Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Nicolaas Smith

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[edit] User:Nicolaas Smith

Suspected sockpuppeteer

Nicolaas Smith (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)

Suspected sockpuppets

Joeblogger (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)
Miss World (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)
Economy speak (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)
GoogleMac (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)
Chimbwidz (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)
Gideongono (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)
D´Artgnan (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)
Spectacled Owl (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)

Report submission by

Diletante 17:22, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

Evidence

All of these are single purpose accounts used to insert information in the articles Historical cost, Inflation, Hyperinflation, and Accountancy. The information appears to be from a book by Nicolaas Smith. User:Economy Speak was banned for a short time for violation of 3RR, but it does not appear that any socks were used to evade the block, rather the socks have been used chiefly to argue on the talk pages of the articles.

I have not included links to any diffs as I feel that each users contributions viewed side by side is evidence enough.

Comments

I agree that these are all disruptive socks because the contribution log speaks for itself. Note: D'Artignan has already been indef-blocked for disruption, including vandalizing this report. Shalom ^Hello 17:51, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Conclusions

At best, these are a handful of single-purpose accounts created to tag-team and overwhelm a discussion; they edit each other's comments, etc. They're likely socks, or perhaps meatpuppets, really a moot point. I've indef-blocked all the puppet accounts, and given Nicolaas 72 hours. Interestingly, they all stopped editing around July 10, which is when D'Artagnan was indef-blocked, so I wonder if they were caught up in the autoblock or account-creation block. MastCell ^Talk 21:37, 19 July 2007 (UTC)