Prior SSP or RFCU cases may exist for this user:
Evidence of indef block evasion and disruptive agenda-driven editing
The two edits are on the same section of the same article. Lucy is known to use NTT IP addresses while editing logged out [3]. I suggest that it is not likely that there is another user in Japan using the same ISP with such good command of the English language, similar article interest and POV.
Soulslearn's first edit was to the BKWSU article and was a lot more extensive than the editing summary, "Fixed Devangari font at top", suggested indicating a prior familiarity with the subject [4]
Soulslearn continues to edit [5] an article started by Lucy [6]
Other subjects both Lucy and Soulslearn have both edited are List_of_Brahma_Kumaris, Dada_Lekhraj, Cults_and_governments
In [7] edit the statement is made,
"In india, and internationally, the millenarianist, [1][2] mediumistic [3][4]sect called the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University has successful sought and profited from extensive contact and influence within regional, national governments and the United Nations [5]".
No one source is saying this. It is a syntheses of several sources to say what Soulslearn wants them to say, most of which is outside the scope of the article and a blatant loaded word driven POV-push i.e. "millenarianist, mediumistic, sect". None of the sources say that the BK are seeking to profit or influence governments and the United Nations. The reference for this statement just points to a BK published blog. It is interesting that Lucy also inserted text that makes the same accusation [8] with an equally inappropriate source.
"Are you a BK yourself? If you are, you might consider that some of the claims do not match the general PR materials that the BKWSU is putting out now. This is correct. Such materials would not be considered "reliable sources" for an encyclopedia and should be check against independent, academic and original sources before using them." [9].
Lucy made a statement when he posted after being blocked on Jimmy Wales's talk page that he had been editing,
'After 4 years or more involvement, and having "cut my teeth" working on a topic about a cultic religion which wished to engage in concerted media control, I have encountered in the broadest manner how the system can be abuse by "skilled" individuals or small "tag teams", how content can be easily manipulated and, ultimately, not just how powerless the system is against such dedicated efforts but how probably over stressed admins actually support it.'[10].
This is most likely to refer to the BKWSU page which Lucy and Soulslearn edited extensively. The admission of being involved for 4 years lends weight to Thatcher's observation of lucy that,
"There are also some people committed to "exposing the truth" about BK. Interestingly, brand new editor Lucyintheskywithdada (talk · contribs) is making exactly the same arguments as a number of previous editors, including the editor who used 195.82.106.244 and was banned for making personal attacks."[11].
In the evidence presented in the BKWSU arbitration case [12], the IP editor, 195.82.106.244, was linked to the website, http://www.brahmakumaris.info by his IP address on an email he sent to all BK centres and an FTP site he operated from the same IP address. Soulslearn uses a forum post on this website as a source for the statement,
"Critical ex-members of the sect believe it is being used as a front or cover for the strictly millenarianist religion in order to gain respectability and used to access target groups or geographies it would otherwise not be able to."[13].
Also, a reference is used to push the loaded word ,"millenarianist".
Lucy was blocked for conflict with other editors. Soulslearns discussions with User:PelleSmith on Talk:The_Family_Survival_Trust show a familiar pattern that led to Lucy being blocked of accusing the other side of having an agenda [14] and PelleSmith observes Soulslearn misusing references to advance a POV [15].
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Signed Bksimonb (talk) 13:59, 18 May 2009 (UTC)
-- Avi (talk) 05:08, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
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What I suspect is another account in a long line of re-incarnations and pre-incarnations of Lucyintheskywithdada (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki). This account appeared less than one month after the previous incarnation, Soulslearn (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki), got blocked after a positive check-user result. The chosen username, "Just another End of the World cult" and comments on his userpage such as,
I have no desire to engage in disputes over the use of the term "cult", especially with adherents or apologists who, again quite reasonably, might be seen to have a strong conflict of interest
, indicate this new account shares the same distain for the article subject as his other incarnations. The new account shows an immediate familiarity with the article subject and the references included in it.
