User talk:Cooperaterrill

March 2023

Wikipedia's technical logs indicate that this user account has been or may be used abusively. It has been blocked indefinitely from editing to prevent abuse.

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

Request reason:

I don't know why I was blocked. I don't believe I've ever made any contributions, and I want to start helping out.

Decline reason:

You are blocked for violating WP:SOCK and don't address this. Yamla (talk) 10:11, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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

Request reason:

I believe I have been blocked unfairly. I'm positive I haven't made any edits, at least in quite some time, and I would like to start contributing by making small copy edits. My account is not a sock; I'm not sure how this conclusion was reached but I did attend a large high school and am now at a large university, so there were/are possibly vandals with my IP. To my memory, this is the first Wikipedia account I have ever owned. I promise to make good use of the rights granted to me and not to abuse them in any way, shape, or form. Thank you.

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Cooperaterrill (talk) 13:59, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

{{checkuser needed}} This sounds like a plausible reason that you would look like a sock but not be a sock. Does this match the technical evidence? House Blaster (talk • he/they) 01:35, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Based on assessment of the logs, this user was blocked as a sleeper sock of Tiberdirk (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki). Based on the data available after looking at this user today, that is a distinct possibility a year and change down the road that doesn't depend on what school they were at. Materialscientist, do you have anything (doubtful, given this looks like a routine catch)? Izno (talk) 02:11, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Also, based on the last decline, Yamla did you see anything particular that caused you to decline this or was it really a "it was socking and you didn't discuss that"? Izno (talk) 02:14, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It was literally just that socking wasn't discussed. Based on the data I see, everything looked too noisy in the logs to make strong claims. "I did attend a large high school and am now at a large university" would be consistent with what I'm seeing in the technical logs. :) Now that Cooperaterrill has spoken to the socking, and given that statement is consistent with what I see in the logs, I support unblocking here. It could be they were a sleeper sock of Tiberdirk but it could also be they were simply a student at the same high school. Regardless, Tiberdirk was blocked 18 months ago and so even if Cooperaterrill was definitely a sock, I'd support unblocking them (with WP:ROPE). --Yamla (talk) 12:09, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Materialscientist: do you object to unblocking? While I obviously cannot see the technical evidence, I think the combination of reasonable doubt and waiting 18 months pushes this firmly into unblock territory. House Blaster (talk • he/they) 16:27, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]