Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Trialing (3rd)

User:Trialing

 * Suspected sockpuppeteer


 * Suspected sockpuppets

Mdsummermsw (talk) 13:09, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Report submission by

24.91.60.195: (Refer to first case, user frequently adds "+" to sales figures.) Gtompkins=24.91.60.195: new user adds content to talk page defending 24.91.60.195's edits. Signature is immediately removed (and content slightly tweeked) by 24.91.60.195. - Mdsummermsw (talk) 13:09, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Evidence

(Refer to earlier case.) - Mdsummermsw (talk) 12:43, 25 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Comments
 * Try send this report to checkuser. It seems like Trialing has a lot of hibernating socks. OhanaUnitedTalk page 16:14, 25 April 2008 (UTC)


 * I am Gtompkins48. My IP adress is 24.91.60.195. When I switched from Firefox to AOL, I was changed to my IP address. However, me and this "Trialing" are different people, as an IP check will quickly show. The reason why so many people have been doing the same things on the Jordin Sparks Album page is because this page was brought up in a forum topic on americanidol.com a little while ago, which led to many people flocking over here to enter in correct sales numbers. The album issue has now been resolved, so I expect the whole editing war to stop. I don't know if "Trialing" is using sock puppets, but I am not one of them. And a simple IP check will show this. Gtompkins48 (talk) 16:22, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your prompt reply. The article is now semi-protected. Would you mind pointing the link to the specific forum topic? OhanaUnitedTalk page 18:17, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
 * It was mentioned on two topics. The one with most of the hoopla was the "Official Jordin Sparks Page", where a user complained about Wikipedia always reducing her sales numbers. http://www.americanidol.com/myidol/forums/topic/?tid=802477. The post has 343 pages so I can't point out the exact page without reading the last 30 pages (As it was posted a while ago, which is why this editing war has been going on for weeks). However, I will use my account on that website to point out that no one should edit it unless they cite it. Even though they were correct about her numbers, no one could find a proper source until today. Now that the whole issue seems to have settled down, I don't think it will be THAT much of a problem anymore, as long as it keeps getting cited among the next few weeks.Gtompkins48 (talk) 20:33, 25 April 2008 (UTC)


 * By the way, Wooperez is not me either. Check the IPs for proof. For the other evidence, the "+" sign is only used because that's the format that was used monthsago (for example, the first week was written like "119,000+"). Since many fans are used to seeing the "+" because it's been used so much on the page, editors including me use it out of habit. It in no way has to do with sockpuppetry. Looking at the history, I can point out plenty of different IP addresses who used the "+" after a sales total.


 * I was also referred to as a "new user" by the accuser. If you check my history, you see that I've been editing Jordin Sparks information for months now. I am in no way a "new user". However, out of habit, the accuser seems to deem everyone who edits a Jordin Sparks page to be a sock puppet of some guy. However, those accusations do not live long when you bring IP addresses into account. Gtompkins48 (talk) 20:46, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

I'm going to request a checkuser to see if Wooprez is evading a block. It's pretty clear that Gtompkins is someone else and got caught up in this by mistake. Shalom (Hello • Peace) 14:16, 9 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Conclusions

CU results:
 * Trialing and Wooprez ✅; other accounts are and .  Gtompkins48 is indeed ❌. Thatcher 00:33, 10 May 2008 (UTC) (pasted here by Rlevse)

Blocked by Tiptoety. — Rlevse  •  Talk  • 22:13, 10 May 2008 (UTC)