Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Willicher

User:Willicher

 * Suspected sockpuppeteer


 * Suspected sockpuppets

Rex 15:15, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
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He created an account 3 July 2007, and the following day both Willicher and Orangerider were editing principally the "Deutsches Reich" and "Nazi Germany" articles and they seem to be on exactly the same line. (Illustrated by the "Willicher is right-comment" here) but my suspicion was caused by a comment by Orangerider on Willichers talkpage, again they fully agree with each other but they posted 2 messages merely 3 minutes apart despite both posting considerable comments. It seems to be more than coincidence to me.Rex 15:15, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Evidence

IMPORTANT! I just found out Willicher changed the time code ... to make it appear he responded later than he actually did. Rex 15:23, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Comments

Hello! I'm not Organerider! We are just cooperating. We are also cooperating in the German Wikipedia. In fact we have the same opinion in a lot of cases but this is the result of a same political, historical and legal point-of-view on several topics. I've never changed the time code and I'm using CEST. He and I are experts of German public law especially questions concerning the development of the unified german nation state and its legal status after WWII. Why makes anyone it so difficult for us to support the English Wikipedia and to integrate our knowledge? --Willicher - Greetings from Germany! 18:41, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

I'm closing this case as a false positive with insufficient evidence. Willicher has been editing intermittently for almost two years, while Orangerider showed up on July 4 and started editing very actively. I know sockpuppets do that, but I just don't see why Willicher would have started a sockpuppet after two years of working on the straight and narrow. Their editing patterns are different, their edit summary usage is different - even the choice of articles they edit has only light overlap. All indications are that these are real-world friends who happened to be online at the same time. If further evidence comes to light, Rex is welcome to present it for review. Shalom Hello 21:45, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Conclusions