Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Randy Jaiyan

User:Randy Jaiyan

 * Suspected sockpuppeteer

added based on RFCU
 * Suspected sockpuppets


 * Report submission by

Ani Mate  22:36, 12 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Evidence

Both Randy Jaiyan and Santos25Q edit General Hospital articles exclusively, mainly focusing on Carly Corinthos and her various name changes because of marriage. In February, User:Yamla blocked Randy Jaiyan indefinitely for sockpuppetry. In addition to this he had been blocked for incivility and copyright violations. Other problems, as seen on his talk page, included improper page moves of Carly Corinthos and Claudia Zacchara, a character played by the actress who originated the role of Carly. Randy had problems distinguishing what surname should be used for characters and made confusing page moves   and unnecessary redirects. He mainly focused on the various incarnations of Carly's name because of multiple marriages, and was confused about her which of her husbands names should be attached to her children. Finally, he made a sockpuppet with a General Hospital character name and attempted to redirect his user page there. 

Santos25Q exhibits similar behavior. He has moved character pages    He has made unnecessary redirects. Has shown confusion about what Carly's last name should be, as well as the actresses who played her. And he too made a sockpuppet named after a General Hospital character and redirected it to his page. 

Randy has a fair number of sockpuppets after his block (as seen here) and suspected sockpuppets (seen here). Many of these are IPs originating from Toronta according WHOIS, and since Santos25Q was blocked several IPs from the Toronto area (listed above) have been editing the same articles. Santos25Q has also confessed to editing as an IP while he is currently blocked. Ani Mate  22:38, 12 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Comments
 * I recommend putting links to this page, on the talkpages of all the listed accounts. --Elonka 04:01, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

Curiously, Gwernol blocked Santos25Q for "abusing multiple accounts" for one week, as if to say that Santos25Q is a sockpuppeteer of other sockpuppets. I will ask him to comment here. Yechiel (Shalom) 04:09, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

Yes, Santos25Q was blocked for abusing multiple accounts. I actually mention that fact in my report, as both Randy Jaiyan and Santos created sockpuppets named after General Hospital characters. Ani Mate  19:51, 13 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Santos25Q was editing from the User:Reese Marshall sockpuppet account. Its clear that this user is a serial abuser of multiple accounts, and the evidence above looks compelling to me. Gwernol 00:29, 14 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Santos25Q has admitted to being in control of the accounts. Ani  Mate  02:47, 14 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Conclusions
 * Waiting for RFCU. — Rlevse  •  Talk  • 23:14, 6 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Confirmed via Checkuser, accounts blocked. Tiptoety  talk 02:55, 12 July 2008 (UTC)