Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/Molag Bal

Molag Bal

• Molag Bal (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Eaomatrix (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Retiono Virginian (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Tellyaddict (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• The Sunshine Man (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Mr oompapa (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki) (and socks)
• IPs tend to be BT ones, so 81.*.*.* and 86.*.*.* are predominant.

• Code letter: F, encompassing C on the Oompapa front.

User:Molag Bal (banned) had over 30 socks on Wikipedia, all blocked. The user behind these accounts (henceforth "Tom") has, on multiple occasions, returned to wikipedia editing well under a primary account (User:Rasillon, for example), while vandalising on others. Past checkusers on IRC have confirmed the Molag Bal socks, as has a later admission by Tom. Now, Tom has this annoying habit of babbering to me on IRC or in email, and it was during one of these sessions that I asked him if he was Eaomatrix. He denied this, but after I gave him the evidence, he logged on to IRC to chat with me under the name "Eaomatrix". Hence, we hace a link between Eaomatrix and Molag Bal (IRC logs available on request). A checkuser was run by Dmcdevit after Retiono's account ran amock, determining that Eaomatrix and Retinolo were one and the same - this is admitted by Eaomatrix on IRC. Looking at the history of User talk:Dmcdevit, we see anon edits from various ranges - 81.. and 86.., removing a comment made by me requesting a checkuser to find a link between Oompapa and Eaomatrix - this would seem to be evidence that (by the IP ranges used) these users are the same, and this edit shows a disturbing link, by the mention of Yamla (who was a target of Oompapa).

Tellyaddict and Sunshine man are the same (as admitted on one of those user pages), but it is suspected that they could be Eaomatrix - if anything, I would like to "eliminate them from our enquiries" in the truest sense of the phrase. There has been a large amount of evidence dug up to support this assertion, and I am going to ask the relevant users to post their findings here (don't know if they will have time to comment though - please don't let it delay you if you wish to run the request). Thanks, Martinp23 20:50, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

Some links which may help:

• Coincidential involvement?
• Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/IncidentArchive231#Serious_privacy_violation_attack
• Special:Undelete/Wikipedia:Long_term_abuse/Mr_oompapa
• Retinolo had two barnstars, both from Tellyaddict
• I have tons of email correspondance which may help the checkusers
• User:Martinp23/Molag is a summary of what we know now, though a check of Oompapa against the above would be nice, I think that the edit patterns do make it quite clear. I've also slapped a couple of emails on there
• Also, see the history of this page

Martinp23 20:57, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

I know that this probably comes under the definition of fishing, but if you notice any other accounts in your searches, would you be able to disclose them please, as sockpuppetry is a perennial problem with this user (the more sleeper (or otherwise) accounts we can block, the better)? Thanks, Martinp23 22:48, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

 Confirmed. Molag Bal = Eaomatrix = Retiono Virginian = Mr oompapa (and various similar sock names). The Sunshine Man = Tellyaddict, who are likely not related to the others.Voice-of-All 22:58, 13 May 2007 (UTC)