HighKing is concerned with the removal of British Isles and the majority of his edits are involved with this issue. HighKing did not edit between 3 March 2010 and 10 March 2010. On 8 March the IP 209.119.9.98, located in New York, made a series of edits all of which removed British Isles (disregard those that have taken place on 6 June). The behavioural aspects of this appear convincing on their own. In particular, this edit involves a direct interaction between HighKing and the IP.
I have further evidence, which for privacy reasons cannot be displayed here. This evidence adds to the behavioural traits mentioned, and is quite conclusive. Please advise how I can confidentially submit this evidence.
Popaice displays a similar modus operandi to HighKing, with edit summaries not reflecting the actual edit. All edits can be considered.
Insectgirl displays similar editing habits in that some edits remove British Isles as an incidental part of a larger edit. Also, If HighKing's Talk page at the time of Insectgirl's activity [1] is comapared with that of Insectgirl's [2] there are striking similarities. Insectgirl's monobook settings [3] are virtually identical to those of HighKing at the time of Insectgirl's activity [4]. WP:DUCK may apply here. Selected diffs; [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
Numerous edits by the IP 62.77.187.21 display British Isles removal without adequate edit summary, which again is a hallmark of much of HighKing's earlier editing. Note also the edits to Complex event processing and related topics, all of which fall within the area of HighKing's expertise. This IP can be directly linked to HighKing but only via the submission of confidential information. Again please advise how I might do this. Selected diffs; [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] Mister Flash ( talk) 22:00, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
See Defending yourself against claims.
This editor has been harassing me for nearly a year. It mostly consists of a campaign to revert my edits. His behavior has escalated since I filed an AN/I and commented on an SPI case involving the same pair of editors. Most recently he has sent me an email threatening to out an identity which he believes to be mine. Furthermore, the editor should really look up what a sock puppet actually is, because I don't see what the IP editor has done that could possibly warrant being called a sock... -- HighKing ( talk) 20:07, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
Clearly the editor is being malicious in this request. Not sure how to respond. What exactly is the accusation? Editing "British Isles" related articles? This editor is fishing. -- HighKing ( talk) 22:04, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
The user Popaice is just as likely to be a sock of user Þjóðólfr. The others though, seem clear-cut and are almost without doubt HighKing, with or without the "confidential" information. It may be pertinent that user Insectgirl voted at WikiProject_Ireland_Collaboration/Poll_on_Ireland_article_names, as did HighKing and their individual votes are just about the same - not quite, but nearly. LevenBoy ( talk) 14:18, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
Confidential information from Mister Flash received.
User:Popaice confirmed and acknowledged by
User:HighKing.
No (significant)
WP:SOCK violation.
Amalthea 21:47, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
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This is a relisting of the case [16]. I am asking for a second opinion since it is unclear how the case was concluded. There was an apparent admission of sockpuppetry by HighKing, but no sactions were imposed and account Popaice, which seemed to be acknowledged as a sock, was not even blocked. The account Fionnghlas has been added to this report.
Many of HighKing's edits are concerned with the removal of British Isles, the latest being here. Edit summaries of this class of edits do not normally state that British Isles is being removed. Frequent edit wars have resulted from HighKing's removals and it is possible that alternate accounts and IP editing is, or was, being used to gain an advantage. Behaviourial evidence is strong in the case of all the IPs and the Insectgirl account. Checkuser may assist with Popaice and also with the Fionnghlas account, which appears to have been set up solely to revert edits of User:MidnightBlueMan on a single article [17].
See Defending yourself against claims. More fishing - this is vindictiveness, plain and simple. Odd though. This comment, asking LevenBoy to explain their relationship with previous sock of MidnightBlueMan and Mister Flash, results in this SPI filing. Distraction tactics perhaps? Odd that LevenBoy restarts editing, on the same "British Isles" articles, practically to the minute of MBM.MF being blocked. -- HighKing ( talk) 13:25, 21 June 2010 (UTC)
There's alot of suspicions around the British Isles stuff. One could ask for an SPI on all involved parties. GoodDay ( talk) 23:28, 21 June 2010 (UTC)
Checkuser may confirm once and for all whether or not sockpuppetry is occurring in this long-running issue, which has already involved the use of socks by opposing editors, and which has spread accross Wikipedia affecting many articles. LevenBoy ( talk) 13:01, 21 June 2010 (UTC)
Alright, I'll close it myself then.
