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Community ban of MarkBA for repeated sockpuppetry
- MarkBA (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
I am forwarding this case from Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/MarkBA (2nd). User:Hobartimus wrote there, in perhaps more words than necessary, that MarkBA has repeatedly created sockpuppets to disrupt controversial articles and game the system. He noted that MarkBA is restricted per the Digwuren arbitration case. [1] I think Hobartimus is not asking whether a particular IP address happens to be a sockpuppet of MarkBA, but rather, what to do about the sockpuppeteer? That question belongs here. It is already being discussed at [2], and maybe it should stay there. I don't know how this process works, and I need to sign off for the night. Shalom (Hello • Peace) 07:32, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
- I understand that there is an ongoing attempt at DR User:Elonka/Hungarian-Slovakian experiment, so at this point I would argue it may be best to allow that effort to unfold and see if can resolve the dispute. OTOH, I see no reason why not to enforce with blocks any confirmed sockpuppets, and if this particular use continues using SPs to disrupt the process, using escalating blocks may become a necessity. ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 23:53, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
- "if this particular use continues" ,yes, this is the part where "it continued". The short timeline looks like this, 1. march 2008, start of 'first' sockpuppeting 2. april 2008 'first' sockpuppeting confirmed MarkBA blocked and, tagged as sockpupeteer. list of old puppets 3. May 4th sockpuppeting continues, 'second' sockpuppeting 4. May 7th 'second' sockpuppeting confirmed via checkuser. 5. MarkBA and the new puppet remain unblocked ? - so the latest confirmed sockpuppeting is only a few days old and yet both the puppet and the pupeteer remain unblocked. I'll try to update the evidence at Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/MarkBA (2nd) to best reflect this case of mass sockpuppetry and other abuse. Hobartimus (talk) 14:06, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
- This is just a part of a long and nasty conflict involving a number of editors from Hungary (including Hobartimus) and from Slovakia (including MarkBA). The dispute resolution process is ongoing at User talk:Elonka/Hungarian-Slovakian experiment. I encourage everyone to look at that page first. It has significantly decreased the amount of edit warring in this conflict and Elonka has did a great job checking activity of various IPs (MarkBA was not the only user editing without logging in). I am a bit surprised that Hobartimus is trying to get an editor from the "other side" banned while the dispute resolution is still ongoing. I am even more surprised that this thread was created when our mediator (User:Elonka) is away for few days because of unexpected real-life circumstances. I am sure she has a lot of to say about this case. What is strange, Hobartimus also forgot to notify other editors involved in this conflict. I will post a message at Elonka's page. Tankred (talk) 19:17, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
- "if this particular use continues" ,yes, this is the part where "it continued". The short timeline looks like this, 1. march 2008, start of 'first' sockpuppeting 2. april 2008 'first' sockpuppeting confirmed MarkBA blocked and, tagged as sockpupeteer. list of old puppets 3. May 4th sockpuppeting continues, 'second' sockpuppeting 4. May 7th 'second' sockpuppeting confirmed via checkuser. 5. MarkBA and the new puppet remain unblocked ? - so the latest confirmed sockpuppeting is only a few days old and yet both the puppet and the pupeteer remain unblocked. I'll try to update the evidence at Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/MarkBA (2nd) to best reflect this case of mass sockpuppetry and other abuse. Hobartimus (talk) 14:06, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
Eyrian on an IPs?
- 65.11.23.219 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
- 71.9.8.150 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
- 72.151.55.27 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/JohnEMcClure confirmed that Eyrian, who participated aggresively in AfDs and last edited in October 2007 and who was subsequently blocked per Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Eyrian, made "numerous IP edits". Notice this IP's edit history that follows seems to focus on certain kinds of articles. Now today, notice this edit in which the IP writes, "It's been awhile since I've seen an ipc article nominated", but if you look again at the edit history of the IP, there are NO previous edits to any IPC articles, which thus makes that statement odd and as if it is from someone who either edits using different IPs or who is an old user. Sincerely, --Le Grand Roi des CitrouillesTally-ho! 18:37, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
- There are many editors who are AFD regulars (this IP certainly is if it is a stable IP) and care about IPC, fancruft, trivia, episodes, and the like. Any specific reason you think this is Eyrian as opposed to someone else? And do you really think the closing admins are going to pay any attention to IP comments that don't make new arguments? I don't think the admins will. GRBerry 18:57, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
- I think Eyrian, because the IP's edits start around the time that Eyrian stopped editing from his Eyrian account (in October 2007) and started using different accounts and IPs. I suppose one of the arbitration committee checkusers could check the IP to see (I'm not sure if they could go back far enough to check if it's Eyrian, but if it is someone also using additional current accounts or IPs, those might show up). Best, --Le Grand Roi des CitrouillesTally-ho! 18:58, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
- Two possibilities. 1) This isn't Eyrian - obviously, we shouldn't do anything then, but it would be helpful to point out to the editor that commenting in an AFD using an IP results in minimal weight and the user might consider using an account. 2) This is Eyrian - then he can readily evade by going to a different IP (proxy, resetting a router, going to a different coffee shop, et cetera...). Either way, I don't see much to gain by blocking an IP. So far as I can see, since the case close identified or even suspected any puppets or IP addresses of Eyrian that were still in use at the time suspected, so I don't know what would happen if we tagged as a suspected puppet. Definitely try the user's talk page for a discussion. Consider tagging with {{sockpuppet}} and watching; if the IP editor vanishes then that will be confirmation of a sort, but indicate that an unending game of whack-a-mole is forthcoming. GRBerry 19:22, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
