Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/SirIsaacBrock (3rd)

User:SirIsaacBrock

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Darkspots (talk) 19:01, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Chessy999 has edited Monkey-baiting to defend the article in the form written by SirIsaacBrock:  
 * Evidence

Both users have edited the following (partial) list of articles:
 * Monkey-baiting
 * Rat-baiting
 * Bull and Terrier
 * List of conflicts in Canada
 * List of Adolf Hitler books

They have both moved Bait (dogs), from some other article name to that article name. Chessy999: SirIsaacBrock:

Chessy999, SirIsaacBrock, and User:WritersCramp (a confirmed sock of SirIsaacBrock) have all edited Nazi architecture.

Chessy999 and SirIsaacBrock have both edited articles about accounting, infantry weapons, War of 1812 battles, fighting dogs (obviously), chess and specifically chess pieces (many for Chessy, for SirIsaacBrook), Nazism, and Canadian military history. The majority of the edits of each user fall into one of these categories of articles.

This is all too close for coincidence. SirIsaacBrock is banned by the community for disruptive behavior and rampant sockpuppetry (List of banned users). Chessy999 has a lot of civility/tendentious editing complaints on his user talk page. This user should be indef blocked as the sockpuppet of a banned user.


 * Comments

After looking a little more at the edits of the two accounts, I would have to agree.

Chessy seems to have taken over the work that SirIsaac was doing on the monkey-baiting article, defending the same sections in the same manner. They both have made edits on articles relating to terrorism in Canada, Nazi books, Nazi architecture, Hunting/Fighting dog breeds, articles relating to firearms, articles relating to finance/accounting and they both refer to users who they have content disputes as vandals.

I have no details regarding IPs etc, however apart from a few slight differences, both users edit the same or very closely related articles - I would agree with the above, baiting dogs/fighting dogs, Nazi books, Nazi architecture, Canadian conflicts/terrorism and military firearms.

I would not care so much if Chessy was a sockpuppet of a banned user, if Chessy had been blocked, decided on a new start, and kept a low profile - acting in a way that is helpful. He does not, it is still the same aggressive editor, with a total arrogant lack of respect for others, their edits and consensus. Sennen goroshi (talk) 03:58, 1 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Chessy999, SirIsaacBrock, and User:WritersCramp have all edited the following:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_conflicts_in_Canada&limit=500&action=history

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Old_English_Bulldog&limit=500&action=history

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Adolf_Hitler_books&limit=500&action=history

I could go back further and check every single edit, but doing it manually is a pain in the ass.

It seems very suspect that you would have 3 editors with such shared interests, I would understand if they shared one category, but to share an interest in Nazi architecture and books, monkeys fighting dogs, accountancy, chess and 1812 seems to be too much to put down to coincedence. Sennen goroshi (talk) 07:16, 1 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Looks obvious to me; also quite a few coincidences with, who was active between May and July 2007. --Snigbrook ( talk ) 12:54, 1 May 2008 (UTC)


 * If the edits of Pianokeys match up with those of the above editors, then it would all make sense. There was a small gap between writercramp/sirisaac and chessy..but who knows there could well be another 5 or 6 accounts out there.
 * Sennen goroshi (talk) 16:18, 1 May 2008 (UTC)


 * I have looked at the history of some of the articles, and could not find any other recent accounts; I have found which looks likely, but no edits from that user since February 2007. --Snigbrook ( talk ) 17:12, 1 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Conclusions

Quack. Blocked. GBT/C 09:13, 11 May 2008 (UTC)