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29 July 2013

Suspected sockpuppets

• Jimbob Williams (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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User:Ranleewright has been blocked [1] after this lengthy discussion at ANI [2]. This user was having some discussions at both Talk:Vegetarianism#Shouldn't it be "veganism"? and at Talk:Homosexuality#Violence against Gays and Lesbians. Now, a SPA has suddenly popped up, Jimbob Williams, who is supporting Ranleewright's position at the Violence against Gays and Lesbians discussion [3], [4],and [5], and has also started participating in the debate on vegetarianism vs veganism [6]. This user claims to be new, but that he/she has been "watching" the discussion for some time. It is curious that the only edits the new account has made are to discussions in which Ranleewright has been involved, after Ranleewright has been blocked. Taroaldo ✉ 07:41, 29 July 2013 (UTC)

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• User:Ranleewright contributions [7]
• User:Jimbob Williams contributions [8]
• Last post by User:Ranleewright at 03:52, 29 July 2013 [9]
• User:Jimbob Williams first edits at 04:39, 29 July 2013 [10]
• At 07:57, 29 July 2013 User:Jimbob Williams makes post on User:Ranleewright's page, stating that editors believe he is them after I stated that I believed their argument was similar to another editor I did not name.[11]--Amadscientist (talk) 08:49, 29 July 2013 (UTC)

• Hmm... I wonder if Jimbob Williams is a half-arsed attempt at impersonating Jimbo Wales? Lukeno94 (tell Luke off here) 08:51, 29 July 2013 (UTC)

I should note that I began the above text at User:Dennis Brown's talk page before I was aware of this SPI so it appears the message on User:Ranleewright's page was made after this SPI was created and probably a reaction to that and not my mention of their argument being similar, but on top of that comment I guess.--Amadscientist (talk) 09:15, 29 July 2013 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

• Jimbob Williams (talk · contribs) is a  Confirmed sock of Ranleewright (talk · contribs).--Jezebel'sPonyo^{bons mots} 19:53, 29 July 2013 (UTC)
• Blocking Jimbob. Tagging Ranleewright as the sockmaster and Jimbob Williams as the puppet. NativeForeigner ^Talk 19:57, 29 July 2013 (UTC)

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