Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Thedec


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User:Thedec

 * Suspected sockpuppeteer


 * Suspected sockpuppets

David Underdown 14:14, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
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Log shows that Declanthebullbull was created after Thedec was told  that he was blocked  for vandalism. Declanthebullbull then vandalised Windermere. The user then seems to have a few days off before reappearing yesterday (as Thedec). Vandalism then starts again. Today seems to switch back to Declanthebullbull to vandalise Torvill and Dean  then throws in a bit of sneaky vandalism by using Thedec with a misleading edit summary, then switches back to Declanthebullbull with a variety of additional vandalism, including to my user page. He's then blocked by user:Kungfuadam. 25 minutes later, Thedec appears on my talk page (and subsequent edits), signing as Declan Bull.
 * Evidence


 * Comments

Hello. I am writing to try and explain some of the happenings on my Wikipedia account(s). I hope you note that up until the 2 May 2007, I had made only useful and relevant contributions. Although I have very rarely edited articles, I have participated in disucssions and offered (hopefully) useful suggestions on improvement. A few days before my account was used for vandalism, a friend of mine (I attend a sixth form) took note of my password as I was logging into my account, but claimed to have forgotten it the next day.

Him and another student used my account to vandalise certain articles, for which I was eventually blocked. [] [] []. No longer been able to edit on my account, one of the students (unbeknown to me) then created another account in my name so that I could use it to contribute to articles as I had been doing up to that point. However, this account has NEVER been used by myself, and has only been used by the people who created it.

When I was unblocked from editing, I personally vandalised two accounts which I apologise for. One case was the inserting of a humerous quote[], while one was plain stupidity[]. This is however, the only vandalism that I have personally commited.

The account which was created in my name was then used to vandalise certain articles, while my account was used to disguise the vandalsim (mentioned in the above evidence)[]. After the other account was blocked, my account was used to abuse one of the moderators on a talk page. [].

I am aware that I am at fault for allowing my account to be logged into by others, and am also aware that much of the reasoning will have been seen a thousand times before by moderators. However, I felt I should provide this comment in an attempt to clear the air. Thanks for reading, Declan (D. BULL 19:46, 9 May 2007 (UTC)_


 * I trust you have now changed your password? By the way I am not a mod (nor admin/sysop), jsut an ordinary user. David Underdown 08:08, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

Yes, my password has been changed. Do you know what I have to do next in order to resolve this issue?(D. BULL 09:28, 10 May 2007 (UTC))


 * Conclusions
 * Declanthebullbull is indef blocked. I accept Thedec's explanation of events, and will caution him to make sure that no further shenanigans come from his account, as we will not be so forgiving if something similar happens again. --Akhilleus (talk) 04:22, 14 May 2007 (UTC)