(UI) Point of interest : Please see discussion of IP 209.221.240.193 towards the end of the following page starting with "Well Johnny" BryanFromPalatine Sock Case Maybe an Admin can make a phone call, as I suggested, to see if that IP is in a "law library". - Fairness And Accuracy For All 15:54, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
I'm a member in good standing at Wikipedia. I have created this sock puppet account solely for the purpose of addressing these ludicrous accusations, and insulating myself from the stalking and retaliation by F.A.A.F.A. and BenBurch that would surely follow. I have been watching these two, with varying amounts of amusement, amazement and disgust, for several months.
ClemsonTiger is not a single purpose account. He has over 160 edits, and only a handful were on the Free Republic talk page. he has never edited the Free Republic article at all. If he has a single purpose, it's baseball statistics. ClemsonTiger has a well-established record of constructive edits. That doesn't look like a sock puppet.
This account was not created minutes before the snarky remarks were posted. That also doesn't look like a sock puppet.
This account has reverted obvious vandalism.
Not just once, but twice.
Not just twice, but three times.
On all three occasions, this account posted a warning to the offenders.
He also reported the vandalism to administrators, resulting in an indefinite block of one of the vandals.
the best way to make a sock seem real is to put in a tiny amount of work That's the most ridiculous part of their entire ridiculous argument. The amount of work ClemsonTiger has done here is definitely not "tiny." You've provided links to his contributions and I took the time to read them. He's now creating entire articles from scratch. He's doing extensive rewrites, turning stubs into full-sized articles, and adding literally dozens of statistical tables to articles about baseball players, and correcting major factual errors along the way. What we are watching here is the emergence of a dedicated and prolific new writer for Wikipedia. He is making Wikipedia a much better resource, at least for baseball fans.
ClemsonTiger’s story is very consistent and credible, no matter how much these two try to distort it and ridicule him. It is consistent with what the other two users have said as well, and it is consistent with the information from WHOIS.
ClemsonTiger has been a good citizen of Wikipedia. In stark contrast, BenBurch and F.A.A.F.A. have a long and detailed history of edit wars, 3RR violations, and personal attacks in pursuit of their POV pushing. Both of them have already been blocked for this misconduct at least once; F.A.A.F.A., in his previous guise as NBGPWS (which stands for "Neocons Be Gone, Protest Warrior Sucks") was banned for a month.
Wikipedia administrators should compare their respective edit histories, block logs and Talk pages (with archives, including the archives BenBurch has concealed), and determine who they'd rather have hanging around. The defense rests.
JohnnyCochran 23:29, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
There has been a finding that DP1976 is a sockpuppet of mine. This is an erroneous finding. It is a shared IP address belonging to not just DP1976 and I, but several thousand other employees of a corporation scattered at five sites throughout the Great Lakes region. [3]
1. Farmington Hills, Michigan;
2. South Bend, Indiana (where the server is located);
3. Hoffman Estates, Illinois;
4. Mt. Prospect, Illinois; and
5. Broadview, Illinois.
How do I get this ruling reconsidered or appealed? -- BryanFromPalatine 12:51, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
Clerk note • Bryan appears to be the puppeteer, as that account is the older of the two. Cheers, ✎ Peter M Dodge ( Talk to Me • Neutrality Project ) 17:29, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
More: On 12/21 DP1976 (confirmed sock of BryanFromPalatine) edited the comments of 12ptHelvetica on a talk page, adding content HERE. Such actions strongly suggests that 12ptHelvetica is yet another sock of BryanFromPalatine. I look forward to the results of this investigation. SOCKDP1976's claims that three individuals, all working at the same location of a major corporation were having Wiki Editing Sessions in SOCKDP1976's office, taking turns editing Wiki on company time are amusing in their sheer outlandishness, but not very believable - F.A.A.F.A. 21:51, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
Can it be explained why 209.221.240.193 was not blocked for sockpuppetry? Badagnani ( talk) 00:42, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
Can it be explained why 209.221.240.193 removed this notice? Badagnani ( talk) 00:58, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
A response to these questions would be greatly appreciated. Badagnani ( talk) 19:20, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
(UI) Point of interest : Please see discussion of IP 209.221.240.193 towards the end of the following page starting with "Well Johnny" BryanFromPalatine Sock Case Maybe an Admin can make a phone call, as I suggested, to see if that IP is in a "law library". - Fairness And Accuracy For All 15:54, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
I'm a member in good standing at Wikipedia. I have created this sock puppet account solely for the purpose of addressing these ludicrous accusations, and insulating myself from the stalking and retaliation by F.A.A.F.A. and BenBurch that would surely follow. I have been watching these two, with varying amounts of amusement, amazement and disgust, for several months.
