Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/**sammy** Dawson./Archive

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The master edits mostly storm articles. However, on January 10, they created Ishowspeed. The sock only recently created an account, and their first edits were to create an article about the same YouTuber at User:Gameforall/sandbox, which they later transformed into Draft:IShowSpeed. The pages created by the two accounts are very similar. Both accounts sometimes use the visual editor and sometimes do not. Because the sock has never edited any storm articles, I am requesting a CU as perhaps this is a rather startling coincidence. (Many edits by the sock have been suppressed. I don't know if that has any relevance to the possible socking.) Bbb23 (talk) 14:04, 19 January 2022 (UTC)

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Comment: This user, Hurricaneinformation, was already discussed at Sockpuppet investigations/**sammy** Dawson. and was CU identified by Drmies as a member of that sock drawer. I don't know which is the oldest or who is the sockmaster, but it seems like these two SPIs should be merged. -- MelanieN (talk) 17:24, 20 January 2022 (UTC)
 * , I don't see where Drmies identified the relationship between the accounts he CU-blocked.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:59, 20 January 2022 (UTC)
 * I believe here. Star   Mississippi  19:16, 20 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks!--Bbb23 (talk) 19:45, 20 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Logs show **sammy** Dawson. was created September 24, 2021 and Hurricaneinfomation. on October 4. TornadoLGS (talk) 17:27, 20 January 2022 (UTC)

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 * - FWIW, Hurricaneinfomation's draft was a copy of a Fandom page. I guess it's possible that Gameforall could have independently used the same Fandom article as a template for their draft. However, the timing of the page creations is suspicious. Please CU to confirm. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 18:17, 19 January 2022 (UTC)
 * - Mz7 (talk) 08:15, 21 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Gameforall looks ❌ to Hurricaneinfomation. from a technical standpoint. I'm guessing Spicy's hypothesis is correct that these two coincidentally copy-pasted from the same script. Absent an overlap in hurricane articles, I would say Gameforall is probably someone else. I have determined, however, that Hurricaneinfomation. has been socking with other accounts, and those results are documented at Sockpuppet investigations/**sammy** Dawson. Closing this case without further action. Mz7 (talk) 08:36, 21 January 2022 (UTC)
 * For clerical reasons, it may be a good idea to do as some suggested above and merge this case into Sockpuppet investigations/**sammy** Dawson. so that future cases opened for "Hurricaneinfomation." may be in one place. Mz7 (talk) 08:38, 21 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Merging to **sammy** Dawson. per above. Spicy (talk) 14:10, 21 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Closing. Spicy (talk) 14:11, 21 January 2022 (UTC)

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I'm reporting under this user, blocked by a CU, since I am unsure who the original sockmaster is. Both the old account and a new one have shown a pattern of editing tropical cyclone articles, particularly Tropical Storm Erika, with vandalism including replacing words with ill-fitting synonyms. Examples for the original:, ,. And the new account's edits:, , ,. TornadoLGS (talk) 00:23, 20 January 2022 (UTC)

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 * Apparently, independently did a CU check on another account and also found  to be connected, as well as the suspected sock listed above. TornadoLGS (talk) 03:32, 20 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Does that mean the two SPIs should be merged? The **sammy** Dawson. account is older. TornadoLGS (talk) 16:54, 20 January 2022 (UTC)

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See Sockpuppet investigations/Hurricaneinfomation..--Bbb23 (talk) 14:32, 20 January 2022 (UTC)
 * It means that a checkuser needs to sort this out.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:03, 20 January 2022 (UTC)


 * - Mz7 (talk) 08:15, 21 January 2022 (UTC)
 * The following accounts are ✅ to Jasmine128938298:
 * **sammy** Dawson. is currently ; however, the data of these accounts is consistent with historical checks inferred from the CU log on **sammy** Dawson. Additionally, there is evidence that whoever was operating the confirmed group above tried to log into the sammy dawson account (but failed to do so). All in all, I'm convinced that **sammy** Dawson is the master. All accounts were already blocked., closing. Mz7 (talk) 08:30, 21 January 2022 (UTC)
 * **sammy** Dawson. is currently ; however, the data of these accounts is consistent with historical checks inferred from the CU log on **sammy** Dawson. Additionally, there is evidence that whoever was operating the confirmed group above tried to log into the sammy dawson account (but failed to do so). All in all, I'm convinced that **sammy** Dawson is the master. All accounts were already blocked., closing. Mz7 (talk) 08:30, 21 January 2022 (UTC)
 * **sammy** Dawson. is currently ; however, the data of these accounts is consistent with historical checks inferred from the CU log on **sammy** Dawson. Additionally, there is evidence that whoever was operating the confirmed group above tried to log into the sammy dawson account (but failed to do so). All in all, I'm convinced that **sammy** Dawson is the master. All accounts were already blocked., closing. Mz7 (talk) 08:30, 21 January 2022 (UTC)
 * **sammy** Dawson. is currently ; however, the data of these accounts is consistent with historical checks inferred from the CU log on **sammy** Dawson. Additionally, there is evidence that whoever was operating the confirmed group above tried to log into the sammy dawson account (but failed to do so). All in all, I'm convinced that **sammy** Dawson is the master. All accounts were already blocked., closing. Mz7 (talk) 08:30, 21 January 2022 (UTC)

