Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Scottydukes

User:Scottydukes

Evidence

• Henry_Bigg_1986 (talk • contribs • page moves • block user • block log)
• Sportskido8 (talk • contribs • page moves • block user • block log)
• Acromagalin (talk • contribs • page moves • block user • block log)
• BobbyJoe87 (talk • contribs • page moves • block user • block log) - so far has only edited the featured article candidate page
• Dizzletth (talk • contribs • page moves • block user • block log) - Has only edited the Scot Sherman page and is possibly harmless. I'm not noting this user only so it can be checked in the future for less than harmless contributions.
• Covellicsp (talk • contribs • page moves • block user • block log) - see last evidence bullet

• Scottydukes created an article which I can only assume is about him called Scot Sherman. It was soon tagged for speedy deletion because of its utter lack of an assertion of notability. This is when the first suspected sockpuppet showed up. User:Henry_Bigg_1986 removed the speedy tag citing that the article was too long to speedy (nonsense). That user proceeded to try to change the policies of the criteria for speedy deletion, even going as far as nominating {{db-bio}} (the template the article was tagged with) for deletion. User:Henry_Bigg_1986 also stated on the article's talk page that WP:MUSIC grants notability to anyone who makes music (more nonsense), and voted keep in the article's AfD, again citing WP:MUSIC.
• Following the creation of the AfD and the User:Henry_Bigg_1986 edit to it, User:Scottydukes (puppetmaster) shortly tried to "vote" multiple times in the AfD, by creating false signatures. All of these contributions have been tagged as such in the AfD.
• After that failed, the other sockpuppets showed up on the AfD. All of their first edits have tended to be to the article in question, or the AfD. A few of the later ones then made a couple token edits to other articles, presumably to attempt to invalidate other user's claims in the AfD that these users were puppets.
• One suspected sockpuppet has nominated the article as a Featured article candidate. More sockpuppetry is occuring here, in addition to the AfD.
• As well as the Scot Sherman AfD, User:Reggae_Sanderz and User:Henry_Bigg_1986 were both involved with the silly article, Haluwelkyu and its AfD. A new sock suspect, User:Covellicsp, has shown up for that new AfD.

Comments

• I am a fan of the radio show mentioned in the article. Although my first edit was to argue to keep, that shouldn't matter since I'm been a member for a few months now. And no, I was not asked by Scottydukes to argue in his favor. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Acromagalin (talk • contribs)
• The user's sockpuppets or someone else, now simply anonymous AOL accounts, have now attempted to close the AfD (with WP:SNOW somehow cited as a reason for closing). They did it through the whole process as well, making it appear as any other closed AfD, and removing the tags from the article. I've undone because it's obvious that it was vandalism. Just commenting that the user or vandals who like this article are getting sneakier. -- Consumed Crustacean | Talk | 07:42, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
• Let me make it clear, I don't know Scot personally. I will have nothing further to do with this. Reggae Sanderz 19:16, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

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