Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Venom-smasher

User:Venom-smasher

 * Suspected sockpuppeteer


 * Suspected sockpuppets


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The Filmaker 12:43, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

Venom-smasher had previously made massive edits to the reaction sections of the Star Wars prequel trilogy films, namely Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. He engaged in revert-wars, broke 3RR, and repeatedly argued and edited against consensus. His opinion changed over the course of the argument, but consistently said that he believed that the Reaction sections were to negative towards the films. He would repeatedly make accusations that were not based on assuming good faith, believing that all those who edited the articles did not like the film and were merely trying to bias the reader's outlook. He eventually left, returning briefly six months later and then leaving again. User:Deckiller issued a warning for revert warring and uncivil edit summaries. He had generally argued and edited against consensus and refused to civilly discuss his edits. Now User:Movieguy999 has appeared with the same arguments over weasel words, massive removal of cited information, dislike of the Razzies and information on a RiffTrax on the film and many more of the exact same arguments. He has revealed a decent understanding of how to edit Wikipedia and again has many of the exact same rationales of "Rules of Wikipedia", often stating that it his right to make "these edits". Other smaller notes include his style of capitalizing the section headers of all his messages on talk pages and the way he refuses to discuss changes until forced to, at which he makes accusations, to which I reply, to which he simply circles make his original argument and accusations without actually responding to my rebuttal. You may see Venom-smasher's and Movieguy999's very similar comments at Talk:Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace/Archive 1, Talk:Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, Talk:Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Talk:Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith/Archive 04, User talk:Venom-smasher and User talk:Movieguy999. The Filmaker 12:55, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Evidence


 * Comments
 * How is this a violation of WP:SOCK? --Akhilleus (talk) 23:12, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
 * I believe that Movieguy999 is very obviously a sockpuppet of Venom-smasher. The fact of him being a sockpuppet is a violation in the first place, Venom-smasher is using to avoid being blocked per Deckiller's warning of his history of revert warring against consensus and blatant border walking of the 3RR. The Filmaker 23:37, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Conclusions
 * There's no overlap in editing times between these accounts; Venom-smasher stopped editing in May 2007, Movieguy999 started on August 16 2007. The accounts can't be jointly violating 3RR or any other form of tag-team editing. Venom-smasher was blocked once, for 24 hours, but otherwise was an editor in good standing, so Movieguy999 is not evading a block or ban. In short, there's no prohibited use of multiple accounts here. If Movieguy999 is editing disruptively in some way you'll have to address that through some other process. --Akhilleus (talk) 00:09, 3 September 2007 (UTC)