Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/The Account

User:The Account

 * Suspected sockpuppeteer


 * Suspected sockpuppets

StarM 23:45, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
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 * Evidence
 * suspiciously similar SPAs, see this edit StarM  00:02, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Accounts add Barack Obama-related userboxes to user talk pages. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Juliancolton (talk • contribs)

The choice of editors that DellLaptop chose is completely different from the users that My Account interacted with. The only editor I can see with common interactions with C. Fred, Star Mississippi, and myself is. I've nominated some of his hoax articles for AFD, C. Fred got involved with the Lohan ones (I think ... I can't see deleted contributions, but that's my memory of events), and Star Mississippi pulled the trigger on two of them.&mdash;Kww(talk) 00:41, 12 November 2008 (UTC)


 * You're right on all counts, though I don't see any obvious connection between possible hoax, at best CRYSTAL song articles and political userboxes. The only other interaction I recall with C. Fred is a long time ago, and I can't think of any obvious interaction between Kww and I, apart from the one he mentioned above and recent related talk page discussion. No idea why I'm a target. Julian appeared to have some previous polirtical UBX removal but I never had any. StarM  01:23, 12 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Comments
 * I don't Understand this.DellLaptop (talk) 21:05, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I read what a sockpuppet was. I'm not a sock puppet I don't even know the other people you think are sockpuppets. And Kww said he couldn't see a connection between me and the other people, then starM agreed with him. I did put the Boxes on those pages, but I didn't understand the rules of wikipedia I'm still new. Sorry it caused such a problem. DellLaptop (talk) 21:48, 18 November 2008 (UTC)
 * When I added those userboxes there was no connection between you three I just put them on your talk pages randomly. But still I'm not a sock puppet of User:The Account. DellLaptop (talk) 21:48, 18 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I find it very difficult, if not impossible, to believe that you chose three random users including one whos political userbox had already been vandalized and one who has in no way revealed his or her political affiliations on wiki. StarM  02:05, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Think this is worth a checkuser? I agree with you that DellLaptop is most likely a sock of somebody, but I'm far from convinced that The Account is the puppeteer. I'd put Yoelmo, The Account, and DellLaptop all up on the same request. The question is whether this account's editing rises to a sufficient level of disruption to bother with.&mdash;Kww(talk) 02:48, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

Well, sorry I'm late! I think the link with Yoelmo is a red herring (incidentally Yoelmo was blocked indef on 15 Nov. for DE). But the evidence does suggest to me that the other three accounts were run by the same person. I've indef blocked The Account and My Account to remove them from temptation. However, it looks as if DellLaptop is now trying to help the project, so I'm prepared to give him the benefit of the doubt - please stick to this one account, OK! —S MALL JIM   22:56, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Conclusions