If it's any help, Lucy discusses his previous experiences of checkuser here [24].
Likely. A more experienced CU should review this case. Brandon (talk) 07:42, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
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A new SPA behaving exactly as previous SPAs related to Lucy. Similar claims includes
Bksimonb (talk) 11:04, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
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Wasn't entirely sure at first, but looking at the claims, it's too much to be a coincidence. Blocked and tagged. PeterSymonds (talk) 14:58, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
This account has sprung up less than a day after Emperor of the Golden Age (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki) was blocked. This is an obvious trolling & retaliation account. He has only made a few conribs and they are blatantly disruptive.
Bksimonb (talk) 07:28, 10 September 2009 (UTC)
Clerk note: Blocked and tagged. MuZemike 14:46, 10 September 2009 (UTC)
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This is the next in a succession of recent socks targeting the BKWSU article and using user names which are either familiar expressions to BK followers or are intended to taunt BK followers by misrepresenting and mocking their beliefs :- Just another End of the World cult, Emperor of the Golden Age, The End of the World is imminent and now One of the Eight.
The latest incarnation has added more negative material to the article [27], which is not very constructive considering how negatively biased it is already, using questionable references such as the French Parliamentary report, some French anti-cult website [28], and a tabloid news article from the Daily Mail.
Like the previous incarnations, he shows an immediate familiarity with the article. Again, contentious edits are made to the article without any constructive discussion or attempt to reach a consensus on the talk page. This is disruptive.
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Another account in a rapid series of accounts used recently to disrupt the BKWSU article and make a WP:POINT. This account is also wiki-stalking me and posting diatribe on user talk pages that I previously visited. The name is very similar to the last two incarnations User:Baba says, be accurate and User:Dadi says, be accurate too.
As recommended by User:NuclearWarfare, when I flagged up the last incarnation, perhaps we can run a check-user on the recent incarnations to see if there is any mechanical way to block the offending IP addresses or ranges.
Bksimonb (talk) 16:49, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
Confirmed J.delanoygabsadds 04:27, 3 October 2009 (UTC)
Clerk note: Blocked and tagged. MuZemike 03:12, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
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Faithinhumanity is a single purpose account that exclusively edits the BKWSU article. The account was last active in August 2007 and has just come alive again. I believe this to be a sockpuppet or meatpuppet of Lucyintheskywithdada.
The account has the following traits in common with Lucy:
The account differs from Lucy in the following ways:
Previous sock puppet investigation [29]
Evidence of sock/meat-puppetry
Green108 uploaded some posters at a resolution of 1200 x 1706 with a fair-use rational that they were low resolution. When challenged he claimed they were low resolution because the scanner was only set to 75dpi . This is, of course, technical nonsense. However two other editors argued exactly the same point.
Disruptive editing
Bksimonb (talk) 13:48, 20 November 2009 (UTC)
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Blocked for disruptive editing. I'm pretty sure this is a meatpuppet rather than a sockpuppet, due to some behavioural differences. But the editing matches Lucyinthesky quite well. PeterSymonds (talk) 17:59, 21 November 2009 (UTC)
Obvious sleeper account of Lucy [44] used to bypass the auto-confirmed page protection. Similar edit comment to other recent socks of Lucy on that article. Previous edits are on Japan-related subjects [45], another area of interest for Lucy.
I have requested CU in case we can find any other sleeper accounts. I have included two IP accounts which I can see are dead ringers for Lucy by the type of POV they express towards me, the BKWSU and other editors [46][47].
Another reason for CU is that Lucy has already started raging using another IP account and user account I have just added so a range block would be useful to stop further account creations and disruption if that's possible.
Bksimonb (talk) 05:29, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
Please do not believe that Brahma Kumar Simon B has any other intention.
Prickily_catcus (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki) and An Absolute Nobody (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki) are definitely the same person. I don't know if they are related to Lucy, though. J.delanoygabsadds 00:27, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
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Another account repeating exactly the same edit and making the same type of comments as other recent incarnations of Lucy. The difference this time is that the account has been active since 2005.