Amalthea 10:38, 25 June 2010 (UTC)
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User HighKing has recently been engaged in further edit wars concerning the inclusion of the term British Isles in various articles. During a recent war on the Six Nations Championship article a new user, Laighinleo, suddenly appeared and supported HighKing's position with this edit - [18], which was made within a couple of hours of HighKing's revert. Of interest is the new user's name; Laighin seems to be Gaelic for Leinster, and the Leinster Rugby social club has a bar called 'The Laighin Out' or something similar. Further, it appears that HighKing is a supporter of Leinster Rugby - see here [19] (section called 'Negotiation tactics'). For a brand new editor to edit an article on rugby, to support HighKing's stance, and to be a supporter of the same team as HighKing, seems too much of a coincidence. This user is undoubtedly HighKing, but no doubt operating from a different device than normal. I should think the Duck test applies here.
The case agasint User Bastun is strange and somewhat inexplicable, since HighKing and Bastun normally exhibit opposing views on many Irish-related matters. However, compare this version of HighKing's user page:
with this version of Bastun's:
They are almost identical. Furthermore, while Bastun has actually edited the articles named as North Strand and Open adoption, HighKing has not, despite listing these obscure articles on this early version of his user page. There is a clear connection between these users. Scandal Bird ( talk) 11:52, 16 October 2012 (UTC)
Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.
This is simply a reaction to the SPI I filed against Scandal Bird earlier this morning. See
here. Also, I have not engaged in edit wars on this topic as this would be against
WP:GS/BI - I note that no diffs were provided to back up this statement (nor would this be possible). This is a fishing expedition with no evidence, and a reaction my opening an SPI earlier. --
HighKing (
talk) 12:47, 16 October 2012 (UTC)
ZOMG I am also a Leinster fan!!1!1!! But, while I am certain I am not User:HighKing, I will nonetheless expect a cheque in the post for his use of my patented userpage design ;-) Bastun Ėġáḍβáś₮ŭŃ! 13:05, 16 October 2012 (UTC)
I had a look at those user pages and it looks to me that HighKing just copied a convenient user page with most of what he wanted to start up their own. The sort of thing I do rather than starting from scratch - plagiarize, let no one else's work evade your eyes. Certainly no evidence of sockpuppetry. Dmcq ( talk) 16:43, 18 October 2012 (UTC)
HighKing is concerned with the removal of British Isles and the majority of his edits are involved with this issue. HighKing did not edit between 3 March 2010 and 10 March 2010. On 8 March the IP 209.119.9.98, located in New York, made a series of edits all of which removed British Isles (disregard those that have taken place on 6 June). The behavioural aspects of this appear convincing on their own. In particular, this edit involves a direct interaction between HighKing and the IP.
I have further evidence, which for privacy reasons cannot be displayed here. This evidence adds to the behavioural traits mentioned, and is quite conclusive. Please advise how I can confidentially submit this evidence.
Popaice displays a similar modus operandi to HighKing, with edit summaries not reflecting the actual edit. All edits can be considered.
Insectgirl displays similar editing habits in that some edits remove British Isles as an incidental part of a larger edit. Also, If HighKing's Talk page at the time of Insectgirl's activity [1] is comapared with that of Insectgirl's [2] there are striking similarities. Insectgirl's monobook settings [3] are virtually identical to those of HighKing at the time of Insectgirl's activity [4]. WP:DUCK may apply here. Selected diffs; [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
Numerous edits by the IP 62.77.187.21 display British Isles removal without adequate edit summary, which again is a hallmark of much of HighKing's earlier editing. Note also the edits to Complex event processing and related topics, all of which fall within the area of HighKing's expertise. This IP can be directly linked to HighKing but only via the submission of confidential information. Again please advise how I might do this. Selected diffs; [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] Mister Flash ( talk) 22:00, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
See Defending yourself against claims.
This editor has been harassing me for nearly a year. It mostly consists of a campaign to revert my edits. His behavior has escalated since I filed an AN/I and commented on an SPI case involving the same pair of editors. Most recently he has sent me an email threatening to out an identity which he believes to be mine. Furthermore, the editor should really look up what a sock puppet actually is, because I don't see what the IP editor has done that could possibly warrant being called a sock... -- HighKing ( talk) 20:07, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
Clearly the editor is being malicious in this request. Not sure how to respond. What exactly is the accusation? Editing "British Isles" related articles? This editor is fishing. -- HighKing ( talk) 22:04, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
The user Popaice is just as likely to be a sock of user Þjóðólfr. The others though, seem clear-cut and are almost without doubt HighKing, with or without the "confidential" information. It may be pertinent that user Insectgirl voted at WikiProject_Ireland_Collaboration/Poll_on_Ireland_article_names, as did HighKing and their individual votes are just about the same - not quite, but nearly. LevenBoy ( talk) 14:18, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
Confidential information from Mister Flash received.
