Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Scotsboy1


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the case of suspected sockpuppetry. Please do not modify it. No further edits should be made to this page. All edits should go to the talk page of this case. If you are seeing this page as a result of an attempt to open a new case of sockpuppetry of the same user, read this for detailed instructions.

User:Scotsboy1

 * Suspected sockpuppeteer


 * Suspected sockpuppets

Hkelkar 08:15, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Report submission by:

Reason:   Sock cat created Category:Suspected_Wikipedia_sockpuppets_of_Scotsboy1 Hkelkar 08:14, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Evidence
 * 1) All of these accounts are new and created within a short span of time.
 * 2) All of these accounts started editing William Dalrymple (historian), User:Scotsboy1's first edit was a partial revert. All of his subsequent edits are to the same article
 * 3) User:Desi 208 continued with the same kinds of edits
 * 1) followed by the other users User:PavanMishra and User:MishraP
 * 2) All of the users are exclusively editing this one article, show an amazing familiarity with wikipedia terminology for new users (see the edit summaries in diffs above) and seem to be edit-warring in the article for the purposes of 3RR gaming, mass-removing sourced information and replacing with personal opinions and other assorted POV.
 * 3) Also, notice the similarity between the logins User:PavanMishra and User:MishraP.There can be no doubt that they are 3rr gaming socks of the same user named "Pavan Mishra", as well as the others User:Scotsboy1 and User:Desi 208, who have also been editing the same article and reverting the same edits. Hkelkar 08:06, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
 * 4) Another sock created today, with the same kinds of edits. Hkelkar 23:10, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Comments

The alleged master and puppets haven't edited since late November, and the editor who filed the report, Hkelkar, has been blocked for a year. This case can probably be closed. --Akhilleus (talk) 20:32, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Stale, due to arbcom ban and no further edits. MER-C 07:24, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Conclusions