Kala Bethere (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)

Report date February 21 2010, 05:43 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets

• Kala Bethere (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Tuckerj1976 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• BettyBrahman (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)

Evidence submitted by Keithbob

This SPI filing procedure was recommended to me by ArbCom member: Risker[1]-- — Kbob • Talk • 05:43, 21 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Kala Bethere and Tuckerj1976 appear to be disruptive sockpuppets of a single person. Possibly the person who was previously banned for sock puppetry ie User: The7thdr who created Lotus Blossom and ClaireReal as sockpuppets. Kala Bethere and Tuckerj1976 are single purpose accounts whose very first edits were on the Transcendental Meditation article. Both accounts exhibit the same language, editing patterns, personal interests, bias and agenda as banned user The7thdr and his puppets: Lotus Blossom and Claire Real.

Background and Timeline

• Aug 8 2009 The7thdr was banned for “personal attacks using sock account User: Lotus Blossom (ak the 7th)” [2]

• Aug 9 2009 User:ClaireReal on the first day of registration made edits to the TM article. The User was found to be yet another sockpuppet of The7thdr and was banned [3]

• Dec 31 2009 User:Kala Bethere very first edit is the TM talk page re: the article lead. [4]

• Feb 6 2010 User:Keithbob implies Kala Bethere is a sockpuppet on the TM-Sidhi talk page[5]

• Feb 7 2010 User:Tuckerj1976 very first edit is to the TM page adding criticism and citations to the lead. [6]

• BettyBrahman is another account that could also be part of this series of sock puppets created by the same person. It is an inactive account at the present but it is a single purpose account that follows the same editing patterns as Kala Bethere and Tuckerj1976 as described above and below. [7] A check user should also look into that User account as well.

1. Single purpose accounts

• The7thdr[8]
• Kala[9]
• Tuckerj1976[10]

2. Critical of research on TM

• The7thdr......“other factors of the Tm organization do indeed need discussion; however, to me the most important is the research”….. “the research that supports such findings is blatant nonsense and no such agreement exits within the scientific community. This needs to be highlighted I am afraid. However the TM organization will try anything to deny this.[11][12]

• Kala Bethere...... “Many pieces of junk-science get by peer review and publication. Many, like recent TM publications, are published in "junk journals" devoted to paranormal research, UFO's, etc. Please keep in mind the the TM Org is an org deeply engrossed in maintaining a scientific veneer at all costs, so you have people who spend their lives literally pushing articles to journals, newspapers, various media outlets and the web.”[13] [14][15][16]

• Tuckerj1976..... From this Arb Com page: “Much, if not nearly all of the "positive" (should that term even be used in scientific research?) is funded by the TM movement, conducted by TM movement researchers or considered of low research quality by independent researchers. The general scientific or medical community does not share it's viewpoints[17][18][19]

3. Citing WP:MEDRS to make deletions of secondarily sourced text on scientific research.

• The7thdr/Lotus Blossom[20][21][22][23][24] [25][26][27][28][29][30]

• Kala[31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41] [42][[43]

• Tuckerj1976[44][45][46][47][48]

4. Citing WP:FRINGE

• Kala Bethere[49] [50][51][52] [53][54][55][56] [57]

• Tuckerj1976[58][59]

5. Showing interest or knowledge of Bhuddist meditation practices. Note: Bhuddist meditation practices include: Shambala [60], Vippassana[61] and Mindfullness [62]

• The7thdr[63][64][65]

• Kala Bethere[66][67] "Tibetan literature, meditation" [68]

• Tuckerj1976[69]

6. Accusing Littleolive Oil and Timid Guy of COI

• The7thdr [70][71][72]

• Kala Bethere [73][74][75][76][77]

• Tuckerj1976[78]

7. Usage of the terms “intellectual dishonesty” and “omission by silence”

• The7thdr/Lotus Blossom (ak the 7th) [79][80][81][82]

• Kala Bethere [83][84]

8. Expressing interest and knowledge of mantras

• The7thdr[85][86][87][88] [89][90][91][92]

• Kala[93][94][95][96][97][98][99][100][101][102]

9. Interest in the lyrics of the Sexy Sadie song

• The7thdr[103]

• Kala Bethere[104]

10. Pretending to be new to Wiki but editing like a veteran

• Kala Bethere [105][106][107]

11. Creating artificial consensus on the talk page [108]-- — Kbob • Talk • 05:43, 21 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by accused parties

See Defending yourself against claims.

Comments by other users

In case it helps resolve this case, The7thdr made edits while logged-out using these IPs:

• 80.2.41.26 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · spi block · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log)) [109]
• 80.7.181.255 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · spi block · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log)) [110]

OTOH, I should note that some of the traits ascribed to the accounts are too common to be identifiers, at least individually. Among those are: "Critical of research on TM", "Citing WP:FRINGE", "Accusing Littleolive Oil and Timid Guy of COI", "Expressing interest and knowledge of mantras", and "Interest in the lyrics of the Sexy Sadie song".

Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments

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Current status – Awaiting initial clerk review.    Requested by — Kbob • Talk • 05:43, 21 February 2010 (UTC) [reply]