Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/The strokes


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User:The strokes

 * Suspected sockpuppeteer


 * Suspected sockpuppets


 * Report submission by: Muéro(talk/c) 14:53, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

User:The strokes admitted to editing under the IP address 68.149.136.136 (read here). There, he was also warned about removing messages on The Strokes's talk page (this was before anyone realized he was The Strokes). Recently, User:68.149.157.248 and The Strokes "outvoted" me about an issue on the Jonathan Cheechoo Ales Hemsky page (The Strokes's edit summary was "2 vs 1. I believe you're outvoted, so please stop the revert war"). User:68.149.157.248 has recently been engaging in the same activity as The Strokes, like removing legitimate messages from talk pages and leaving uncivil comments. After checking the IP Info and WHOIS for User:68.149.157.248 and User:68.149.136.136, it's obvious that those two are the same person, and therefore The Strokes, User:68.149.136.136, and User:68.149.157.248 are all three the same editor. I understand that sometimes a person may forget to log in, but it's clear that The Strokes "voted" twice, by using sockpuppetry.
 * Evidence


 * Comments

'''Oh. My. Freaking. God. I am going to provide clear evidence that Muero is (yet again) falsifying information in an attempt to villify me.''' Muero claims I made the comment "2 vs 1. I believe you're outvoted, so please stop the revert war" on the Jonathan Cheechoo page. Look at the edit history of the Cheechoo page, then look at the edit history of the Ales Hemsky page. I clearly made the comment on the Ales Hemsky page. The comment was in response to user:129.128.67.22 deleting the medal box (that's 1 vote), and myself deleting the box as user:68.149.157.248 (now 68.149.157.248, but previously user:68.149.136.136. My internet provider must have changed my IP address recently.) I clearly said "2 vs 1"; if I had said "3 vs 1", that would have meant I was including user:129.128.67.22, user:68.149.157.248, and user:The Strokes as separate people, and then I could be accused of "sock puppetry". As it stands, I said "2 vs 1", implying that the votes of user:129.128.67.22 and myself (user:The Strokes/user:68.149.157.248) account for 2 votes vs Muero's one. Someone needs to stop Muero from constantly falsifying information in an attempt to villify me. The other example of this is AMA Requests for Assistance/Requests/September 2006/Muéro, where Muero complains of several viscious attacks by myself towards him, which I agree are uncalled for if true. The problem is, he's falsifying the truth (one example of which I explain in detail to Addhoc within the complaint page). Something needs to be done. Muero cannot continue harrasing me. There has to be some Wikipedia rule against harrasment The Strokes 17:35, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

More Comments

Could I comment that user:129.128.67.22 is based in Edmonton, Alberta and user:68.149.136.136 is also based in Edmonton, Alberta. Could I also comment their writing styles on the Talk:Ales Hemsky page are identical. Thanks, Addhoc 18:05, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

Blocked. Kil  o • T 18:12, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Conclusion