Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/The Rusty Trombone

The Rusty Trombone

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Populated account categories: confirmed

For archived investigations, see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/The Rusty Trombone/Archive.

Report date April 7 2010, 18:37 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets

• 207.237.230.164 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · spi block · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))
• 38.109.88.180 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · spi block · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))
• 38.109.88.196 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · spi block · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))
• 38.109.88.194 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · spi block · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))
• 207.237.230.214 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · spi block · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))
• 207.237.33.36 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · spi block · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))
• 207.237.61.26 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · spi block · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))

Evidence submitted by Delicious carbuncle

This anon IP editor is quite obviously the same user that was blocked for a year as the result of this SPI case from April 2009 which relates to attempted outing and off-wiki harrassment of Daedalus969 (talk · contribs). They have continued to evade those blocks and their recent activity has mostly been attempting to troll me and disrupt issues in which I am involved. The user has been active on Wikipedia at least since 2008 -- see for example 207.237.61.26 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) -- although they claim to be "kind of a noob". Checkuser may be useful in this case to discover accounts created by the IPs, but the connections between the IPs themselves should be clear enough from a look at the contributions. Delicious carbuncle (talk) 18:37, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

(Note: Although there appears to be no actual User:Rusty Trombone, I am using that identifier to keep the SPI cases together.)

Comments by accused parties

See Defending yourself against claims.

From Defending yourself against claims: "You do not have to defend yourself against other claims, however bad, or engage in discussion about them, other than to note the claim is not relevant to sock puppetry. Claims and issues that are not relevant to account and IP abuse will almost always be ignored by the clerks and checkusers, and will often be removed."

As such, I will only address the sockPup investigation here.

I have posted from 3 different IP addresses: 38.109.88.196, 38.109.88.180, and my current IP 207.237.230.164.

Each of these 3 talk pages has links to the previously used IPs and includes a note that my IP automatically changes and is not within my control. This shows that I am not being "deceptive" but merely participating in Wikipedia as an Anonymous Editor, which, per the essay at WP:WAE, is to be welcomed.

I steadfastly deny ever having a Wikipedia account, and indeed, the most evidence that the sockpuppet investigation will find is that there are multiple editors editing from the Brooklyn/Queens area...which is hardly 'evidence'.

I encourage this investigation to proceed as the results will easily show what I say here is true. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.237.230.164 (talk) 04:15, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

After reviewing 41.213's comments below, I do see that I had been editing from 38.109.88.194. I guess it was overlooked. I'm rather proud of the edits I made from that IP, and I hope those contributions will be reviewed. 207.237.230.164 (talk) 22:57, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

207.237.233.142, however, while with one similar edit summary, was not me. 207.237.230.164 (talk) 22:57, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

Comments by other users

The fake title of this SPI request appears to be a deliberate act intended to cause offence and inflame argument. See Rusty trombone - "Rusty trombone is a euphemism for a sexual act in which a man stands with his knees and back slightly bent, with feet at least shoulder width apart in order to expose the anus." Please close and delete this SPI on that basis. Ash (talk) 22:34, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

The title is simply reflective of a past SPI case, one that was renamed from the IP to the current name a year ago by an administrator. If this case is linked to that, there is nothing malicious on DC's part by using this name/term. In the vein of the famous "sometimes a cigar is just a cigar" saying, I think you need to chill out a bit. Tarc (talk) 19:17, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

But i love the "at least shoulder-width apart" bit. How encyclopedic! I wonder if they have coaches? (You know, a guy in tight shorts with a whistle shouting "Rusty! Wider! Shoulder-width apart!"Bali ultimate (talk) 20:03, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

Oh, and now for something useful -- the blue link above, which is indef-blocked, is the one to focus on.Bali ultimate (talk) 20:03, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

Well, you're wrong. In fact, the title was more referring to an original harassment SPA that had attacked me, The Rusty Trombone (talk · contribs). The case should probably moved and fixed, as it wasn't done right the firs time.— Dædαlus ^Contribs 21:00, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

Here [1] is a discussion in which User:207.237.33.36‎ was blocked for a year (expiring April 25 2010) along with User:207.237.33.117 and User:207.237.61.168. The most active of the current IPs has been User:207.237.230.164 (about to come off a 55 hour disruptive editing block). This appears to be block evasion, along with apparent recent block evasion using User:69.86.55.52 which resolves to Long Island City in New York. Long Island City is in Queens, just on the Brooklyn border. The 207.xx ips resolve to Brooklyn. The 38.xx ips above also come from Long Island City. Bali ultimate (talk) 17:08, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

There are a lot of strings that tie these and other IP edits together. [2] (While archiving is "preferred", there is no Wiki-rule saying blanking any section of your user page is unacceptable.) [3] (While archiving is "preferred", there is no Wiki-rule saying blanking your user page is unacceptable.) [4] "From WP:AATP : "Archiving one's own user talk page is optional and is preferred over deletion so that past discussions can be easily searched." Not mandatory, but preferred."

There's a couple you have self-reported (there are many more) and 38.109.88.194 was blocked last December for outing Daedalus. 41.213.131.3 (talk) 19:30, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

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