Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Universal Hero‎

=[[User:Universal Hero]]=

;Suspected sockpuppeteer

;Suspected sockpuppets

;Report submission by

GameKeeper 22:33, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

;Evidence

User has very similar edit history and style to blocked user's {{user1|Prin}} and {{user1|Prince Godfather}} which are both banned. see edit history of R. Madhavan [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=R._Madhavan&limit=500&curid=2822968&action=history edit history]. He seems to have a particular WP:OWN issue with this article.

He started editing on a large scale after Prince Godfather was banned (prince godfather banned on [13:04, 5 March 2007]], Universal Hero's edits start in earnest on 2nd of April [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&offset=20070405145646&limit=500&target=Universal+Hero]. He has used a similar "wait and use another ID" technique before when he created his 1st sockpuppets.

He has uploaded an image which looks like a copy vio which was the original reason he was banned, before he engaged in sock puppetry. Sadly he looks like he is getting better at faking the copyright of these. The image in question is here :Image:AVMstudios.jpg and it appears to have come from [http://www.blonnet.com/2005/03/29/stories/2005032901361700.htm here]. I have asked the user to explain this on his user page.

user Blegend appears to have been reverting to Universal Hero, edits in an unusual way. If this user is Prin then he has used this trick before.

For reference: the case that got Prince Godfather banned is detailed here [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/IncidentArchive211#Prince_Godfather_.28talk_.C2.B7_contribs_.C2.B7_deleted_contribs_.C2.B7_logs_.C2.B7_block_user_.C2.B7_block_log.29:_Falsifying_copyright_info.2C_OTRS_info]

: Well, Universal Hero's edits resemble that of Prince Godfather. I mean, both of them love adding false citations to the articles they edit. Universal Hero is also an avid editor of the R. Madhavan article. Prince Godfather was a fan of the actor mentioned. A sockpuppet of Prince Godfather, User:King Dracula was a fan of Arsenal F.C. and also lived in London. "Coincidentally", Universal Hero also lives in London and supports Arsenal.

: In reference to a point made by GameKeeper, Universal Hero created his account after another two sockpuppets of Prince Godfather were banned. They are User:Maddy92 (March 9 - March 12) and User:FA Maker (March 22 - March 29).

;Comments

??? - Those links don't mean anything in my eyes. User:Gamekeeper, after seraching your contributions you do nothing but run after sockpuppets and complain to User:Yamla. You seem very similiar to another editor. I'll request a check for you. Sorry, I've got no idea who Blegend, Prin, or Prince Godfather are, and after looking through their edits, I've noticed they add in junk. Look at the R. Madhavan page, it's slowly turning into a rather acceptable article..........unlike it was before, if you check my user page, it says I plan to this to some other articles. Look at the Sivaji: The Boss page, which I have done 490 + edits and then gave up editing the article showing I don't try to own the article...Universal Hero 10:32, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

: Further evidence.

:: I asked universal hero to explain how he had uploaded a copyright violating image. He said that he had not but a friend had done at his house using his account. This friend had conveniently retired from Wikipedia. Unfortunately for Universal Hero this friend came back from retirement and has now denied the accusation. This kind of deviousness used to upload copyrighted material was one of the reasons prince godfather was banned. See the case I linked above. Full conversation regarding the copyrighted image is here User_talk:GameKeeper#Apologies and User_talk:Universal_Hero#Copyright. GameKeeper 19:08, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

;Conclusions

The evidence presented here isn't enough to establish sockpuppetry. No action taken. --Akhilleus (talk) 19:56, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

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