006
 * PEAR- Blocked, one month: 14:42, 20 November 2006
 * PEAR- Disappeared: 03:30, 21 November 2006
 * RucasHost - Account created: 17:32, 1 May 2007
 * RucasHost - Disappeared: 00:18, 9 May 2007
 * PEAR - Reappeared: 16:49, 2 August 2007
 * PEAR - Blocked, indef: 22:58, 8 August 2007
 * RucasHost - Reappeared: 02:18, 9 August 2007
 * RucasHost - becomes aware of this report: 07:35, 24 August 2007
 * TotesBoats - account created: 07:45, 24 August 2007
 * TotesBoats - added to this report: 07:30, 25 August 2007
 * Hornet35 - account created: 07:49, 25 August 2007
 * PEAR:,, , , , ,
 * RucasHost:, , , ,,
 * Hornet35:, ,

Also their pattern of edit summary use is very similar: PEAR, RucasHost, TotesBoats

"Not vandalism":, ,

Closing remarks I would also point out &mdash;though purely circumstantial&mdash; their shared habit of obsessively linking dates, and drive-by tagging is suspicious.

The writing style, interests, use of edit summaries and timing make me almost certain that PEAR, RucasHost and Hornet35 are being operated by the same user. user:Mrwalkers and user:TotesBoats I think are highly probable, but mrwalkers and Draken36 have made too few edits to tell for certain, and I would like to request a check user if possible.


 * Comments

MarkBul seems to do very little except pop up on AfDs after Hornet35, always agreeing with this suspected sockpuppet. Suspicious? Lurker (said · done) 17:46, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
 * They do not always agree. Skarioffszky 18:16, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I really don't think MarkBul is one of pear's socks. His/her style is rather different, pear socks when the vote usually just vote: "Delete per X", whereas mb gives reasoning, and in any case doesn't always agree. ornis ( t ) 05:59, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

This is ridiculous, merely a plot to banish Christians from Wikipedia by accusing them all of being sock-puppets. --Hornet35 19:06, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Do not make false accusations of plots, this was a good-faith request for someone to check this user. Lurker  (said · done) 09:28, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Here's some evidence that we are in fact different people (look at the times).  --Hornet35 19:10, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment: The two diffs reflect edits that took place after the initiation of this SSP report and so, if the charges of sockpuppetry are accurate, may constitute an attempt to generate "evidence". On the other hand, it is impossible to find diffs that took place before Aug. 24 since Hornet35's account was created on Aug. 25. I'm neither suggesting nor arguing against the possibility that Hornet35 is a sockpuppet of PEAR, but just want to highlight the need to be careful about what implications one draws from the diffs. They do not constitute definitive evidence either way. — Black Falcon (Talk) 07:31, 29 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Conclusions
 * This evidence is presented is an extremely confusing fashion, but I can't see any clear indication of sockpuppetry in it. --Akhilleus (talk) 16:25, 31 August 2007 (UTC)