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.

User:LorenzoPerosi1898[edit]

Suspected sockpuppeteer

LorenzoPerosi1898 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)

Suspected sockpuppets

InManusTuas (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)
FriendOfCatholicMusic (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)
UneJolieMelodieViennoise (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)
Flaubert2006 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)
66.31.250.134 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)
(may be a public library IP)

Report submission by

Dmz5 07:50, 22 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Evidence

The first three above-named user accounts were created within a short time frame and immediately came to the talk page of Don Lorenzo Perosi, which was User:LorenzoPerosi1898's chosen battleground. The users are clearly setting up a fake dialogue ("Hey, he's right!" "Yeah, we should do that!" kind of stuff) in order to push LP1898's agenda of adding POV and excessive purple prose to the article, as well as insisting on the veracity of sources no one else has seen. Note that User:InManusTuas uses an Elvis reference, much like a reference made by LP1898 in a similar context.

Note also that User:InManusTuas is editing articles related to Jewish comedians, notably the Marx Brothers, which were also a locus of activity for LP1898. Also note that InManusTuas recently created (at my suggestion, God help me) Hillcrest Round Table, which while arguably a positive edit, already includes the sort of bombastic language LP1898 favored.

~~While no blatant vandalism or incivility has occurred yet~~, these are (probably) socks of a banned user, and they are disrupting (albeit civilly) the talk page of Don Lorenzo Perosi.

I added User:Flaubert2006, who was identified a week ago but wasn't the subject of any action. User's edits to Don Lorenzo Perosi are nearly identical to LP1898's.--Dmz5 08:23, 22 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Also note InManusTuas removed the sock template and put an indef block template on his own userpage, all the socks pages, and several other editors pages--Dmz5*Edits**Talk* 11:49, 22 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

Unfortunately, LP1898 and his other banned socks (such as User:GiovaneScuola2006 and User:Heckelphone) make many good edits, but quickly devolve into blatant POV pushing and incivility.--Dmz5 08:13, 22 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Also, see Yankeesin2007 (talk · contribs) and discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive160#User evading block that never got admin attention. -- moe.RON ^{Let's talk | done} 00:59, 23 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

There is also evidence to indicate that Yankeesin2007 (talk · contribs) is also Messenger2010 (talk · contribs). Yankeesin2007 (talk · contribs) made edit summaries that are identical to sockpuppets being used by Messenger2010 (talk · contribs). See YankeesGlen (talk · contribs), YankeesFriend (talk · contribs), Yankeesare (talk · contribs) and AndyCanada (talk · contribs). Common theme "the gig is up" is a phrase I used on the Talk:Biological Value talk page once I discovered the user was a sockpupeteer. Yankees76 04:59, 3 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Conclusions

20:57, 22 December 2006 Luna Santin (Talk | contribs) blocked "InManusTuas (contribs)" with an expiry time of indefinite (Trolling)
16:36, 15 December 2006 Glen S (Talk | contribs) blocked "Flaubert2006 (contribs)" with an expiry time of indefinite (sockpuppet of banned user User:LorenzoPerosi1898)
15:50, 16 December 2006 Glen S (Talk | contribs) blocked "Yankeesin2007 (contribs)" with an expiry time of indefinite (sock of blocked user)

MER-C 13:55, 26 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

In addition:

00:40, January 3, 2007 Glen S (Talk | contribs | block) blocked "UneJolieMelodieViennoise (contribs)" with an expiry time of indefinite (sockpuppet of LorenzoPerosi1898)
00:40, January 3, 2007 Glen S (Talk | contribs | block) blocked "FriendOfCatholicMusic (contribs)" with an expiry time of indefinite (sockpuppet of LorenzoPerosi1898)

As a side could anyone seeing any "suspected" socks of this guy report them to me if they haven't been blocked already? His MO is obvious and his socks as transparent as glass, and frankly I wont tolerate his being here on any level (he claimed I was making death threats after all - which required a checkuser to be performed to prove how fraudulent his claims were). Thanks Glen 00:57, 3 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]