- 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.
- Suspected sockpuppeteer
Justpassinby (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)
- Suspected sockpuppets
Joncourtney (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)
78.105.130.169 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)
- Report submission by
Bondegezou (talk) 23:47, 3 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Evidence
This is a complicated case about the article for the band Pure Reason Revolution. User Justpassinby has only ever edited this and related articles. His/her posts generally have a negative attitude towards the band and its members, but, earlier on, edits made tended to be more reasonable and followed policy, e.g. [1]. More recently, Justpassinby's edits have been unreasonable (e.g. [2]); various editors considered these edits to be vandalism and left warnings. These were ignored and this led to Justpassinby being blocked. Since then, there were a sequence of vandalising edits by 78.105.130.169 (the first ever edits from this IP address): these largely repeated Justpassinby's edits (e.g. [3]) or continued in a similar vein ([4]) and I presume are Justpassinby avoiding his/her block. Then came the first and only edit by user Joncourtney [5]. Jon Courtney is a member of Pure Reason Revolution. However, the edit made by the user Joncourtney was insulting towards Jon Courtney and the band and was in a similar style to edits by Justpassinby and 78.105.130.169, so I am concerned that the Joncourtney account may be a sock-puppet and it raises further issues of impersonation. There have been two further edits by 78.105.130.169 since too [6]. I would like to suggest semi-protection for the page and further administration action against Justpassinby and the Joncourtney account.
I initially reported this at WP:ANI and it was suggested I bring the matter here.
- Comments
- Further vandalism of Pure Reason Revolution by 78.105.130.169 today.[7]
- (Sorry: forgot to sign the above!) Bondegezou (talk) 12:29, 5 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- 78.105.130.169 blocked for a week as an obvious sock. Black Kite 15:28, 5 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I think JonCourtney should be blocked indefinitely as a suspected sockpuppet. If he is innocent, he is able to appeal the block by the usual method. The evidence suggests that this is Justpassinby evading his block.
I don't see a preventative purpose in blocking Justpassinby again. A stern warning should suffice. Shalom (Hello • Peace) 02:54, 12 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Conclusions
User seems to have stopped disruptive editing. Notify an administrator and point to this report if the problems resume. Jehochman Talk 16:00, 12 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]