Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/VaughanWatch


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the case of suspected sockpuppetry. Please do not modify it. No further edits should be made to this page. All edits should go to the talk page of this case. If you are seeing this page as a result of an attempt to open a new case of sockpuppetry of the same user, read this for detailed instructions.

User:VaughanWatch

 * Evidence


 * Other than editing his user page, this users only edits are to participate in an edit war and vote in an AFD for an article that the user has never edited.
 * One minute after vandalism by impersonation account User:pm-shef, SupermanAboveTO reverted the vandalism. -- JamesTeterenko 17:19, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I have indefinitely blocked this user. -- JamesTeterenko 17:23, 1 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Again, this users only edits are to Vaughan related politicians, the above noted AFD. The user came out of a hiatus of nearly 3 months to vote at the AFD.
 * User has already been confirmed as a sock in RCU, so I will block him indefinitely. -- JamesTeterenko 00:10, 1 August 2006 (UTC)


 * This user is primarily involved in edit wars on Vaughan political pages and the IHHOF. He is the creator of the AFDed article noted above.  In the RCU noted below, he was deemed to be a likely sockpuppet of VaughanWatch.
 * Note: I have blocked this user for 3 hours for constantly removing the sock puppet tag from his user page after sufficient warning. -- JamesTeterenko 19:17, 1 August 2006 (UTC)


 * User has only edited on one day, and all of those edits were related to Vaughan, most of them jumping into an ongoing discussion such as.


 * User's only edit was to do a revert in an ongoing edit war where a number of IP's in VaughanWatch's range were approaching 3rr.
 * Already indefinitely blocked. -- JamesTeterenko 01:17, 1 August 2006 (UTC)


 * All of user's 6 edits took place in the middle on the latest Vaughan dispute. User seemingly jumped in out of nowhere with full knowledge of the history of the dispute.
 * Already indefinitely blocked. (see Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive122) -- JamesTeterenko 01:17, 1 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Impersonation account of User:pm_shef; blocked indefinitely


 * User created yesterday to modify the content of a mediation between pm_shef and these users. I have blocked indefinitely.  -- JamesTeterenko 13:46, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Note: this user's edits to Mediation Cabal/Cases/2006-07-24 Vaughan have been deleted due to the threats they contain. -- JamesTeterenko 23:19, 1 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Vandalism only account attacking those involved in identifying socks, blocked indefinitely


 * The above IP addresses have been vandalizing only people involved in battling this sockpuppetteer in the last day. -- JamesTeterenko 16:25, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
 * The above IP addresses have been vandalizing only people involved in battling this sockpuppetteer in the last day. -- JamesTeterenko 16:25, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
 * The above IP addresses have been vandalizing only people involved in battling this sockpuppetteer in the last day. -- JamesTeterenko 16:25, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
 * The above IP addresses have been vandalizing only people involved in battling this sockpuppetteer in the last day. -- JamesTeterenko 16:25, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
 * The above IP addresses have been vandalizing only people involved in battling this sockpuppetteer in the last day. -- JamesTeterenko 16:25, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
 * The above IP addresses have been vandalizing only people involved in battling this sockpuppetteer in the last day. -- JamesTeterenko 16:25, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
 * The above IP addresses have been vandalizing only people involved in battling this sockpuppetteer in the last day. -- JamesTeterenko 16:25, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
 * The above IP addresses have been vandalizing only people involved in battling this sockpuppetteer in the last day. -- JamesTeterenko 16:25, 1 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Comments
 * See Requests for checkuser/Case/VaughanWatch for information about VaughanWatch, who I believe is the Puppeteer. -- JamesTeterenko 00:10, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
 * User:JohnnyCanuck has already been the subject of an RCU Requests for checkuser/Case/VaughanWatch - pm_shef 00:38, 1 August 2006 (UTC)


 * I do not think user:JohnnyCanuck is a sockpuppet. ED209 01:12, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I assume you have some proof to back up this assertion? - pm_shef 01:40, 4 August 2006 (UTC)


 * More proof than you have that he is one. ED209 17:02, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Is there anything else to suspect that is a confirmed sock; I am aware that it is likely that he is such, but is there anything firmer evidence. He seems to not like the tag being in place on his page. Iola k ana |T 15:33, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Our evidence rests mainly on his contributions, they are extremely similar to those of User:VaughanWatch the same holds true for the tone of his edits. The other reason I suspect him is that he is the only user who has come into contact with the Vaughan dispute besides who sides with VaughanWatch... it seems fairly suspicious to me.  - pm_shef 15:46, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
 * That seems likely then, so I've blocked. Iola k ana |T  13:59, 13 August 2006 (UTC)