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Same as before: this sock is replacing words at Tropical Storm Erika with ill-fitting synonyms. TornadoLGS (talk) 21:34, 21 January 2022 (UTC)

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 * ✅ plus ., closing. Mz7 (talk) 07:44, 22 January 2022 (UTC)

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This user shows a similar pattern of disruption to previous socks and the original account by replacing random words in hurricane articles with ill-fitting synonyms. Examples for the current account:,. Compare, , , Like previous accounts, this one is also changing images in hurricane infoboxes. ,,. Compare, ,. Both this and previous socks have shown an interest in the page IShowSpeed. See. There may also be sleeper accounts. TornadoLGS (talk) 00:23, 16 March 2022 (UTC)

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. Oops, I messed that one up. I was juggling a lot of pages when I did this report. TornadoLGS (talk) 17:37, 16 March 2022 (UTC)

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 * - behavioural evidence is convincing, please CU to confirm and check for sleepers. (I'm not sure why diff 13 links to an account that was found not to be a sock, but previous socks were indeed interested in that page - see ). Spicy (talk) 04:10, 16 March 2022 (UTC)
 * -  Girth Summit  (blether)  08:03, 16 March 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅ to, amongst others. Got to admire the chutzpa, posting questions about autoconfirmed on a CU's talk page. But wait, there's more:
 * That's all I can see at the moment. I will block etc. Girth Summit  (blether)  08:15, 16 March 2022 (UTC)
 * That's all I can see at the moment. I will block etc. Girth Summit  (blether)  08:15, 16 March 2022 (UTC)
 * That's all I can see at the moment. I will block etc. Girth Summit  (blether)  08:15, 16 March 2022 (UTC)
 * That's all I can see at the moment. I will block etc. Girth Summit  (blether)  08:15, 16 March 2022 (UTC)
 * That's all I can see at the moment. I will block etc. Girth Summit  (blether)  08:15, 16 March 2022 (UTC)
 * That's all I can see at the moment. I will block etc. Girth Summit  (blether)  08:15, 16 March 2022 (UTC)
 * That's all I can see at the moment. I will block etc. Girth Summit  (blether)  08:15, 16 March 2022 (UTC)
 * That's all I can see at the moment. I will block etc. Girth Summit  (blether)  08:15, 16 March 2022 (UTC)
 * That's all I can see at the moment. I will block etc. Girth Summit  (blether)  08:15, 16 March 2022 (UTC)

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This is likely a socks this user interesting to tropical cyclone and creating non-notable cyclone similar previous socks. (1), (2), (3) Changing Image of Hurricane infobox. (1), (2), (3), (4) adding main article. (1), (2) HurricaneEdgar    01:38, 28 April 2022 (UTC)

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I'm not particularly convinced, since they're focused on different storms. This user has changed one image in a hurricane article, which is a pattern for past socks, but other vandalism patterns I've recognized from the sockmaster and previous socks aren't there. Still, I think it's best to wait on a CU to confirm it, especially since there may be sleeper accounts. TornadoLGS (talk) 01:59, 28 April 2022 (UTC)

To copy an AIV report of mine: "Likely sockpuppet of **sammy** Dawson., similar creations of non-notable storm articles (w1, o1, o2), similar interest in youtubers, (w1, o1), similar closely/poorly paraphrased writing (w1, w2, w3 (now deleted), o1, o2)." Hopefully this is helpful information. Akber mamps  02:14, 28 April 2022 (UTC)

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 * ✅. I've blocked the sockpuppet indefinitely. Closing. Reaper Eternal (talk) 05:20, 28 April 2022 (UTC)

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I've suspected that this is a socks a user page similar previous socks here. (1), (2) edit summary. (1), (2) (see the delete contributions). HurricaneEdgar   04:16, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

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 * - Ks0stm  (T•C•G•E) 04:20, 29 April 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅. . . Ks0stm  (T•C•G•E) 04:26, 29 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Tagged (as proven, since the master appears to be stale). Closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 15:21, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

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 * per below. Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 17:19, 3 May 2022 (UTC)

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 * ✅ to User:Hurricaneinfomation.. Blocked and tagged, noting for the record.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 17:19, 3 May 2022 (UTC)