Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Richard Deagon

User:Richard Deagon

 * Suspected sockpuppeteer


 * Suspected sockpuppets


 * Report submission by

Erik (talk • contrib) - 17:26, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

At Choke (film), 209.212.28.50 attempted to add an unverifiable photo of a piece of paper that purportedly lists the production schedule for the film. Edit warring took place, at which I stopped at my 3RR limit and the anonymous IP exceeded his (he was warned after his third revert of the 3RR violation). I filed a 3RR violation report, seen here, which went through, and the anonymous IP was blocked for 24 hours. The article was left at the last revision by that editor, since I had exceeded my limit and the article receives no apparent traffic. Shortly after, Richard Deagon, not having edited since July 25, 2007, began editing the article. This evidenced sockpuppetry allowed the user, initially editing on his IP, to sign onto his registered handle, to continue editing on Wikipedia despite the 3RR block.
 * Evidence

The evidence is compelling: both the user and the IP have focused on the articles Choke (film) and Choke (novel) on July 25 and again yesterday and today. An appropriate punishment, in my opinion, would be a long but not indefinite block for Richard Deagon - maybe one week. Shalom Hello 12:49, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Comments

Sir Nicholas has already blocked the IP for 24 hours for violating 3RR. Shalom Hello 12:50, 3 August 2007 (UTC)


 * This is a reverse situation. The IP edited first, then when it was blocked, the editor logged onto the registered handle to continue editing, despite the 3RR block. —Erik (talk • contrib) - 15:15, 8 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Conclusions

The editing patterns strongly suggest the named account and the IP are used by the same person, but this activity is now stale, and a block would serve no purpose at this point. If any further problems occur, blocks would certainly be appropriate. --Akhilleus (talk) 03:45, 16 August 2007 (UTC)