Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/The Mystery Man
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[edit] The Mystery Man
- The Mystery Man (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser) (original account, blocked indefinitely)
- The Special Education Squad (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser) (blocked)
- Ari Publican (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser) (blocked)
- RWReagan (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser) (active)
- Code letter: F
- Supporting evidence: Mystery Man was blocked indefinitely for refusing to change his disruptive editing habits over a period of many months. He subsequently returned as The Special Education Squad, and was re-blocked. He later returned as Ari Publican, and was blocked again. RWReagan follows identical editing patterns as the previous three user accounts listed above, leading me to believe RWReagan is Mystery Man:
- Uploads images in an identical fashion, including focus on biographic images & image name format (first initials, last name). Typically only provides a link to image, with no description. Compare Mystery Man to Special Education to Ari Publican to RWReagan.
- Properly sources images, but frequently uses bogus/unverifiable licenses.
- Overuses the deprecated {{PD}} template or ambiguous {{PD-Because}} template.
- Doesn't leave edit summaries.
- Rarely interacts with other editors or acknowledges warnings.
- And, he registered about two weeks after Ari Publican was blocked indefinitely.
Mystery Man was blocked multiple times (eventually indefinitely) for failing to adjust his disrupting image uploading habits. The new user continues to upload images in the same disruptive fashion. He may be trying to evade a block. --Tom (talk - email) 00:43, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
Note: The other accounts are too old to check. Deskana or Blnguyen, who ran earlier checks, may have saved relevant information.
Clerk assistance required: merge with Wikipedia:Requests_for_checkuser/Case/Ari Publican. Thatcher 14:26, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
[edit] The Mystery Man
| main edit links history watch Filed: 16:51, 14 December 2007 (UTC) |
- The Mystery Man (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
- The Special Education Squad (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
- Code letter: F
- Supporting evidence: I've noticed another user named User:The_Special_Education_Squad who follows VERY similar editing practices as Mystery Man did. In fact, I instantly made a connection based on an image Special Education uploaded which was exactly the same format as Mystery Man used. Some more connections:
- Uploads images in an identical fashion, including focus on biographic images & image name format (first initials, last name). Compare Mystery Man to Special Education.
- Properly sources images, but frequently uses bogus/unverifiable licenses.
- Overuses the deprecated {{PD}} template.
- Doesn't leave edit summaries.
- And, he registered about 4 days after Mystery Man was blocked indefinitely.
Mystery Man was blocked multiple times (eventually indefinitely) for failing to adjust his disrupting image uploading habits. The new user continues to upload images in the same disruptive fashion. He may be trying to evade a block. Tom (talk - email) 16:51, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
Clerk note:Can you provide diffs to the similar images you mention under Supporting Evidence? Thank you. -JodyB talk 17:06, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
- These are upload log comparisons: Mystery Man to Special Education. Just look through and compare. The styles are identical, with a focus on politicians (congressional bioguide). Also, all of the images are named similarly (first initials, last name), such as Image:JHMaloney.gif (by Mystery) or Image:FAKeating.jpg (by Special). Note both of those are poorly sourced as well. --Tom (talk - email) 17:45, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
Subsequent requests related to this user should be made above, in a new section.