Also the general behaviour is similar to Lucy in that Mitsu seems to assume bad faith and make accusations of the other party being "dishonest" or using "trickery" [59].
It appears Lucy is using sleeper accounts now to bypass the "edit=autoconfirmed" page protection on the BKWSU page. Is there anything else we can do to can this disruption?
I have been listed here by a Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University cult follower who is doing nothing but persistently attempting to control his cult's topic page.
It is correct to say that all they are doing is attempting to discredit it with multiple tags as stated, see BKWSU.
Can someone actually take a look at the topic (and the lack of any other activity on it), and decide what his intentions are and what is actually the "disruption"?
Thank you. --Fear based teachings (talk) 15:11, 14 March 2010 (UTC)
Administrator note Their edits not only fit the MO of the abovementioned socks, but also a couple of other previous socks. Blocked and tagged. –MuZemike 02:47, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
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Another account sprung up to continue the edit war on the BKWSU page as soon as the previous one was blocked with very similar edit comment [61]. As per WP:DUCK.
I have requested CU since this user seems to have a number of sleeper accounts ready to use to continue the disruption.
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I have to agree with BKSimonb here. It's just too coincidental that the instant the other sock gets blocked (yesterday) this new sleeper account pops up doing exactly the same thing. Furthermore, this person obviously has a history with the BK page although they pretend not to given this post where he attacks me. However, the last time I was on the BK page was July 2009 where I made one post; before that I had not been on the BK page since Nov 2007. S/he goes pretty far back, huh? Finally, I looked at his total history and besides posts on a bunch of pages July 2008 he has no other posts and no BK posts until today, yet he has an inordinate familiarity with the page.Renee (talk) 20:35, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
Clerk endorsed, no doubt related to the last couple of socks I recently blocked. Check for underlying IP and sleepers. –MuZemike 15:39, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
Administrator note Blocked and tagged. Edits are also too similar in proximity to the recent socks. –MuZemike 02:39, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
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Obvious sock of Lucy as per contribs including accusations of WP:OWN on WP:ANI [62], promotion of his own website on the Talk:Brahma_Kumaris_World_Spiritual_University page and claims of deep familiarity with the article subject [63] and adjustment of article tag again [64].
FYI, I will flag on WP:ANI to refer to this page.
Bksimonb (talk) 09:09, 26 March 2010 (UTC)
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Clerk endorsed Sweep for sleepers and IP blocks, please. Tim Song (talk) 20:42, 27 March 2010 (UTC)
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Used three accounts to disrupt an article for deletion. I became more convinced that it was Lucy when he started saying stuff like, "Bksimonb is attacking this article because BKs are trained to do such things to people who do not follow their guidance and instructions," [67] which quite typical of his POV. Also typical is the continuation of a thread using more than one account, in this case from LingKri to Karentansu.
Bksimonb (talk) 04:56, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
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Obvious sock of Lucy as per WP:DUCK
Bksimonb (talk) 08:41, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
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Blocked and tagged. –MuZemike 18:52, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
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New account re-asserting the edits made by the previous sock, Gbkvictory (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki) with the usual edit comments such as, "Undid revision by cult follower attempting persistent POV whitewash of cult's related topics"[73]. Also posting diatribe on my talk page and the BKWSU article talk page [74] and on WP:ANI [75].
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Administrator note Blocked and tagged. TNXMan 13:56, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
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Contribs speak for themselves. He has just continued to disrupt the articles his previous incarnation disrupted, continued a thread on WP:ANI and also disrupted the archive of this page.
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The alleged puppet also neglected to respond to this query. — Jeff G. ツ 19:31, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
Blocked and tagged. –MuZemike 01:46, 17 May 2010 (UTC)
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Similar username as previous incarnation, The Same Every 5000 Years (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki), and first actions were to revert all his previous edits and make personal accusations especially in edit comments.
If you go right back to the actions of the Brahma Kumari adherents, you will see I was not banned, nor even blocked. You are being played.
