Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Gratans/Archive

Gratans

User:Gratans is a WP:SPA that has only edited the Neumont University article. User:Collegestud just awarded Gratans a barnstar here, its only edit. The barnstar is also almost exactly the same as the one on my talk page, which was right above a comment I received by Gratans. 72Dino (talk) 22:33, 14 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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I am not a sock puppet. I think 72Dino is.--Collegestud (talk) 22:45, 14 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I can't find the CU parameter--that would easily solve this. I have little doubt that Collegestud is the same as Gratans. Drmies (talk) 22:56, 14 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I only have one Wikipedia account. I don't know who Collegestud is, sorry folks. This seems to be Neumont University staff silencing their critics with false accusations. Gratans (talk) 06:12, 15 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know whether Collegestud and Gratans are the same person, but I do know that Collegestud appeared from nowhere as a tag team partner for Gratans, and still doesn't appear to have made any substantive contributions beyond "revert to Gratans's version" and "I agree with Gratans". Stuartyeates (talk) 18:58, 15 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- Concur with Stuartyeates. Collegestud (talk · contribs)'s very first edit was to award an anti-vandalism barnstar to Gratans, which he characterized as "long overdue", even though Gratans has been editing for just over a month. He then immediately and exclusively took up Gratans' cause at Neumont University. Also, on November 15, Gratans created an article in the main space called 69.27.21.250, which is the IP belonging to Neumont that was blocked for edit warring on November 7. This article follows the same format as an SPI case, accusing (probably rightly) Nemont (talk · contribs) of being a sock of the IP. Somehow, despite the fact that this attempt was not properly posted at SPI, Collegestud located and commented on it just 12 hours later. I haven't deleted the improperly-created mainspace page yet, as it is relevant to this investigation, but it needs to be cleaned up once this is over. A properly-formatted and posted SPI for Nemont may be in order, however, as there is evidence to suggest some sockpuppetry afoot there. Acdixon ^{(talk · contribs)} 19:26, 15 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like a duck to me -- Marco Guzman, Jr Talk 19:19, 15 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

quack, quack, quack, quack..... I would love to be a duck!--Collegestud (talk) 22:26, 15 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk endorsed - to confirm socking.
— Berean Hunter (talk) 17:05, 16 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Collegestud is Likely Mangoeater1000 (talk · contribs) with the evidence that this is not new. But this is a school IP, so anything can happen. Behavoir should be reviewed before blocks. Gratans is no doubt technically Unrelated. -- DQ (ʞlɐʇ) 08:29, 17 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Administrator note Indeffing both but not placing tags or closing yet...leaving open for review.
— Berean Hunter (talk) 22:57, 17 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Sock, meat, doesn't really matter, and I don't really think tagging is needed. T. Canens (talk) 06:12, 29 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]