User talk:Mister Collins

Blocked for sock puppetry

It has been established that you engaged in sockpuppetry by evidence presented here:
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Mathsci, and you are therefore blocked indefinitely.
If you believe this block is unjustified, you may contest the block by adding the text {{unblock|Your reason here}} below, but you should read our guide to appealing blocks first. MuZemike 07:14, 29 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note that this was all confirmed by CheckUser in the report you submitted. MuZemike 07:14, 29 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

Mister Collins (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Request reason:

My understanding is that sockpuppetry is "fraudulent, disruptive or oherwise deceptive" conduct. I deny all three accusations. In fact, I have been helping to track down sockpuppets, vote stackers, hoaxers and software bugs. Please review my record and allow me to continue contributing.

Decline reason:

Well you say it yourself, you are not a brand new user and personally I feel using an alternative account to accuse another editor of being a socvk is plain stupid so I'd suggest you got what you deserved. Please feel free to continue to edit with your main account if its not blocked, and if it is, well I think we know what the word for that it don't we. ((psst: the word rhymes with lock Spartaz ^Humbug! 19:45, 30 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Can you provide any further information about how you happened to become interested in this user and how you happened to join Wikipedia to deal with it? It seems improbable that you are a brand-new user who stumbled upon User: Mathsci purely by coincidence. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 21:06, 29 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not at all interested in this user as such. I'm mildly interested in cranks and crankery, which is how I came to spot User:P0CF1A on that AFD as an obvious sockpuppet, and reported it at SPI, and I was right. It seems I was wrong about the puppeteer, and acknowledge that, fortunately no harm was done. I also helped out with a couple of other SPI while I was at it, and I was right there too. I really fail to see how any of this constitutes fraud, disruption or deception, and I'm very disappointed that no-one came to this page to discuss it with me before making that accusation. Oh, and, no, I'm not brand-new, obviously. This would be a pretty dismal introduction to Wikipedia if I were. Mister Collins (talk) 19:00, 30 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

OK, I'll take the comment from Spartaz as an acknowledgement that I was blocked for making a mistake, rather than disruption, fraud etc. I can live with that. TTFN. Mister Collins (talk) 21:26, 30 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]