The solution is to topic ban Brahma Kumari adherents from all Brahma Kumari related topics
To be honest, I do not see much problem with the article the way it was a few Brahma Kumari edits ago. It is all highly accurate and well referenced.
I think non-involved parties really have to take onboard what the Brahma Kumaris are trying to do here, e.g. the current gambit of calling on "trusted" or "independent" editors. They have a long record of historical revisionism and media control, even reaching into academia.
What the BKs are trying to do is water the topic down, reintroducing factual inaccuracies and vagueness inline with their corporate PR. His trying to involve other editors is really just trying to invoke individuals who are not expert in the subject, allowing him to attempt a whitewashing under the guise of a "reasonableness".
These following examples may seem petty and pedantic. They are petty and pedantic. But I offer them as examples of the principles at play here.
For example;
This is exactly what was going on before. --Every 5000 Years (talk) 12:13, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
It's a case of WP:DUCK (it's clear that it is the same person), but I'd like to see if we can resolve the issue on the talk page first (it's more complicated than it first appears). In part, I'm concerned that this is an Arbcom-probation page where only one side - a representative of the organisation - is represented, and this editor does seem to have some legitimate concerns.
I've entered the scene to try and find out precisely what can be done, and have been clear that this editor if they are to get anywhere must address content rather than resorting to personal attacks. This has been a recurring problem for over 2 years and I'm working from the theory the editor may feel aggrieved from all the previous administrative action. My hope is that we can resolve the matter and there won't be a need for a block. If it fails (and I'd say we'd know within a few days) then we can come back here and sort it out this way at that point. Orderinchaos 10:13, 23 May 2010 (UTC)
Blocked and tagged. –MuZemike 13:10, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
Self-endorsing for checkuser attention as this user has no intention on stopping. –MuZemike 19:19, 25 May 2010 (UTC)
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More accounts with names on the "5000 years" theme continuing disruption pattern as per the recently blocked socks.
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Clerk note: tagged. SpitfireTally-ho! 14:29, 27 May 2010 (UTC)
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Per WP:DUCK, contribs pretty much identical to Lucy's last four incarnations. First two edits typical, followed by posts to other editors. TFOWRidle vapourings 12:15, 5 June 2010 (UTC)
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Administrator note Blocked and tag updated. Elockid (Talk) 00:32, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
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Already indefed per WP:DUCK by Maunus (talk · contribs). Amalthea 15:30, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
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Per Special:Contributions/Patience_and_Persistence and this revert to yesterday's sock's edit. TFOWRidle vapourings 15:41, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
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WP:DUCK, indefed. Amalthea 16:34, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
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Per this edit and WP:DUCK. Lucy seems to have something of a fixation with this editor... TFOWRidle vapourings 15:17, 10 June 2010 (UTC)
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Clerk note: Blocked by PMDrive1061. Elockid (Talk) 15:21, 10 June 2010 (UTC)
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Usual "Reverted Brahma Kumaris adherent Bksimonb's" type edit comments as per WP:DUCK. Bksimonb (talk) 22:14, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
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Three admins at AN agreed with the block. We're done here. Tim Song (talk) 23:10, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
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Obvious sock of Lucy. Continuing to disruptively edit the same articles as previous socks with similar edit comments such as, "BK Simon B is a Brahma Kumari cult adherent and is involved in a long term and persistent Wikipedia campaign to gain control of any topic relating to the BKWSU". [76]
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Administrator note Blocked and tag updated. Elockid (Talk) 23:46, 10 July 2010 (UTC)
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A mock account and "strawman sock" pretending to be a naive over-enthusiastic member of the BKWSU or AIVV who is peppering a number of articles with unreferenced POV that just so happens to misrepresent BK beliefs in a somewhat unflattering way [77].
