Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Upward15

User:Upward15

 * Suspected sockpuppeteer

more forthcoming
 * Suspected sockpuppets


 * Report submission by

Cumulus Clouds (talk) 18:35, 11 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Evidence

The contribs for Northcarolinaboy and Leftleaning15 overlap almost completely, this are relatively new accounts, each trying to insert the same revision into a dozen or so unique articles. Generally, they tend to be unsourced blp violations for Democrats standing in 2008 elections or, rarely, uncontested copyedits for Republicans. I suspect this user registered Leftleaning15 after the latest round of pov revisions, and had registered Northcarolinaboy after a rash of warnings was left on his talk page for vandalism and content removal on the same pages they're editing now.

Redbear175's entire edit history is contained within Geoff Simpson, a Democratic candidate in Washington state, where he has tried numerous times to insert unsourced allegations that Simpson is a wifebeater. Northcarolinaboy left a message to the same effect on the talk page of User:Truthteller47th which, given that Simpson's district is the 47th, sounds to me like it could be somebody with a conflict of interest. The latter account should be watched (I've removed their unsourced pov edits as well), the rest should all be blocked for abusive sockpuppetry.

I've added another name, based on the exact same criteria as above and I'll continue adding them as they register new accounts.

I've added an IP which is registered to the King County Government which has edited most of these articles before and which I suspect is the sole user behind all these accounts.

Update: I believe these edits are coming from the Legislative Aides to King County Councilmembers Reagan Dunn and Kathy Lambert. In this diff, an IP registered to the county makes an edit to Central Washington University and adds the name of a person serving as the aide to Kathy Lambert. IPs in the same range have also made extensive edits to Reagan Dunn where, more tellingly, the article was written almost entirely by Theswede01, whose only edits are to that article and whose name is substantially similar to the other accounts listed here. Around the same time, someone on the same IP range edited Central Michigan University to include the name of the legislative aide to Reagan Dunn. I suspect these are the same person.

Most of the edits originating from this IP have engaged in the same pattern of POV whitewashing that these other articles have seen, and they seem focused largely on either King County history or articles for various members of the Washington Republican caucus.


 * Comments

I am responsible for the multiple accounts (Upward15 being one of them) making some of the same changes – repeatedly. I got carried away and I abused my privileges. I know some of what I did was inappropriate. I’m sorry. I feel bad and I will abstain from editing Wikipedia. I feel admonished and I’m sorry. I will leave a similar message on Scarian’s page. I hope that my mistakes won’t harm my co-workers ability to participate on Wikipedia. I am responsible for the multiple accounts and I take full responsibility. Thank you. 206.188.48.225 (talk) 17:50, 12 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Conclusions
 * Obvious; Master blocked for 24 hours, socks blocked indef. Scarian  Call me Pat!  22:34, 11 August 2008 (UTC)