Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Jvolkblum (7th)

User:Jvolkblum (7th)

Suspected sockpuppeteer

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

Suspected sockpuppets

Dr.Sobelioni (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)
Relaxitaxi (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)

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BlueAzure (talk) 00:03, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Evidence

Dr.Sobelioni was created at 9:19 on 26 April 2008, three minutes after confirmed Jvolkblum sockpuppet BronxBEAT was created and five minutes before confirmed Jvolkblum sockpuppet Wingsolid was created . Both Dr.Sobelioni and Wingsolid created user pages that are copies of WP:HELP [1] [2]. Dr.Sobelioni uploaded a picture of Wykagyl Golf Club, that article is one of the articles that Jvolkblum's and their socks have edited. Dr.Sobelioni also uploaded a picture another golf course in Westchester County, Image:WingedFootGC.JPG. That image is a copyvio, though there was attempt to cover it up by flipping, croping, and strectching the image. Several hours after the second image was uploaded, it was added to the relevant article by what appears to be an open proxy (the whois indicates the IP address is from Germany).

In the past few days Jvolkblum has been editing logged out from from quite a few IP addresses that appear to be open proxies. In one case, Jvolkblum again removed mention that Sarah Lawrence College is in Yonkers from the lead of that article (the whois indicates the IP address is from Algeria).

I just now added Relaxitaxi to this case. This user registered on 10 May 2008, created a user page one minute after registering, and made a few edits 4-1/2 days later. Three of the edits were minor cleanup edits to articles about towns in Westchester County (Jvolkblum's turf), including one previously edited by puppet 15ParkRow. Consistent with other Jvolkblum socks, a major feature of these edits was adding {{CN}} to articles (see this diff). The most recent contribution was to request full protection of New Rochelle, New York, citing vandalism to that article. About an hour earlier an IP user that had made two Jvolkblum-like edits[3][4] to the New Rochelle and New Rochelle High School articles had submitted the same protection request (diff). I believe that Jvolkblum was editing logged out from the IP, submitted the full-protection request as part of his/her campaign to disrupt Wikipedia, saw that the request had been deleted, activated the sleeper Relaxitaxi account, made a few edits to gain credibility, then re-submitted the protection request. --Orlady (talk) 14:12, 15 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

I have no doubt that this is Jvolkblum's latest sock. --Orlady (talk) 04:19, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. It's hard to read the evidence any other way. Shalom (Hello • Peace) 05:01, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This is quite ridiculous. I am an entirely separate user. I joined as a user because this is a free site open to anyone. I first heard of the site through word of mouth. I also read about article issues + wikipedia problems posted on a blog online. I familiarized myself with the sites policies and I have made a protection request for the page. I requested 'full protection' that way the page could have protection from beginner users, alleged "socks" and from more experienced users who might have some bias towards the article.

That request aside, since I want to build a user history I have already made edits to some other articles. My edits do not have any connection to any other users or to history of other users. My edits so far have also been productive. --Relaxitaxi (talk) 14:49, 15 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Conclusions