ClemsonTiger is not a single purpose account. He has over 160 edits, and only a handful were on the Free Republic talk page. he has never edited the Free Republic article at all. If he has a single purpose, it's baseball statistics. ClemsonTiger has a well-established record of constructive edits. That doesn't look like a sock puppet.
This account was not created minutes before the snarky remarks were posted. That also doesn't look like a sock puppet.
This account has reverted obvious vandalism.
Not just once, but twice.
Not just twice, but three times.
On all three occasions, this account posted a warning to the offenders.
He also reported the vandalism to administrators, resulting in an indefinite block of one of the vandals.
the best way to make a sock seem real is to put in a tiny amount of work That's the most ridiculous part of their entire ridiculous argument. The amount of work ClemsonTiger has done here is definitely not "tiny." You've provided links to his contributions and I took the time to read them. He's now creating entire articles from scratch. He's doing extensive rewrites, turning stubs into full-sized articles, and adding literally dozens of statistical tables to articles about baseball players, and correcting major factual errors along the way. What we are watching here is the emergence of a dedicated and prolific new writer for Wikipedia. He is making Wikipedia a much better resource, at least for baseball fans.
ClemsonTiger’s story is very consistent and credible, no matter how much these two try to distort it and ridicule him. It is consistent with what the other two users have said as well, and it is consistent with the information from WHOIS.
ClemsonTiger has been a good citizen of Wikipedia. In stark contrast, BenBurch and F.A.A.F.A. have a long and detailed history of edit wars, 3RR violations, and personal attacks in pursuit of their POV pushing. Both of them have already been blocked for this misconduct at least once; F.A.A.F.A., in his previous guise as NBGPWS (which stands for "Neocons Be Gone, Protest Warrior Sucks") was banned for a month.
Wikipedia administrators should compare their respective edit histories, block logs and Talk pages (with archives, including the archives BenBurch has concealed), and determine who they'd rather have hanging around. The defense rests.
JohnnyCochran 23:29, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
There has been a finding that DP1976 is a sockpuppet of mine. This is an erroneous finding. It is a shared IP address belonging to not just DP1976 and I, but several thousand other employees of a corporation scattered at five sites throughout the Great Lakes region. [3]
1. Farmington Hills, Michigan;
2. South Bend, Indiana (where the server is located);
3. Hoffman Estates, Illinois;
4. Mt. Prospect, Illinois; and
5. Broadview, Illinois.
How do I get this ruling reconsidered or appealed? -- BryanFromPalatine 12:51, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
Clerk note • Bryan appears to be the puppeteer, as that account is the older of the two. Cheers, ✎ Peter M Dodge ( Talk to Me • Neutrality Project ) 17:29, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
More: On 12/21 DP1976 (confirmed sock of BryanFromPalatine) edited the comments of 12ptHelvetica on a talk page, adding content HERE. Such actions strongly suggests that 12ptHelvetica is yet another sock of BryanFromPalatine. I look forward to the results of this investigation. SOCKDP1976's claims that three individuals, all working at the same location of a major corporation were having Wiki Editing Sessions in SOCKDP1976's office, taking turns editing Wiki on company time are amusing in their sheer outlandishness, but not very believable - F.A.A.F.A. 21:51, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
Can it be explained why 209.221.240.193 was not blocked for sockpuppetry? Badagnani ( talk) 00:42, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
Can it be explained why 209.221.240.193 removed this notice? Badagnani ( talk) 00:58, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
A response to these questions would be greatly appreciated. Badagnani ( talk) 19:20, 4 January 2008 (UTC)