Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/David Justin

[edit] David Justin

• David Justin (talk • contribs • block user • block log • checkuser)

In most-recent-first order:

• Bryant Wright (talk • contribs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Ralph Creighton (talk • contribs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Stu Wise (talk • contribs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Enrique Perez (talk • contribs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Sandy Beech (talk • contribs • block user • block log • checkuser) (too old)
• Emma Jacobson (talk • contribs • block user • block log • checkuser) (too old)
• Al Ellison (talk • contribs • block user • block log • checkuser) (too old)
• Neverglade (talk • contribs • block user • block log • checkuser) (too old)
• Cheese Lover (talk • contribs • block user • block log • checkuser) (too old)

During discussion on Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/David Justin there is good evidence that this is a family of sock puppets used to promulgate a strong negative POV re. Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) page. To summarise discussion there, this family of socks have made very similar edits, copying in identical or similar text. None of the 'accused' has protested their innocence. Administrator User:Kilo-Lima closed discussion and suggested escalation to check user. Policy: I favour 2 "Obvious sock puppets may be treated as such without using checkuser." However, as Kilo-Lima has escalated it to here, the closest is policy 8 "ongoing serious pattern vandalism". While these socks are active, producing a neutral CSPI page of encyclopaedic quality will be impossible. Nunquam Dormio 20:14, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

Clerk note: I have indicated users that are too old for technical confirmation. Thatcher131 20:30, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

Confirmed that Wright, Creighton, and Wise are sockpuppets. Mackensen (talk) 00:26, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

So what's the next step with respect to a) the three confirmed sock puppets, b) the other suspected socks, and c) the suspected puppeteer? Nunquam Dormio 06:29, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

Can we block the IP address from which these socks are operating? Nunquam Dormio 07:26, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

IP addresses are almost never disclosed in content disputes (as opposed to simple blatant vandalism). For the time being, you can block new obvious socks or add them to this page for confirmation. If the situation escalates in severity, an IP block might be reconsidered. Thatcher131 23:28, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

So could you point me at an administrator who would actually block the socks for us? Nunquam Dormio 15:04, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

I've just twigged that the recent socks Wright, Creighton, and Wise have been blocked but no action has been taken against the older socks or the puppeteer. Would someone do something about these? Nunquam Dormio 10:49, 16 September 2006 (UTC)