Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/123456789gary/Archive

Report date March 6 2009, 19:39 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets


 * Evidence submitted by Tetracube (talk)

The edit history of Fourth dimension shows two similar vandalisms by the above named accounts, which are also similarly named. Given the unusual format of the usernames and the obvious generic pattern they follow, this seems to be part of a potentially large number of sleeper sockpuppet accounts that can be used for vandalism. A username search reveals a large number of accounts named similarly, some created a long time ago, some quite recent.&mdash;Tetracube (talk) 19:39, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

I went ahead and did a mysql query on toolserver that selected all users with this pattern that edited sometime this year. The list follows.
 * Evidence submitted by ——  nix eagle email me
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/12345678900987654321a
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/12345678900987654321ad
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/1234567890anonymous1234567890
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/1234567890cheese
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/123456789OPZ
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/123456789angus
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/123456789blabla
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/123456789c
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/123456789dd123456789
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/123456789far
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/123456789gary
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/123456789psdfgetrd
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/123456789riitta
 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.


 * Comments by other users

Requested by Tetracube (talk) 19:39, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
 * CheckUser requests

Given the generic pattern of the above named usernames, it is probably a good idea to use CheckUser to locate other sleeper accounts named similarly, with the same pattern of vandalisms.&mdash;Tetracube (talk) 19:39, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
 * - Agree with Tetracube. -- Kanonkas : Talk  15:56, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

-- Kanonkas : Talk  15:53, 8 March 2009 (UTC) ✅ - 123456789gary == 123456789riitta == CU results are inconclusive on most of the others, however behavior may be telling. -- Versa geek  16:06, 8 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments
 * Actually given the pattern I can sniff up a list of users for you guys to check using toolserver. I'll be back with user contribs lists. ——  nix eagle email me 18:19, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
 * See the evidence section above. ——  nix eagle email me 18:31, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
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 * Conclusions
 * All blocked. -- Kanonkas : Talk  16:15, 8 March 2009 (UTC)