Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Tombaker321

Tombaker321

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For archived investigations, see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Tombaker321/Archive.

Report date January 18 2010, 14:20 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets

• CaptainPickles (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Love dance of scorpions (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• PeshawarPat (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• 98.210.90.109 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · spi block · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))

Evidence submitted by Proofreader77

• User:Tombaker321 is an SPA who focuses on Roman Polanski articles (and has often been made aware they are an SPA).
• Special:Contributions/Tombaker321 is current blocked. I believe the recent activity of Special:Contributions/CaptainPickles has been a matter of block evasion.
• Note that the two accounts I have listed as possible socks were both created around Christmas, and that Special:Contributions/CaptainPickles has been making negative (reverted) changes to Roman Polanski (in addition to California Proposition 8 article) NOTE: Tombaker321's IP is known to resolve to California (I've included Special:Contributions/98.210.90.109 as one he has posted from when apparently they did not know they were not logged in.)
• User:Tombaker321 has recently been blocked for 3 days, and there has been activity from Special:Contributions/CaptainPickles recently resulting in indefinite block. (Noting that it had been blocked, has led to my filing this first SPI report — Why? Because it would be an instance of block evasion.) (Note: CaptainPickles recent activity resulted in that account being blocked.)
• WHY have I listed Special:Contributions/Love dance of scorpions - This is a case of my past experience with disruptive editors sometimes creating two-sock pairs (good sock / bad sock). Given Tombaker321's often having been informed of the problematic nature of being an SPA (including a December 19 ANI focusing on that), it would be natural for the SPA to create a sock or two. The fact that Special:Contributions/Love dance of scorpions welcomed Special:Contributions/CaptainPickles may seem odd, but it would fit past patterns I have seen. (Note: There is clearly a lower probability that Special:Contributions/Love dance of scorpions is a sock of Tombaker321, but given the creation time, and interaction with CaptainPickles, I believe this low activity account should also be checked. (Note: I suspect the "good sock" idea quickly got too boring to continue, but the account remains available for use. etc)
• BOTTOM LINE: The type of edits that Special:Contributions/CaptainPickles has made to Roman Polanski is the type Tombaker321 would make (although a bit more blatant). The CaptainPickles account was created after a recent ANI highlighting the "SPA" aspect of Tombaker321 — a situation which inspire the creation of socks (including one to "play good"). Most importantly I believe the recent use of Special:Contributions/CaptainPickles (leading to block) is an instance of block evasion.
• NOTE: I am NOT informing Tombaker321 of this report. (They are blocked for their reaction to recent events. Better not to inspire further reaction.)

-- Proofreader77 ^(interact) 14:20, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

• Note (after Clerk endorsed): Added newly created account (Polanski and Proposition 8) Special:Contributions/PeshawarPat (-- Proofreader77 ^(interact) 01:56, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

Comments by accused parties   

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Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments

Checkuser request – code letter: F (Other reason )

Current status – Endorsed for Checkuser attention.    Requested by Proofreader77 ^(interact) 14:20, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

 Clerk endorsed for all accounts. Multiple accounts used to give the impression of widespread support and possibly will be used in future to evade current blocks in place. Spitfire^Tally-ho! 16:49, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

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