Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/miracleimpulse


 * 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.

(Accusation withdrawn by the submitter, Ryanaxp; please see the talk page for explanation. —Ryanaxp 19:12, 22 December 2006 (UTC))

 Two days ago, on December 19, 2006, an entry was made to the talk page for Sweetest Day by a new account, meisterchef, which set forth several questions and criticisms of the other editors involved in that article. Each of the points set forth by meisterchef appear to be simple inversions of the same points heretofore repeatedly asserted by miracleimpulse, merely changed slightly so as to appear to be written by an uninvolved third party. Moreover, although meisterchef is a newly created account, the post made by meisterchef on the Sweetest Day talk page made use of reasonably sophisticated wiki markups and formatting; the use of which seems unlikely were meisterchef in fact new to the workings of Wikipedia. Further, the only contribution ever made by the meisterchef account was on the talk page of Sweetest Day. No previous attempts or sandbox practice of wiki markup by meisterchef is apparent. 
 * Evidence


 * I would add that this exact same message left by meisterchef at Talk: Sweetest Day was also posted to WP:ANI by   . This IP's only other edit, which was to correct a spelling error by , who's only edit was also in support of Miracleimpulse. Not sure if these are also socks, but Miracleimpulse does have a known history of using multiple account on other online forums (see unanswered concern expressed at User talk:Miracleimpulse) Not a dog 17:24, 21 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Additionally, the IP account 24.12.179.210 is also linked to miracleimpulse, and also has engaged in editing of Sweetest Day as recently as last month. —Ryanaxp 17:30, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

As background to this accusation, miracleimpulse has engaged in a sustained editing war on the article Sweetest Day since at least June, 2006, and during the course of his editing there, has evidenced a strongly POV stance that has consistently failed to gain concensus from the other editors of that article. As a result of various incidents of substantially disruptive actions on the part of miracleimpulse, that account has been sanctioned by blocking several times.
 * Comments
 * 24.12.179.210 is probably User:Miracleimpulse's primary IP address and to the best of my knowledge he's never edited from that IP in such a way to suggest he's a separate person; I'd almost guarantee that most of User:Miracleimpulse's edits resolve to that IP. What would be interesting to know is if either of those other usernames have ever edited from that IP or if User:Miracleimpulse has any edits from 68.60.17.31.--Isotope23 18:10, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I agree. He has signed posts from the 24.12 IP with his initials, so I don't think he's used that IP in order to hide his identity. But I agree with your closing musings... Not a dog 18:24, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I agree that currently there is no evidence that miracleimpulse has used either of the two IP accounts linked to him/her as a form of sockpuppet or alternate identity. However, they might be useful for determining whether the meisterchef account has ever posted from the same IP address as miracleimpulse (which, granted, even if true would not necessarily be conclusive, but certainly would be circumstantial evidence of sockpuppetry). —Ryanaxp 20:38, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

Because of the frustration likely experienced by miracleimpulse in view of the opposition of the majority of editors to the Sweetest Day article to his/her POV editing and disruptive actions over the past several months, it is probable that miracleimpulse created the account meisterchef as a sockpuppet for reiterating miracleimpulse's opinions in discussions with other editors, in order to lend the appearance of broader support for his/her viewpoints.—Ryanaxp 16:36, 21 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Conclusions

—Ryanaxp 16:36, 21 December 2006 (UTC) -->