From experience I am reasonably certain this is a sock of Lucy since I know Lucy does sometimes play funny games such as the recent spate of creating accounts pretending he just wanted a word with me (see SPI archive and sock draw). I am also certain this is not a new user, as claimed, since his first edit to an article shows an immediate understanding of Wiki-linking [78] and accusation of "fanaticals"(sic) made in his first post and familiar assertion that he can't see any problem with problematic content, "...I can be seeing no problems in the edits and the article. Too much diservices has been done on this homepage by fanaticals..." [79].
The problematic content was inserted [80] by LevenBoy which I am presently treating as a good faith edit although I do find it somewhat strange that an account that has been dormant for several months suddenly comes alive just to blank his somewhat chequered talk page and re-assert Lucy's content, in an article area in which he has never previously shown an interest, calling it "well referenced" even though it clearly contains many broken links, synthesis, misused and weak references.
The Januarythe18th account is certainly being used disruptively and creating problems for a number of articles. In some articles editors have already repaired the damage [81] and he has already reverted [82] back to his preferred version. Unfortunately a number of other affected articles are not so well monitored.
He has left a comment on a users talk page claiming to be a new editor and spelling Wikipeidia with a capital A at the end, presumably in an attempt to appear naive, "Informations is all on Brahma Kumaris homepage. This is new knowledge brother, not Bhakti. Many people report it. I am just learning WikipediA. Please help me put up correct informations not remove." [83]. Also the assertion that "Many people report it" his way is a familiar theme with Lucy's accounts.
Further evidence as of 7th March. Our "new" user is now showing an impressive understanding of references [84] whilst appearing to be naive on user's talk pages [85]. Also a new user would be unlikely to stubbornly ignore warnings and revert more than once on an article. In this case the God the father, Shiva and Bhakti articles.
Evidence of "strawman sock" tactics: [86] [87] [88]
On 8th March he makes an edit to the BKWSU article. No surprise that it adds a really negative spin, misrepresents the Wallis reference and then uses a primary source [89]. It seems a bit strange that he would insert such text after making the following invitation to an editor, "If you want to take Knowledge, say where you live and I give you nearest branch of Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University to take basic knowledge".[90]
The way the the Wallis reference has been misused is exactly the same as has been done by previous socks of Lucy. Here you can see AWachowski (see "Added Lucyintheskywithdada" at top of sock page [91]) misusing the quote in exactly the same way [92]. Wallis is quoting what the AIVV told him but both AWachowski and Januarythe18th make it look as if Wallis himself is making the claim. This is a common theme to most Lucy socks.
Bksimonb (talk) 11:07, 6 March 2011 (UTC)
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Note the claim is not relevant. I am certified engineer. What is so difficult about adding brackets, isn't it? I am making copy and paste.
History2007 is not knowing anything about Godly Knowledge as taught by Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University, that is problem. Perhaps he is Christian soul and this is new Knowledge causing him upset but I am not understanding all this BK brother is saying. Too confusing.
BK means basic Godly Knowledge. PBK means Advanced Godly Knowledge. Post-graduate level. There are no errors even by basic Knowledge.
I challenge him now to show me one!
In fact I don't write Mr Wallis said this and that and that but Mr Wallis write about troubles caused by Brahma Kumaris in Mount Abu. The troubles are always same. BK souls have anger inside them towards PBKs, like Hindus and Muslims. (Januarythe18th (talk) 23:02, 8 March 2011 (UTC))
First students must take basic Knowledge at Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University. Then must take Advance Knowledge from PBKs (ADHYATMIK ISHWARIYA VISHWA VIDYALAYA (A.I.V.V)). History2007 soul has not taken Godly Knowledge (Gyan), isnt it? He can come to any centre and study for free.
I challenge the BK soul again to tell me one thing I have written wrong! What I write wrong? Name one thing. Mr John Walliss expert, not BK soul. Writes the truth. The BK soul knows it. Problem between BKs and PBKs same. Books the same. Who ever writes it, the same thing. The same thing happens every Cycle.
Please leave any message on my own homepage if you have questions about the Knowledge. (Januarythe18th (talk) 12:49, 9 March 2011 (UTC))
There are many further examples of the same kind of discourse, used mainly to intimidate any other user into not interfering with "his" articles at all.
