Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/NikoSilver

[edit] NikoSilver

• NikoSilver (talk • contribs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Telex (talk • contribs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Hectorian (talk • contribs • block user • block log • checkuser)

I highly suspect that User:Telex and User:Hectorian are sockpuppets of User:NikoSilver used for the purpose of evading 3RR in edit wars on Greek-related articles and vote stacking on article talk pages and AfDs. The three users exhibit behaviour amazingly similar to one another, all three have strong POVs on Greek-related issues and they coordinate, and collaborate with one another in an abnormal fashion. For example, all three users mysteriously appear on certain AfDs to vote a certain way, in a systematic fashion. (NikoSilver votes on AfD#1 at 10:20, then right away votes on AfD#2 at 10:21 - Telex votes on AfD#1 at 16:24, then right away votes on AfD#2 at 16:25 - Hectorian votes on AfD#1 at 00:46, then right away votes on AfD#2 at 00:47) As you can see, there is a clear pattern to it. ManiF 14:40, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

Update: Please note that after I filled this "Request for checkuser", Aldux notifies User:NikoSilver about the request [1], and immediately after, User:NikoSilver, in an apparent effort to confuse the admin conducting this checkuser, reacts and starts to randomly spam the talk pages of a large random group of editors [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7] asking them to vote on AfD#1 and AfD#2 (He's never conducted such spam campaign before, and one of the AfDs was already closed!), apparently in order to hide his track marks and the fact that there is no record of him on wikipedia discussing those two AfDs with either User:Telex and User:Hectorian who had mysteriously appeared on those two AfDs, and many more such selective AfDs, to vote in an identical fashion as User:NikoSilver, as illustrated in my original request. I repeat, this is defiantly a case of sockpuppetry or meatpuppetry and deserves to be looked at closely. User:NikoSilver has also been trolling and mocking me on my talk page making derogatory comment like "did you look in the mirror lately?". [8] --ManiF 12:56, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Mani, such a serious and dedicated editor like you should be careful before making such wild and absurd accusations, or else you'll risk that nobody will take you seriously. I'm a friend of all three, and have collaborated on a constant level for many months with all three; the simple idea that all the discussions they have among themselves and with me are a sort of cover up is so crazy that I find hard to believe that one can even think of it.--Aldux 23:10, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

Test 1, 2. Ah-hem. Hi, I am NikoSilver (am I?). Please check me out just in case I may be delusional and have multiple identities. Thank you.:NikoSilver: 00:28, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Declined Mackensen (talk) 03:50, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Can you please provide an explanation as to why you declined the request? I provided clear evidence of policy violation (vote-stacking). Are you telling me that it's just a coincidence that these three users mysteriously appear on selective AfDs to vote a certain way together in an identical fashion, when there is no record of them discussing these topics on Wikipedia? This is a definite case of Sockpuppetry or meatpuppetry. Please reconsider your decision and review the request. --ManiF 07:27, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

I don't see anything unusual here; plenty of users work in concert. Since you're persisting I've gone and looked, and the result, as I suspected, is that they are Unrelated. Mackensen (talk) 14:24, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks Mackensen, then this is probably a case of meatpuppetry or in User:Telex's own words: sending an e-mail to the "pack of wolves' mailing list" and one of the wolves will help you. [9] --ManiF 14:52, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Or maybe someone has had one too many losses recently and doesn't know what more to do to mess with the system. Yes, I was notified for these polls by another user, as I presume Telex and Hectorian also were, but nobody said to me something like "please save this article from deletion" or "vote for this article to be deleted". They relied on my ability to actually judge on my own. This has nothing to do with internal or external spamming of the sort and of the extent of your side's. And surely nothing to do with WP:RFCU too. :NikoSilver: 19:19, 23 July 2006 (UTC)