Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/PPG2007

User:PPG2007

 * Suspected sockpuppeteer


 * Suspected sockpuppets


 * Report submission by

Yngvarr (t) (c) 11:13, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

User:PPG2007 has been blocked for sockpuppetry. One of this user's behavior was to repeatedly add disputed material to List of characters in Camp Lazlo, to the point where a full-blown edit war ensued, prompting full-protection of that page. Protection is still active. Some of edits PPG2007 performed are:
 * Evidence


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There is more, which should be available at the history, but I am using these examples to illuminate the users persistence in adding material to "Squirrel Scouts", which has been (consensually) considered irrelevant. Once the article in question went into full-protect, this user posts on the talk page demanding that they be allowed to add this same material:


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What causes me to consider the two accounts as sock puppets of the blocked PPG2007 user:
 * 1) User:WizaJoanna recently created a new (and now-redirected, but not by me) page List Of Bean Scouts in Camp Lazlo, and edited the template Template:Camp Lazlo to include not only this "new" page, but adding a "Squirrel Scouts" link (which doesn't exist).
 * 2) At the same time, User:85.221.140.91 edits the "main" Camp Lazlo page to add a link to the (non-existent) "Squirrel Scouts" article.

The time-frame is within minutes of each other:
 * 04:04 - User:85.221.140.91 edits Camp Lazlo, introducing two new links: Bean Scouts, and Squirrel Scouts. At this point, neither of those articles existed.
 * 04:13 - User:WizaJoanna creates the Bean Scouts article (which was redir'ed at 04:18, by another editor, probably someone who was on NP patrol)
 * 04:16 - User:WizaJoanna edits Template:Camp Lazlo for to include links for both of these articles.

The time involved makes me think that User:85.221.140.91 and User:WizaJoanna are the same person; the material involved, all centered around "Squirrel Scouts", makes me suspect that they're puppets of User:PPG2007 (who's history appears to be highly focused on the "Squirrel Scouts"


 * added User:Mimi09875, based on contribs Special:Contributions/Mimi09875, forking Main Characters in Camp Lazlo to circumvent full protection on List of characters in Camp Lazlo.

I looked carefully at some of the evidence. The time-frame coincidence makes it certain that the account and IP listed as suspected sock puppets are the same person. Whether these are the main account is less clear to me, but I would say it's a safe guess. I'll ask User talk:Persian Poet Gal what she thinks; she blocked the main account and would recognize the pattern. Shalom (Hello • Peace) 01:04, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Comments

Sorry I didn't get to this sooner! I have blocked all the suspected sockpuppets listed due to the correlation of editing the Camp Lazo articles and creation of the article fork. User:WizaJoanna and User:Mimi09875 have been block indefinitely. The IP address has been blocked for a week.¤~Persian Poet Gal (talk) 23:33, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Conclusions