GreyWinterOwl (talk) 20:45, 24 August 2013 (UTC) GreyWinterOwl (talk) 20:45, 24 August 2013 (UTC)
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Having been interacting with Januarythe18th for the past 8 months, it would also be my conclusion that the account is being operated by the same individual who has been harassing this article through LucyintheskywithDada and all the subsequent blocked socks – the attitudes, posts and fixed position around the article are just so similar, if not identical, as per the evidence above.
This editors primary strategy, through all his different accounts, is to try and blow dust into the eyes of Wikipedia administration by raising a conspiracy theory about the BKWSU and casting aspersions on other editors to deflect attention away from himself, his conduct on Wikipedia and his own extremely conflicted relationship with BKWSU. In his response he doesn’t even bother to deny or address any of the concerns raised. The same behavioral tendency can be seen from his comments in the following unblock requests. His one strategy, like the past accounts, is to remain constantly on the offensive. At the very least there should be some explanation given about:
Why did Januarythe18th felt the need to pretend to be “Pro-BK” for his first 2 months of editing. Then in December 2011, he just decided to turn “anti-BK”, and at the same time, became a Wikipedia editing pro over night (not to mention the rapid English language improvement). I would submit the motivation behind this was to try and avoid being detected as a sock for as long as possible.
Januarythe18th makes significant allegations against other editors but provides no evidence to support the allegations. If Januarythe18th sincerely believes the page is being swarmed by BK editors etc etc, why is he the one removing the article tags?? Not only that, but like previous accounts, he is acting against consensus. As per Vecrumba's edit comment on the talk page (my bold): 19:05, 26 August 2013 Vecrumba (talk | contribs) . . (121,043 bytes) (+215) . . (→History of the article: One of those article where if you don't completely agree with someone you eventually become labeled as part of the opposing conspiracy) (undo | thank)
Januarythe18th demonstrates the same "under siege" mentality that the different socks had - even his defence to this sock below is so extremely similar to the unblock requests - the tone, conspiracy, and accusations. I actually consider being repeatedly labelled a BK adherent etc fairly offensive and uncivil, but have really given up trying to reason with this editor because he is so fixated about it. Evidence of this fixation has already been presented in the report above.
He has not allowed me to make even one edit to the page and repeatedly asserts that the content is ‘accurate and well referenced’(as evidenced above), even though: 1. The article claims that the founder of the group had "intimate and immoral" behaviour with young women, a fairly serious allegation, but without any supporting reference. The only support comes later in the paragraph from a primary resource document that includes/relies on affidavit material (i.e. all primary) for a Court case that was actually lost. The editor tries to draw me into some sort of edit war by immediately reverting me when I delete this. Interesting to ask what would be the response if this kind of content was put on the page about the prophet Muhummad?! In this vein, there may be a few random SPA pro-BKWSU editors who get upset by the content. The easiest solution to this is to have reasonable content.
One possible reason for the posting of such biased and poorly supported content is that the present sock is also a disgruntled litigant, and is simply using Wikipedia as a vehicle to seek retribution against the BKWSU for the "legal action" that is misrepresented in the article as something much more glamorous than it really was. The evidence for this emerged when Januarythe18th responded to the naming of the respondent in the arbitration dispute, labeling it as a personal attack. In what possible way could it be personal, except through this editors personal connection to it.
Other problems with the supposedly 'well referenced and accurate article': 2. WP: BOL issue 4. Complete lack of broader encyclopedic content e.g. the significant role and prominence of women in the movement, the significant environmental policies and commitment to renewable energy with current construction or world’s largest solar power plant and substantial solar cooking facilities, attendance and all major COP environmental conferences, relationship with United Nations, Substantial work in providing free health care to some of India’s most vulnerable and needy, etc. etc etc Like the previous socks, the motive is to make the article lopsided and reflect poorly on the Brahma Kumaris.
