Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/GooseCreek

{{rfcu box|case=GooseCreek|filed=16:12, 30 December 2007 (UTC)}}

• {{checkuser|GooseCreek}}

• {{checkuser|PennState21}}
• {{checkuser|Neutral Good}}
• {{checkuser|Harry Lives!}}

• {{checkip|71.225.55.193}}
• {{checkip|71.114.17.179}}
• {{checkip|69.204.119.171}}
• {{checkip|68.29.174.61}}
• {{checkip|70.9.160.37}}

• Code letter: G
• Supporting evidence: [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Waterboarding&diff=180904712&oldid=180900563][http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Waterboarding&diff=180939399&oldid=180937730][http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Waterboarding&diff=180904712&oldid=180900563][http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Waterboarding&diff=180924788&oldid=180917329][http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Waterboarding&diff=prev&oldid=180929616][http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Waterboarding&diff=181001335&oldid=180999501]

We appear to have a swarm of sockpuppets or meat puppets disrupting Talk:Waterboarding#Shibumi2 second attempt at new article lead. There is an ongoing RfC at Talk:Waterboarding/Definition about the question of whether Waterboarding is torture or not. This is a high importance, high visibility political topic where there is a strong incentive for lobbying via Wikipedia.

The above editors are all either SPAs, or other accounts with low edit counts that have copied the identical formatting for their votes: ’’’Support.’’’ Please also check if any of the above match any banned users. Thank you. Jehochman ^Talk 16:12, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

:{{take note}} - as IP editors have been directly involved in votestacking and disruption/personal attacks here, I'm including them per policy.

:{{confirmed}} - {{User| PennState21}} = {{User|Harry Lives! }} = {{User| Shibumi2}} = {{IPuser|68.29.174.61}}

:{{unrelated}} - the other IP addresses, and there are no underlying accounts

:{{unrelated}} - {{User| Neutral Good}} - Alison ^❤ 19:21, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

• Question - Why has User:PennState21 not been blocked for sockpuppetry? Also, Shibumi2 cannot be a sockpuppet of PennState21; it must be the other way around, since Shibumi2 was created in early 2007 and PennState21 in late 2007. Badagnani (talk) 19:39, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

:Because I am on it ;). -- lucasbfr ^{ho ho ho} 19:40, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

:{{clerknote}} tagged and blocked the puppets. Hardblocked the IP and the main account for 2 weeks, considering the main is here since January. -- lucasbfr ^{ho ho ho} 19:40, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

:: Sorry for butting in :) henrik•talk 19:43, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

:::You guys/gals are good! Badagnani (talk) 19:46, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

: It wasn't clear from earlier, but {{User|GooseCreek}} is {{unrelated}} to any of the others - Alison ^❤ 19:54, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

• Are you sure Neutral Good is unrelated? It seems very suspicious that he was pushing so hard for Shibumi2 to become an administrator Chris Bainbridge (talk) 19:51, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

:: Yes, that account is unrelated and this is the second checkuser request in as many weeks that s/he has survived - Alison ^❤ 19:54, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

• Note: 209.221.240.193

User talk:209.221.240.193 has an established and demonstrated history of sockpuppetry related to articles along these political tones, which has lead to one arbitration hearing related to this, for User:DeanHinnen and User:BryanFromPalatine. Details at Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Free Republic. These editors blocked here also (such as Shibumi2, the oldest) had also participated on the Free Republic article in the same time frame as banned user BryanFromPalatine/DeanHinnen, when he was socking. Would it be possible to check for accounts on {{checkip|209.221.240.193}} participating with multiple accounts on this waterboarding discussion? The 209.221.240.193 has also played a role in the tainted discussions there. Lawrence Cohen 19:40, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

{{clerknote}} moving conversation on the merits of the block and its length to the talk page. Please keep it there... -- lucasbfr ^{ho ho ho} 23:34, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

• Update: Is this ban evasion? User talk:Lawrence Cohen#A question for you? Is this the type of situation that normally ends in a range block? Lawrence Cohen 16:51, 31 December 2007 (UTC)