- I sent an email to Morven who was the checkuser on the Eyrian case just in case if the IPs identified at Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/JohnEMcClure, which were not listed there, were not tagged. Also, I see at top of this page that we should notify the user. Is there a template for this page similar to the ANI notification template that could be placed on the IPs talk page? Best, --Le Grand Roi des CitrouillesTally-ho! 19:47, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
- Not that I'm aware of. Write a message, with attention to the third paragraph of the "Enforcement" section above. "A discussion about you is underway at [[section link]] might suffice." GRBerry 20:26, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
- Another IP that looks somewhat similarly suspicious is this one. Also another IP in the 7 range has just posted a similar edit to that other one. Best, --Le Grand Roi des CitrouillesTally-ho! 16:03, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
- Not that I'm aware of. Write a message, with attention to the third paragraph of the "Enforcement" section above. "A discussion about you is underway at [[section link]] might suffice." GRBerry 20:26, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
- I sent an email to Morven who was the checkuser on the Eyrian case just in case if the IPs identified at Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/JohnEMcClure, which were not listed there, were not tagged. Also, I see at top of this page that we should notify the user. Is there a template for this page similar to the ANI notification template that could be placed on the IPs talk page? Best, --Le Grand Roi des CitrouillesTally-ho! 19:47, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
- Two possibilities. 1) This isn't Eyrian - obviously, we shouldn't do anything then, but it would be helpful to point out to the editor that commenting in an AFD using an IP results in minimal weight and the user might consider using an account. 2) This is Eyrian - then he can readily evade by going to a different IP (proxy, resetting a router, going to a different coffee shop, et cetera...). Either way, I don't see much to gain by blocking an IP. So far as I can see, since the case close identified or even suspected any puppets or IP addresses of Eyrian that were still in use at the time suspected, so I don't know what would happen if we tagged as a suspected puppet. Definitely try the user's talk page for a discussion. Consider tagging with {{sockpuppet}} and watching; if the IP editor vanishes then that will be confirmation of a sort, but indicate that an unending game of whack-a-mole is forthcoming. GRBerry 19:22, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
- I think Eyrian, because the IP's edits start around the time that Eyrian stopped editing from his Eyrian account (in October 2007) and started using different accounts and IPs. I suppose one of the arbitration committee checkusers could check the IP to see (I'm not sure if they could go back far enough to check if it's Eyrian, but if it is someone also using additional current accounts or IPs, those might show up). Best, --Le Grand Roi des CitrouillesTally-ho! 18:58, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
"Probation" violations?
I originally posted this on another noticeboard (here)but have since determined that this might be the better place.
In short, there are a few articles aparently on "probation" where I've noticed some odd actions that might require a closer look. User:Bassettcat and User:John Nevard are hitting Overstock.com, Patrick M. Byrne and Naked short selling in ways that hint at undisclosed conflicts of interest.
User:William Ortiz says that User:Bassettcat resembles User:Mantanmoreland. In response, John Nevard called William Ortiz (and me, too) "crazy."
Please take a look. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.192.164.228 (talk) 03:00, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
- I have filed a Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/Mantanmoreland, Regards, Huldra (talk) 09:53, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
- There is also a Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Mantanmoreland. Enjoy. John Vandenberg (chat) 11:28, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
- Nevard appears to currently be that editors main account. I'm not going to act with regard to it.
- Bassettcat looks to be a single purpose account, but I'm undecided as to whether or not it is a sock-puppet, and the committee didn't ban SPAs, only sockpuppets (part A). However, part D is a requirement "To disclose on the relevant talk pages any circumstances (but not including personal identifying information) that constitute or may reasonably be perceived as constituting a conflict of interest with respect to that page". I suspect Bassettcat to be violating either part A, part D, or both; so I recommend we topic ban in the absence of a disclosure with regard to part D.
- Stetsonharry looks like a sockpuppet, but I'm not sure whether it is a) Mantanmoreland or b) someone from the other side of the dispute attempting to discredit either Mantanmoreland or c) someone from a drama site trying to undermine communal confidence in the process of identifying sockpuppetry. Could others review this more thoroughly? GRBerry 20:23, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
Reply: I have no conflict of interest to disclose. I am a trader by profession, but have no current or former position in Overstock.com and no commercial relationship with that company. I have no other account on Wikipedia and I don't believe I can be classed as a "single purpose account," unless interest in finance is a singular purpose. I corrected the Byrne article recently to fix an error that Hulda himself discovered, concerning an award given to Byrne. I also corrected an error in naked short selling that was serious in nature. It stated that naked shorting was always illegal, which was contradicted by the article itself and by the Securities and Exchange Commission website. That error has now been reinstated to the article by the same IP who raised this issue, and who apparently has an axe to grind.--Bassettcat (talk) 22:09, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
I don't know whether it falls under the purview of this section, but you may be aware that the above IP and User:PatrickByrne rewrote the entire naked short selling article unilaterally and without discussion. That was aborted by Nakon, and PatrickByrne then reinstated the changes and the IP again,in the process reinstating the inaccuracy that I stated above. Nakon warned PatrickByrne for vandalism. --Bassettcat (talk) 22:16, 5 May 2008 (UTC)