Januarythe18th also refers to his own time on Wikipedia “It's funny but even after years, I don't even know how and where to report meatpuppetry and tagteam”. I would submit this statement is consistent with someone who has been editing long before the user account "Januarythe18th" was created.
Like many of the past accounts, this account is creatively named, in this instance, named after the most significant date in the BK calendar (Januarythe18th – the founders date of passing).
This sock is becoming harder and harder to identify because the repeated bans are effectively training this individual to become better and better at avoiding detection. He is extremely careful not to give himself away, and a pro at deflecting attention from himself by repeatedly making unevidenced accusations against others.Danh108 (talk) 03:17, 1 September 2013 (UTC)
How strange that a "brand new editor" GreyWinterOwl (talk · contribs), without any other contributions, can compile such a complex accusation with such historical detail so soon. Perhaps they could tell us how they did so or even knew where to find this page?
More evidence of coordinated bad faith from members of the Brahma Kumari religion (WP:MEAT and WP:TAGTEAM) attempting to gain control over what they see as their topic, none of whom contribute anything else to the Wikipedia.
See Brahma Kumari Single Purpose Accounts. --Januarythe18th (talk) 12:07, 26 August 2013 (UTC)
Well, being new to Wikipedia doesn't mean I was born or learned how to use a keyboard yesterday. It really didn't take much effort to learn how to link diffs or how to compile a sock report, unless I was mentally retarded. Regarding contributions, I think reporting a sock of Lucyintheskywithdada is a very good contribution to Wikipedia in many aspects to start with, regarding the amount of disruption it has caused through dozens of socks which got him indefinite ban.
Lucy's socks always respond to sockpuppet investigations by stating that it is a conspiracy against him by Brahma Kumaris. Now he is repeating exactly the same thing which adds to the evidence that he is a sock of Lucy. Admins can see that accusing a conspiracy of wanting to control the topic is what Lucy's socks have been repeating for years and now here we have the same puppetmaster repeating it again. All that his socks do is basically revert the article to the version edited by the sockmaster and revert any edit by anyone else, even experienced users.
Contributing to Wikipedia is the opposite of what Lucy has ever done, because by the history of reports, it can be seen that complaints about his behavior come from many different articles, in which he has caused disruption. GreyWinterOwl (talk) 12:44, 26 August 2013 (UTC)
Evidence
utcursch | talk 18:35, 25 October 2015 (UTC)
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Continuing birth date argument on Talk:Dada Lekhraj following the block of 79.64.208.41 (talk · contribs · WHOIS). clpo13(talk) 23:51, 26 October 2015 (UTC)
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I'm not blocking the person myself because that might be seen as WP:INVOLVED. Here are the relevant diffs in support:
The person just keeps jumping IPs, so I'm not sure what can be a long-term solution here. utcursch | talk 02:24, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
Same person continuing the same disputes regarding Brahma Kumaris. -- Sam Sailor Talk! 15:12, 28 October 2015 (UTC)
A core conflict in Brahma Kumaris and Dada Lekhraj is the question: was Dada Lekhraj born in 1876 or was he born in 1884?
I have in my 20k article talk page comment quoted 30 sources that support 1876. I have shown that there is currently zero reliable sources supporting 1884 as the birth year.
Blocked sockpuppets of Lucyintheskywithdada changing to 1884:
Latest IP changing to 1884: 79.64.208.41 in Diff of Brahma Kumaris, and in Diff of Brahma Kumaris, and in Diff of Dada Lekhraj.
Exactly what 79.64.211.166 does in Diff of Brahma Kumaris.
Both articles are now semi-protected for a while reducing this filing to a formality. Sam Sailor Talk! 22:50, 1 November 2015 (UTC)
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Is this business still current, or it is already over?
It seems to me that the problem we have on any Wikpedia pages relating to the Brahma Kumaris is that Brahma Kumari adhernets seek to exercise control over their religion's topic pages in every bit the same way as Scientology adherents did pages relating to Scientology.
