Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/ChrisRay6000

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[edit] User:ChrisRay6000

Suspected sockpuppeteer

ChrisRay6000 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)

Suspected sockpuppets

Jlray (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)

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AnubisGodfather^T_© 15:22, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Evidence

Both have similar user names (the "ray" in both names) and their behavior on the talk page of Unidentified flying object is also very similar. They back each other up and say that they will rewrite the article from a even more skeptical point of view. here and here.

Comments

Why is this report here, after just one edit by Jlray on the article talk page, and an edit that did not state or imply that he is a different person from ChrisRay6000? Anubis Godfather, why didn't you do what common sense and common decency would demand, and simply ask that user politely whether it's him or not? Fut.Perf. ☼ 22:08, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

JlRay is my brother. He just left a similar comment elsewhere. So if you are asking if our accounts are "related," then the answer is yes: our genes are, in fact, remarkably similar. In fact, our IP addresses ought to be identical because we are both home from school for the winter holiday break and are both currently using the family computer. ChrisRay6000 (talk) 07:13, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

• That's a bad excuse IMHO. To be honest, I don't believe you. You are admitting, that your IPs are identical (so we don't need to do the checkuser). If what you are saying is true, then why don't you both use one account? Sorry, that doesn't add up. 84.177.253.41 (talk) 21:59, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

From what the accused puppet master says, I think it's very likely IMHO. The puppet master's excuse is not really a new one...in fact lots of puppet masters use such an excuse. 84.177.253.41 (talk) 21:59, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Please don't forget assume good faith. --EoL talk 23:34, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Hmm, okay, I must say the explanation raises a few eyebrows - coming out with "we are two people using the same computer" after somebody else has noticed you have similar editing profiles is just such a very easy excuse many sockpuppeters have employed. But since we currently have no evidence to the contrary, we'll have to take your word for it. Please just make sure your editing doesn't overlap too much in contentious situations, because that will very likely renew the same suspicions. Fut.Perf. ☼ 09:19, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

Conclusions

We're going to assume good faith that these two accounts are two brothers editing from the same computer/IP/place. Future Perfect at Sunrise summed it up pretty well (see above). --EoL talk 21:42, 4 January 2008 (UTC)