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Suspected sockpuppeteer

Kaiser1877 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)

Suspected sockpuppets

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

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Darkspots 21:40, 11 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Evidence

• Both accounts were created on the same day, June 27, 2007.
• Both accounts have fewer than 50 edits and either half or most are to Talk:Fräulein or Fräulein.
• Both use a similar, unusual style of talk-page comments, inserting two lines before the comment. [1], [2]
• Both accounts push a unique viewpoint about Fräulein, using the catchphrase that "educated" speakers use the German term in a particular way: [3], [4]

The violation here is that both have argued on Talk:Fräulein in the same way, backing each other up: [5]

Comments

I agree 100% with the findings listed above. I reviewed all the diffs, and the evidence seems irrefutable.

However, since one of the users has unrelated edits, and they legitimately appear to be newbies (and not a sock of a third, unknown editor), I would recommend against the death penalty. Instead, indef-block Piononno, and temporarily block Kaiser (three days should be enough) and warn him to steer clear of Fraulein or else. Just a suggestion. Shalom ^Hello 02:55, 12 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I would think this might be an innocent case of a new user not knowing the rules. Justg put a warning on the page with a link to sockpuppet rules. Don't bite the newcomers. Basejumper 18:24, 19 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Conclusions

I've chosen to block User:Kaiser1877 indefinitely, as it appears more single-purpose, and view User:Piononno as the puppeteer. I've given him a 48-hour block. MastCell ^Talk 21:23, 19 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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