The dynamics are the same. It's about time that Wikipedia admins looked below the surface and realized what is going on.
Relating to their founder's date of birth. The BK adherents know that 1884 is the accurate date of birth. Unfortunately, it's awkward for them as they have spent decades promoting a false date of birth to fit in with various claims and predictions the cult's leaders have made. That date being 1876.
In this case, the Brahma Kumaria adherents are merely using the controversy over the date of birth to filter out any non-conformist voices, and manipulate the Wikipedian community and admins by a skilful abuse of Wikipedia policies, and the community's ignorance and disinterest in a factual understanding of Brahma Kumarism.
This is going on in order to control all topic pages relating to Brahma Kumarism so that they remain flattering to them and inline with their current publicity. Consequently, objectivity and accuracy are suffering.
This is a bigger problem for the Wikipedia community as non-cult adherents simply do not have the same fanatical motivation to defend an accurate and objective view as cult adherents believing in a millenarianist religion do, and it places an unreasonable burden upon them.
In short, I think we need a little less kneejerking going on, and a little more investigation into what is really going on here.
You are being deliberately lied to and manipulated by the BKs. That is what they do. --79.64.210.79 (talk) 18:27, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
IP jumper is back, and as usual editing exclusively regarding Brahma Kumaris, an article that is under probation. Diff can be provided, but behavioral evidence should be quite obvious from the latest IPs in the same range. Blocks are necessary here. Sam Sailor Talk! 19:14, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
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I am sorry but this is an artificially established accusation which started here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Utcursch#SPI_for_block-evading_IP
with a Brahma Kumari adherent appealing to an admin on their behalf.
It's just more evidence of how precisely the Brahma Kumaris are gaming the Wikipedia.
I have, or at least had, no blocks outstanding on me until they started to do so here. It's all just about their gaining and maintaining their control over topics relating to their religion.
Can you ask Sam to stop kneejerking over perfectly valid contributions and discuss this?
As for the derogatory "IP jumper" accusation, I have no control over the IP address I am given. There is no intention behind this. I am happy to make up a user account as long as I am not going to suffer further accusations of using "sock puppets" if I do. --79.64.210.79 (talk) 19:27, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
Same rants as before regarding was Dada Lekhraj born in 1876 or was he born in 1884? Could we have some blocks here? Sam Sailor Talk! 00:08, 5 November 2015 (UTC)
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Please skip the insults, re: "rants" etc. I think we have to look at what is going on here a little deeper.
I appreciate that you all probably think you are going something good and are presumably motivated by earning your adminship or supporting the great good of the Wikipedia.
However, what is really going on here is a repeat of the Scientology episode with adherents of the religion, doing absolutely no good for the rest of the Wikipedia, fighting to control topic issues relating to their religion and consuming others time and energy to do so. Their aim is to ensure the topics are not objective or comprehensive, but rather matching their current whitewashed PR version of themselves.
This is not right. They are playing your good intentions to serve their aim. It does not serve the Wikipedia or the Wikipedia's readers.
Can you understand that?
They are counting on the probably that you will kneejerk unquestioningly to well phrased accusations and using others to do their work for them. --88.144.241.175 (talk) 00:22, 5 November 2015 (UTC)
Sock(s) already blocked by NeilN. Sam Sailor Talk! 08:19, 5 November 2015 (UTC)
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Pro forma filing, sock already blocked for a week on 6 November by NeilN. Sam Sailor Talk! 00:45, 7 November 2015 (UTC)
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A new user appears on the Brahma Kumaris and Rāja yoga article who behaves similar to previous incarnations of Lucyintheskywithdada. His first action is to apply a COI and Advert tag to an article that has been virtually untouched for a few years. [187]
Bksimonb (talk) 15:12, 20 January 2019 (UTC)
Suggest closure
This report has gone stale. Since the the account in question was only ever active for one hour in one day in January I propose that there is no point in pursuing it further. I guess blocking an account that is no longer active would be redundant.
Bksimonb (talk) 18:08, 4 March 2019 (UTC)
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