Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Spooky873

User:Spooky873

 * Suspected sockpuppeteer


 * Suspected sockpuppets

Scarian Call me Pat 00:34, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Report submission by

A discussion was started here about keeping/removing a genre. The 131.X IP disagreed with the consensus, suddenly an influx of new users appeared on the scene (Obvious SPAs) in an attempt to influence the discussion (All of the new accounts have disagreed with the consensus). Any input much appreciated. Possible WP:MEAT? Scarian Call me Pat 00:37, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Evidence


 * Comments
 * Comment - please note that two incident reports were submitted in the past few months against the 131.X user, both of which resulted in an IP-range block. These are here and here. - eo (talk) 01:17, 30 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Comment - The most notable aspect of this user's sockpuppetry was his casting of three separate votes in a consensus discussion using one account and two IP addresses: 1 2 3. (He later removed one of the three: link after confirming that he did cast the IP votes: link.)  This does not include the suspected fourth vote under the name Ohreoman85: 4. -- ChrisB (talk) 05:02, 30 March 2008 (UTC)


 * During the consensus discussion, Spooky873 also solicited for support on a fan message board: link, including detailed guidance on how to "cast a vote": link. If the suspected accounts are not sockpuppets, they are certainly meatpuppets, confirmed by his post: link. -- ChrisB (talk) 06:32, 30 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Conclusions
 * I've blocked the logged in accounts indefinitely as obvious sockpuppets. I've also blocked the master account for 48 hours, considering that the sockpuppets are active.  As for the IP's, they are likely sock / meat puppets, however, they are not active, so no action will be taken upon them. See also: Please see the results of the UserCompare tool. - Rjd0060 (talk) 00:38, 2 April 2008 (UTC)