Alright the case is rather complicated because it took place over a few months. This mostly concerns Journal of Cosmology, a pseudoscience journal whose portfolio is mostly concerned with panspermia (panspermia itself is a legit field, however Journal of Cosmology's take on it isn't what anyone would call proper science), Big Bang denialism (pure quackery), anti-Darwinist (to be specific, anti-modern evolutionary synthesis) which is pure quackery, and Mars exploration (again, a legit field, but Journal of Cosmology's take on it would be called overly optimistic/enthusiastic by most), as well as other arcane topics, and it's editors (Rhawn Joseph, Rudolph Schild, Chandra Wickramasinghe) and contributors (Richard B. Hoover), and "philosophical fathers" (Fred Hoyle), and probably others too.
Back in March, Richard B. Hoover published an article declaring they found evidence of extraterrestrial life in meteors, and this was publicized by FOX news. The internet went crazy, and people started laughing at Journal of Cosmology for being a journal for cranks. NASA distanced itself from the claims, etc... In particular, Journal of Cosmology didn't like the criticism from PZ Myers and gave this reply ([1][2]). Since the Wikipedia article relates the mainstream opinion about Journal of Cosmology, and that mainstream opinion isn't friendly to the journal, they've employed legal threats (and formal ones at the WMF, as confirmed by User:Philippe (WMF), etc...
Now, I'm not saying Doommetal2 is the sockmaster, or that everyone mentioned is a sock. But there is definetaly meatpuppeting going around, and Doommetal2 is most definitely someone's sock/meatpuppet per this (I never even edited that page, yet this guy knows me and knows I think Rhawn Joseph is as credible an astrobiologist as Ken Ham is credible as a biologist). I've listed all suspects, defined mostly as everyone pro-Journal of Cosmology, anti-Big Bang, anti-Darwinist (or rather anti-modern evolutionary synthesis) that focused on Journal of Cosmology or closely related topics), and I'm requesting checkusers or whatever's deemed necessary to get rid of the sockpuppets, meatpuppets, and sock/meatmasters. Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 20:18, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
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Without commenting on any IPs, the following are Confirmed matches to each other:
Confirmed BookWorm44 (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki) =
IP blocked - hardblocked, one year.J.delanoygabsadds 05:25, 22 September 2011 (UTC)
These might be new socks, but I somehow doubt that very much. BookWorm et al were a bunch of editors who really don't like me on a personal level because of various Journal of Cosmology-related disputes. Earler today, I thought H.vonNeuman and Russelm were old accounts that were somehow not picked up because of whatever reason, and I was debating if there was actually a case to be made against those, but upon further inspection, it's quite clear that it's BookWorm et al. again.
This, combined with their "shared interests" in articles related to Journal of Cosmology, etc..., leads me to believe they are socks, if not BookWorm44 et al. or their previous IP, then of BookWorm44 et al. on a new IP. This would mesh well with the idea that BookWorm44 indeed had family editing from his computer (BookWorm himself seemed to have focused on history article, whereas all the socks were editing Astrobiology/Anti Big-Bang/Panspermia/Anti-Darwin related articles), and told them to edit from their own computer from now on. Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 01:43, 27 September 2011 (UTC) Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 01:43, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
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Loudly quacking sock of User:Chemistryfan who was a sock of Bookworm44, recreating the G5'd "Initial Bipedalism" article (which has now been G5'd again). Blocked per the duck test, judging by the previous socking of this user suggest a checkuser for sleepers. The Bushranger One ping only 02:26, 3 October 2011 (UTC)
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Confirmed. Already appropriately blocked by another administrator. –MuZemike 02:37, 3 October 2011 (UTC)
Again, someone that passes the WP:DUCK test. First edit is to complain about WM Connolley and his involvement at Journal of Cosmology in an ARBCOM case. Second is to make the Journal of Cosmology friendlier than it warrants. Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 03:22, 3 October 2011 (UTC)
previous investigation, with the same behaviour. I don't know if anything was concluded with regards to that IP, but might as well bring it up if the previous SPIs revealed anything about it, and let CUs use there judgement on what's the best course of action (if any). Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 21:01, 3 October 2011 (UTC)
This one is very similar to another IP mentioned in the
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Sadly HB is mistaken. I am not bookworm. My ISP is Verizon and I am assigned a dynamic IP address which changes daily. I request checkuser confirmation that bookworm or his known socks have edited from this ISP and their IP ranges. --174.252.197.157 (talk) 15:50, 5 October 2011 (UTC)
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Same comment and request for CU verification of whether Bookworm or his socks are known to edit from Verizon wireless as an ISP. --174.252.214.218 (talk) 04:33, 6 October 2011 (UTC)
Account's first edit was to Talk:Ancient Egyptian race controversy with a massive talk page section, similar style to his previous incarnation. —Ryulong (竜龙) 03:24, 2 November 2011 (UTC)
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I have blocked per report at AIV. Daniel Case (talk) 03:57, 2 November 2011 (UTC)
Confirmed match to Saxonshield (talk · contribs). Miniboglins (talk · contribs) looks also interesting. Elockid (Talk) 04:07, 2 November 2011 (UTC)
The Christian Schwabe article was recently created. It was deleted before because is was created by a BookWorm44 sockpuppet. Had an admin check the deleted article and it is an exact duplicate of the current article. The new editor has created a few other scientist articles in surprisingly quick fashion and well done. Bgwhite (talk) 18:10, 13 June 2012 (UTC) Bgwhite (talk) 18:10, 13 June 2012 (UTC)
Quack. Previously blocked as User:Earthisalive, now returning as User:The earth has a mind, First edit is to recreate European origin of modern humans as Out of Europe theory. Check user requested to check for sleepers. SummerPhD (talk) 23:35, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
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Even though it stale, I took good notes. :) Those two accounts are basically a Confirmed match to Miniboglins (talk · contribs). Also Confirmed are:
Also, IP blocked. Elockid (Talk) 00:12, 15 June 2012 (UTC)
Ghouls, The apparently new account, was able to, within 8 minutes, conclude on his first day of editing that my removal of material by the blocked sockpuppet BookWorm here [3] did not contain copyvio, and was able to conclude from this Wikipedia:Contributor_copyright_investigations/GreenUniverse page that the issue of the CCI wasn't copyright infringement but unattributed merge, meanwhile making two other edits.
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Clear duck. This IP is pushing the exact same edits edits of BookWorms as the previous case namely parapsychology; tried to edit war it in then went to ANI: Wikipedia:ANI#SkepticalRaptor. No checkuser required unless you want to look for sleepers. IRWolfie- (talk) 20:59, 11 November 2012 (UTC)
@Reaper. A known sockpuppet edit warred to restore this part of BookWorms edits: [8]. Then an ip came restoring it all again: [9], then the ip listed came along restoring part of that [10]. To me this seems to be the same editor continuing the same edit war. IRWolfie- (talk) 16:23, 12 November 2012 (UTC)
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