Wiki143:Suspected sock puppets/Wiarthurhu

The following discussion is an archived debate of the case of suspected sockpuppetry. Please do not modify it. No further edits should be made to this page. All edits should go to the talk page of this case. If you are seeing this page as a result of an attempt to open a new case of sockpuppetry of the same user, read this for detailed instructions. There is no problem. Iolakana•T 18:03, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Wiarthurhu

And Karrmann is a very troublesome member who agrees to mutually stop removing each other's edits, and then renegs on his word, claims to edit NPOV yet gets a member banned for countering his POV that the Yugo is a "crapbox that nobody likes" and addresses fellow editors as "you asshole" and plays Wikipedia as if it was Halo or paintball. I'll note this as another negative Wikipedia tactic. I created matador300 as a name to eventually switch to, but had elected to stick with the original name to avoid confusion. Satisfied that I'm not the evil one in this case? Why do you think I picked a name the same as my old signature?? Oh, I forgot you might not be clever enough to figure that out.--matador300 16:47, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Wiarthurhu is a very troublesome member who we have been dealing with for some time. Today, I saw a new account creep up called User:Matador300. He was shown as the uploader of a new file for an image uploaded by Wiarthurhu. Please note that Wiarthurhu has signed his comments as "matador300" for quite some time. Matador's contributions are also all for collectible articles, whish Wiarthurhu seemed to be an expert in. Karrmann 12:02, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

As of today, the sockpuppet (as it most certainly is) has only been contributing to articles about toy cars - which is indeed both a hobby and a bone of contention with Wiarthurhu. However, under "Legitimate uses of multiple accounts" on WP:Sockpuppet one may find:

   "A user making substantial contributions to an area of interest in Wikipedia
    might register another account to be used solely in connection with developing
    that area."

So yes, it's 99% certain that this is a Wiarthurhu sockpuppet - but lets be careful not to judge whether it's an unacceptable one just yet. SteveBaker 12:27, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Karrmann? Careful? *snicker* --matador300 16:47, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Who is a vandal? That's another negative personal attack. --matador300 16:47, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

The sockpuppet is: Template:User-multi

Uh, "Please, do not report cases of sockpuppetry older than one week where there is no current problem. If the case is not a current problem, just watch the user and report if new cases of abuse show up." This is a sockpuppet that was last used on July 10th. Is this really an issue? Cowman109^Talk 17:18, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Both Wiarthurhu and Matador300's user pages are showing indefinite blocks...so I guess it's game over for Wiarthurhu. SteveBaker 18:11, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

In an unrelated issue, Wiarthurhu was community banned, and since it is clear Matador300 is a sockpuppet of his (though not necessarily abusive) I blocked it as well. Cowman109^Talk 18:20, 22 August 2006 (UTC)