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BlueAzure ( talk) 00:03, 13 May 2008 (UTC) reply
Dr.Sobelioni was created at 9:19 on 26 April 2008, three minutes after confirmed Jvolkblum sockpuppet BronxBEAT was created and five minutes before confirmed Jvolkblum sockpuppet Wingsolid was created . Both Dr.Sobelioni and Wingsolid created user pages that are copies of WP:HELP [1] [2]. Dr.Sobelioni uploaded a picture of Wykagyl Golf Club, that article is one of the articles that Jvolkblum's and their socks have edited. Dr.Sobelioni also uploaded a picture another golf course in Westchester County, Image:WingedFootGC.JPG. That image is a copyvio, though there was attempt to cover it up by flipping, croping, and strectching the image. Several hours after the second image was uploaded, it was added to the relevant article by what appears to be an open proxy (the whois indicates the IP address is from Germany).
In the past few days Jvolkblum has been editing logged out from from quite a few IP addresses that appear to be open proxies. In one case, Jvolkblum again removed mention that Sarah Lawrence College is in Yonkers from the lead of that article (the whois indicates the IP address is from Algeria).
I just now added Relaxitaxi to this case. This user registered on 10 May 2008, created a user page one minute after registering, and made a few edits 4-1/2 days later. Three of the edits were minor cleanup edits to articles about towns in Westchester County (Jvolkblum's turf), including one previously edited by puppet 15ParkRow. Consistent with other Jvolkblum socks, a major feature of these edits was adding {{CN}} to articles (see this diff). The most recent contribution was to request full protection of New Rochelle, New York, citing vandalism to that article. About an hour earlier an IP user that had made two Jvolkblum-like edits [3] [4] to the New Rochelle and New Rochelle High School articles had submitted the same protection request ( diff). I believe that Jvolkblum was editing logged out from the IP, submitted the full-protection request as part of his/her campaign to disrupt Wikipedia, saw that the request had been deleted, activated the sleeper Relaxitaxi account, made a few edits to gain credibility, then re-submitted the protection request. -- Orlady ( talk) 14:12, 15 May 2008 (UTC) reply
I have no doubt that this is Jvolkblum's latest sock. -- Orlady ( talk) 04:19, 13 May 2008 (UTC) reply
I have added another suspect sockpuppet to the list. L'espinassse was created two minutes after Relaxitaxi was created . Relaxitaxi edited during three periods on May 15, the second was from 14:23 to 15:19. At 15:24 L'espinassse made their first edit (creating a user page). Their user page is based on this subpage of Orlady's user page, as mentioned in Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Jvolkblum (6th) Jvolkblum's previous socks have used the same page. Their first edit to an article was to New Rochelle, New York. BlueAzure ( talk) 07:56, 16 May 2008 (UTC) reply
Sigh! I just added a new name to this case. User:LordsOFAcid registered on 10 May, just 2 minutes after User:L'espinassse. This user's first edit was about 10 hours ago, to create a userpage from a generic list of Wikipedia resources (similar to several of the Jvolkblum puppets identified earlier). A little while after that there were 3 edits to Seagram Building (not an article that Jvolkblum has touched earlier, AFAICT, but a building near others that 15ParkRow, in particular, paid attention to); the edits appeared innocuous at first, but on closer examination I decided that they had subtly diminished the article's quality. The next edit from this account was to New Rochelle, New York where this user inserted the complete contents of another article by Jvolkblum socks that I had nominated at AfD less than 2 hours earlier. (Meanwhile, that AfD has attracted comments from a couple of anonymous IPs with no previous editing history; I think they are also Jvolkblum editing logged out.) If anyone believes that this newly registered user "LordsOFAcid" is a genuine newbie and not a new alter ego of Jvolkblum, I know a bridge in Brooklyn (conveniently located about 45 minutes from New Rochelle) that's for sale. -- Orlady ( talk) 23:28, 16 May 2008 (UTC) reply
Two more likely socks (possible sleepers):
I notice that Orlady has left an SSP notice for User talk:LordsOFAcid. Evidence is suggestive so far. I'd wait to see if this editor can coherently respond to the notice. The flat-out removal of material from 7 World Trade Center looks like it deserves a {{ uw-delete1}} warning. EdJohnston ( talk) 01:56, 17 May 2008 (UTC) reply
I have filed a request for checkuser at Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/Jvolkblum. BlueAzure ( talk) 18:26, 17 May 2008 (UTC) reply
I believe that Jvolkblum has been editing logged out from a diverse variety of IPs registered in various parts of the world (see Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive420#Flurry of apparently related anonymous (possible open proxy) edits; Special:Contributions/84.223.28.10 is another IP that may be Jvolkblum) and I think that User:April24th1992 is also part of this sockpuppet group, based on (1) time lag between registering, creating user page, and editing (2) types of edits, and (3) choice of articles to edit that overlaps with articles edited by Special:Contributions/84.223.28.10. -- Orlady ( talk) 18:34, 21 May 2008 (UTC) reply
Two more IPs that I have reported as possible open proxies: Special:Contributions/87.6.106.112 and Special:Contributions/81.74.236.38. Both are registered in Italy, but both show a strong focus on Westchester County, particularly on the issue of whether Sarah Lawrence College is in Yonkers or Bronxville. -- Orlady ( talk) 14:03, 22 May 2008 (UTC) reply
Jvolkblum is continuing to edit logged out via User:210.2.128.106, which appears to be an open proxy (see listing at WP:OP). One of the two IPs that I identified in my previous comment also appears to have been confirmed at WP:OP as an open proxy. -- Orlady ( talk) 17:18, 22 May 2008 (UTC) reply
I have added three more suspected sockpuppets to the list: CedricRobinson, Point Place 1970,and EarthCleaner. CedricRobinson was created on May 18 and their first edit was to create a user page. On May 18 203.68.222.188 ( talk · contribs) (the whois indicates the IP address is from Taiwan) made two edits two edits to Beverly Hills, California at at 16:35 and 16:39. Eleven minutes later CedricRobinson edited the article and made their last of they day at 19:37. At 21:12, 203.68.222.188 added and AfD tag to Gold Coast (Connecticut) At 22:07, Point Place 1970 made their first creating the AfD page for Gold Coast (Connecticut). Nominating Gold Coast (Connecticut} appears to in response to the AfD of New Rochelle (Zip-Code Areas), New York that was created by Jvolkblum. CedricRobinson edits have been similar to previous Jvolkblum sock's including mostly adding fact tags to articles, moving images from inside the text of the article to under the infobox, and adding copyvio text into the wikipedia ( Earl C. Sams which was speedy deleted as a copyvio). EarthCleaner's first was create the article St. Joh's Wilmot Church (New Rochelle, New York). Besides being in New Rochelle, a Jvolkblum sock had previously uploaded an image of the church on the commons [7]. Earthcleaner also added an image from a commons account the same name, that picture had previously been uploaded to the commons by a Jvolkblum sock. Below is a chart showing the periods edtting by the three accounts on May 24: