- 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
Matthvm (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)
(Banned in August 2006, but still making sockpuppets)
- Suspected sockpuppets
Matthvm2 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)
Markhamman (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)
Retsopllib (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)
Tacnam (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)
D052 (talk · contribs · count · logs · page moves · block log)
Helpper (talk · contribs · count · logs · email)
- Report submission by
Sprocket 21:02, 15 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Evidence
I believe the aforementioned users are sockpuppets/meatpuppets of the blocked user Matthvm. Matthvm was a user originally permablocked here for persistant legal threats, incivility, and sock/meatpuppetry. Following the investigation, the following sockpuppets of his were blocked indefinitely:
- User:Patylucy (formerly Patycat)
- User:Jwalker2006
- User:compaquser (formerly Vmatthews)
- User:20060706
- User:20060715
They seem to have the same interests (Nova Scotia towns, transportation), and they've all exhibited a dislike towards treating a regional municipality as a ___location. Both Markhamman and Matthvm2 have accused me of having an "agenda" when I try to argue that an R.M. and a community are both locations, and Markhamman has been reverting my edits without commenting on my reasoning at all. Also, on Markhamman's user talk page, Matthvm popped by here to tell Markhamman to ignore me; I thought the timing was a little suspicious, considering Matthvm2 hadn't edited any other time since November.
Matthvm has been using these accounts to evade a perma-block, while still retaining that incivility that helped to get him blocked in the first place. ([1] [2] [3] [4])
Both Markhamman and Retsopllib (formerly Bill poster) have been changing hundreds of Halifax-related articles, with an edit summary almost always similar to "Halifax Regional Municipality is regional municipality -not a place as per HRM website". Most of all these users also have a fondness for changing their username, and here, Markhamman commented on Retsopllib's name-change request.
Thanks!
- Comments
Before trying this, I put in a checkuser request. It was denied; they said it should be placed here instead.
The same person may have edited under the following IPs. Both originate from public education facilities in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
- 192.75.95.75
- 142.227.239.232
Also, today, Markhamman apparently "quit" (see his user page) - I'm submitting this entry nonetheless, to prevent further abuse and to have the obvious sockpuppet accounts blocked. I have a feeling he may show up again in the future, under another sockpuppet.
Note Jan/20/07: Retsopllib also quit soon after Markhamman, and, like Markhamman did, left a note on Jimbo Wales' talk page.
Note Feb/18/07: I've added User:D052 to the list of suspected sockpuppets, because he wikilinks years the same way Retsopllib did. I've also added User:Helpper for the same reason, and also because he edited Retsopllib's user page.
- Conclusions
- see [5] too much data to render properly they are sock/meat puppets Betacommand (talk • contribs • Bot) 16:07, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]