User:Popaice confirmed and acknowledged by
User:HighKing.
No (significant)
WP:SOCK violation.
Amalthea 21:47, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
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This is a relisting of the case [16]. I am asking for a second opinion since it is unclear how the case was concluded. There was an apparent admission of sockpuppetry by HighKing, but no sactions were imposed and account Popaice, which seemed to be acknowledged as a sock, was not even blocked. The account Fionnghlas has been added to this report.
Many of HighKing's edits are concerned with the removal of British Isles, the latest being here. Edit summaries of this class of edits do not normally state that British Isles is being removed. Frequent edit wars have resulted from HighKing's removals and it is possible that alternate accounts and IP editing is, or was, being used to gain an advantage. Behaviourial evidence is strong in the case of all the IPs and the Insectgirl account. Checkuser may assist with Popaice and also with the Fionnghlas account, which appears to have been set up solely to revert edits of User:MidnightBlueMan on a single article [17].
See Defending yourself against claims. More fishing - this is vindictiveness, plain and simple. Odd though. This comment, asking LevenBoy to explain their relationship with previous sock of MidnightBlueMan and Mister Flash, results in this SPI filing. Distraction tactics perhaps? Odd that LevenBoy restarts editing, on the same "British Isles" articles, practically to the minute of MBM.MF being blocked. -- HighKing ( talk) 13:25, 21 June 2010 (UTC)
There's alot of suspicions around the British Isles stuff. One could ask for an SPI on all involved parties. GoodDay ( talk) 23:28, 21 June 2010 (UTC)
Checkuser may confirm once and for all whether or not sockpuppetry is occurring in this long-running issue, which has already involved the use of socks by opposing editors, and which has spread accross Wikipedia affecting many articles. LevenBoy ( talk) 13:01, 21 June 2010 (UTC)
Alright, I'll close it myself then.
Amalthea 10:38, 25 June 2010 (UTC)
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This case has been marked as closed. It has been archived automatically. |
User HighKing has recently been engaged in further edit wars concerning the inclusion of the term British Isles in various articles. During a recent war on the Six Nations Championship article a new user, Laighinleo, suddenly appeared and supported HighKing's position with this edit - [18], which was made within a couple of hours of HighKing's revert. Of interest is the new user's name; Laighin seems to be Gaelic for Leinster, and the Leinster Rugby social club has a bar called 'The Laighin Out' or something similar. Further, it appears that HighKing is a supporter of Leinster Rugby - see here [19] (section called 'Negotiation tactics'). For a brand new editor to edit an article on rugby, to support HighKing's stance, and to be a supporter of the same team as HighKing, seems too much of a coincidence. This user is undoubtedly HighKing, but no doubt operating from a different device than normal. I should think the Duck test applies here.
The case agasint User Bastun is strange and somewhat inexplicable, since HighKing and Bastun normally exhibit opposing views on many Irish-related matters. However, compare this version of HighKing's user page:
with this version of Bastun's:
They are almost identical. Furthermore, while Bastun has actually edited the articles named as North Strand and Open adoption, HighKing has not, despite listing these obscure articles on this early version of his user page. There is a clear connection between these users. Scandal Bird ( talk) 11:52, 16 October 2012 (UTC)
Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.
This is simply a reaction to the SPI I filed against Scandal Bird earlier this morning. See
here. Also, I have not engaged in edit wars on this topic as this would be against
WP:GS/BI - I note that no diffs were provided to back up this statement (nor would this be possible). This is a fishing expedition with no evidence, and a reaction my opening an SPI earlier. --
HighKing (
talk) 12:47, 16 October 2012 (UTC)
ZOMG I am also a Leinster fan!!1!1!! But, while I am certain I am not User:HighKing, I will nonetheless expect a cheque in the post for his use of my patented userpage design ;-) Bastun Ėġáḍβáś₮ŭŃ! 13:05, 16 October 2012 (UTC)
I had a look at those user pages and it looks to me that HighKing just copied a convenient user page with most of what he wanted to start up their own. The sort of thing I do rather than starting from scratch - plagiarize, let no one else's work evade your eyes. Certainly no evidence of sockpuppetry. Dmcq ( talk) 16:43, 18 October 2012 (UTC)