Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Rogue Gremlin

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.

[edit] User:Rogue Gremlin

Suspected sockpuppeteer

Rogue Gremlin (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)

Suspected sockpuppets

Posah-tai-vo (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)

Report submission by

JerryGraf 16:38, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

Evidence

1. Rogue Gremlin, since the creation of his account, has contributed to some 20 articles. Posah-Tai-vo has, since the creation of his account (within one month of the creation of Rogue's), contributed to exactly six articles including Burt Reynolds, Okefenokee Swamp, Kadee Strickland, and Hugh Hefner. Four of these were articles also contributed to by Rogue Gremlin. The odds against these coincidences are astronomical and an investigation is warranted based on this alone.

2. In the four articles in which they both happen to be contributing, they always share the same view, using the same arguments. In the following example, they each argue for Georgia as the birthplace of Burt Reynolds despite the absence of a single other editor’s agreement. Rogue Gremlin edit, Posah-tai-vo edit

3. The language used by Rogue Gremlin and Posah-Tai-Vo are remarkably similar. The most obvious fingerprint is that each of them uses the highly irregular phrase: “not to mention” often in their writings. Here are three examples of Rogue Gremlin using this phrase (there are many more.)

Ex1

Ex2

Ex3

4. In September, Rogue Gremlin became embroiled in an edit debate with me regarding Hugh Hefner. On 9/25/07 Posah-Tai-Vo came in to (vigorously) support Rogue on the Hugh Hefner talk page. In using this suspected Sockpuppet for this reason, Rogue violated Wikipedia rules forbidding the use of Sockpuppets for “voting and other shows of support.” He uses the same exact arguments and the same phrasing as Rogue Gremlin, including the matched fingerprint “not to mention.” Posah-tai-vo edit

Later the same day Rogue Gremlin then (of course) alludes to the “support” he has garnered for his argument:

Ex4

Finally, Posah-Tai-Vo then panders to Rogue in a manner completely consistent with Sock Puppetry

I believe there is probably cause to suspect that Posah-Tai-Vo is a sock puppet of Rogue Gremlin.

Comments

According to Wikipedia rules, in cases of accusations of sock puppetry, the suspected Sockmaster must leave notice on his talk page for at least ten days. Rogue Gremlin removed the notice within 23 minutes. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3ARogue_Gremlin&diff=161597563&oldid=161592414 JerryGraf 19:49, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

Conclusions

The evidence is very strong. I have blocked the sockpuppet indef, and the master for 3 months. --Тhε Rαnδom Eδιτor 01:36, 2 October 2007 (UTC)