Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/AHiFi/Archive

26 July 2014

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The user started first on ip 212.69.51.241 added to Let's Play (video gaming)this edit. diff 1 After the ip was reverted 3 times, being identified probably as a vandal a new account called NevermoreJames came in, and added the same information. dif 2 He was subsequently reverted 3 times for introducing the same not reliable information. Then M_wikifacts showed up with this edit. dif 3 After this an edit war began with M_wikifacts not responding to multiply calls to come and discuss things on the talk page. After a protection template was added to stop the disruptive editing the sock master AHiFi an account that was not used since 2008 came back to life with this edit on the talk page. Talk Page Let's Play (video Game) Using the same sources M_wikifacts used in his later edit warring and same manner of speech. Of course its also suspect why an account that has been sleeping for 4 years suddenly turned active to help push a pov it was not involved with in the first place. These accounts and ip are being used to disruptivly edit to push a certain pov, while probably trying to evade the 3revert rule and other rules. NathanWubs (talk) 06:22, 26 July 2014 (UTC)
 * RE: The diffs were broken it seems so I fixed them. The information that was posted was the same by different users with all the single purpose of getting this information in the article.. Then too me if you look at dif 1 or 2 it seems that the sentence does not end all that well. Like something needed to be added too it. Then in dif 3, there is the addition that it needed. This seemed suspicious to me. And then alarm bells went off when a user that has not posted since 2008, comes to the talk pages to defend the point that has been made by the current pov pushers. Then of course, in my opinion M_wikifacts makes out the same type of arguments with this diff. talk page 2. I do not know enough about ips to see where they are come from. So the suspicions for me already have been lowered, and I more suspect that some person, probably the pov push main subjects said something about Wikipedia being incorrect or something. And fans of these people saw it probably as their mission to correct the grievous wrong in their eyes. However, I had my suspicions so I filed it. But there does not seem a need to pursue at this time as it has died down. So I agree that its best to drop it. NathanWubs (talk) 17:28, 30 July 2014 (UTC)

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 * I doubt either IP is related; one is in the UK, the other in Ottawa, and at the very least M_wikifacts is in New York. ☺ ·  Salvidrim!   ·  &#9993;  23:12, 28 July 2014 (UTC)
 * RE:, I personally do not believe very strongly that they are the same person, and even if I suspected it, evidence is circumstantial at best. I would not, actually, recommend a CU-check be run on the sole basis of currently available evidence. Of course, that remains open to change if either alleged sock is resurrected in the future. ☺ ·  Salvidrim!   ·  &#9993;  16:05, 30 July 2014 (UTC)

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 * Based on Salvidrim's comments especially I'm going to need some before I can endorse - why do you believe those accounts are the same person, which diffs show that they are? Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 14:29, 30 July 2014 (UTC)
 * To find where an IP is from, go to their contributions page and scroll down to the box at the bottom, in there click on Geolocate and it'll take you to an external site giving information about the IP including where it's from and which company owns the address). Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 01:28, 31 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Closing with no action per comments above and withdrawal of the report. Please feel free to re-report if further evidence comes to light. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 01:28, 31 July 2014 (UTC)