Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/AbioScientistGenesis/Archive

17 May 2013

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(Comment: I was originally unsure whether I should come here, but I was spurred to do so by these comments  at FTN, by other users who also suspect sockpuppetry. I think CU is unneccesary per WP:DUCK, but please let me know if I should request it. This is my first time here, so apologies in advance if I don't understand the process.)

Anyways - all four accounts were made yesterday ( ETA: there are now a bunch more on the list ), and each immediately started editing the page Abiogenesis. For one of them (MDPub13), their first edit was a revert. Since then, they have been reverting in support of each other when their edits are challenged. Right after the FTN comments I mentioned, they started reverting each other as well, but in three cases the same account has reverted itself:. In each of these cases the content was then restored by one of the other three. (The first one went through an intermediate step where the edit was restored by the same account and removed by an unrelated editor.)

I can provide other diffs as necessary, but I think the contrib lists (which are short) are probably the most illustrative, with comparison to the edit history of the page in the last two days. Arc de Ciel (talk) 04:12, 17 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Added: there is now also an ANI thread started by User:MSJapan. Arc de Ciel (talk) 08:01, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Added: their editing has now started to include some other articles, but seems to be following the same pattern. See Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, which is now semiprotected as a result. Arc de Ciel (talk) 09:11, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Same contribution pattern. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/NeverCeaseNeverDesist NorthBySouthBaranof (talk) 07:51, 23 May 2013 (UTC) This comment, with request for check on NeverCeaseNeverDesist, merged from later request. A fluffernutter is a sandwich! (talk) 17:06, 28 May 2013 (UTC)

Comments by other users
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 * Comment. I was made aware of this SPI through the nom's posting in WP:FTN. One thing I noticed is that User:SzostakJack posted at 08:33, 16 May 2013, followed by User:PubMed2015 at 08:34, 16 May 2013, and User:MDPub13 at 08:34, 16 May 2013. These edits are so tightly grouped that I think there may be an issue with meatpuppets rather than socks. Location (talk) 04:57, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Comment. I added AbioScientistGenesis to the list, no comment necessary. TippyGoomba (talk) 05:12, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Comment. I have reverted an attempt by SzostakJack to include TippyGoomba and 131.142.52.96 in the list of suspected sockpuppets. Arc de Ciel (talk) 06:18, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Comment. Added EunuchRU, Mj12hoaxwriter. TippyGoomba (talk) 06:02, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Comment - I added SpazAbiogenesis as a newly created account, and KnowledgeIncreases07 because that account edited the article heavily until blocked on 3/31 for 31 hours, and then never returned. MSJapan (talk) 21:53, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

Comments moved into this section from other parts of the page: The others do everything I tell themMDPub13 (talk) 05:01, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

Meat puppet yellow alert: 1. TippyGoomba 2. 131.142.52.96 3. Arc de Ciel  — Preceding unsigned comment added by SzostakJack (talk • contribs) 05:48, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
 * What's so funny is that you both just admitted to being meatpuppets. WorldTraveller101(Trouble?/My Work) 16:08, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Also, all three of the users mentioned by SzostakJack are those that reported the incident. Just an FYI. WorldTraveller101(Trouble?/My Work) 16:14, 18 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Comment - User:MDPub13 just admitted to an intent to sockpuppet on his userpage: "I have access to hundreds of CPUs with unique ip. No need to make me restart go fix ACGME and UMKC lying to ACGME and state boards about probation. Letter from dr Nasca says I was never on probation why then did Dr Moormeier inform Georgia that I was??" NorthBySouthBaranof (talk) 08:19, 21 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Comment: In addition to the usual checkuser "are they related" determination, if they are related, please give us an indication as to whether a range block might work or whether it would have too much collateral damage. Thanks! --Guy Macon (talk) 13:35, 21 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Why is User:Solomonfromfinland on this? That account's editing looks nothing like the others and it's been around for much longer.--Atlan (talk) 09:55, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
 * My bad. I've apologized to him on his talk page. TippyGoomba (talk) 15:21, 22 May 2013 (UTC)


 * New sockpuppet: (blocked) —Novangelis (talk) 01:40, 23 May 2013 (UTC)


 * New since checkuser report: (blocked for vandalism).Novangelis (talk) 19:06, 30 May 2013 (UTC)

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 * - - Whole lot of weirdness here that could be either socks or meatpuppets. The listed accounts mostly cross on two article areas - Abiogenesis and Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. Not everybody's edited both, but each has edited at least one or the other and there's enough interlinks between the accounts' behavior to run a check. A fluffernutter is a sandwich! (talk) 16:58, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Inprogress - --  DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  17:19, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
 * ✅ to each other:


 * ✅ to each other on a school network and a mobile network, with very distinct UAs, ❌ to the above:


 * 99% to the above group (Spazzabiogenesis):
 * -- DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  17:36, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
 * -- DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  17:36, 28 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Two farms blocked and tagged. A fluffernutter is a sandwich! (talk) 19:56, 30 May 2013 (UTC)

03 June 2013

 * Suspected sockpuppets


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Same conspiracy theory/vendetta against UMKC: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Surgeon&diff=prev&oldid=558160222 NorthBySouthBaranof (talk) 18:27, 3 June 2013 (UTC)

Comments by other users
''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.'' Reported at separately.Novangelis (talk) 18:34, 3 June 2013 (UTC)
 * same agenda on edits
 * (unused; name suspicious for a sleeper) Novangelis (talk) 21:01, 3 June 2013 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * ✅ - all of the above, plus the following account;




 * - A l is o n  ❤ 06:35, 5 June 2013 (UTC)


 * Tagged and closing. Rschen7754 06:36, 5 June 2013 (UTC)

08 June 2013

 * Suspected sockpuppets


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Another account making the same types of edits to Abiogenesis. Many of the changes introduced with this edit are the same ones that the previous socks were pushing. Arc de Ciel (talk) 07:02, 8 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Adding more specific evidence, as requested: the edit linked is identical to this edit, made by one of the previous socks. (This content was initially produced by multiple socks. This diff comes from a brief edit war when the page was being restored to the pre-sock version.)
 * In other words, we have a WP:DUCK case where a bunch of confirmed sockpuppets tried to change the article, the socks were blocked and the article was returned to the original version, and after protection expired, this new account showed up and attempted to reinsert the same changes. Arc de Ciel (talk) 06:26, 18 June 2013 (UTC)

Added: a second account which edited the Abiogenesis talk page (another attempt to change the same section title as before, and an attempt to remove a response to SuperFreakCell); then they copied some of the same sock content from the article history onto SuperFreakCell's user page along with a favorable comment. Arc de Ciel (talk) 09:03, 13 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Again being more specific: modifying the same section title as the previous socks, in effectively the same way. Please see and  (you need to scroll down for one of them).
 * For the copying of sock content at SuperFreakCell's user talk, the edit created the page, so there is no diff; the permalink is here. Comparison to the same diff from above shows that it is a portion of the article containing the same sock content. For example, check the phrase "The current smallest..."
 * Please also see the comment by User:TippyGoomba below. Arc de Ciel (talk) 06:26, 18 June 2013 (UTC)

Comments by other users

 * SuperFreakCell diff:


 * AbioScientistGenesis diff:


 * This edit by Biochemist1975 on SuperFreakCell's talk page, establishes the link between Biochemist1975 and SuperFreakCell. SuperFreakCell's entire talk page was created by Biochemist1975 in one edit. TippyGoomba (talk) 17:14, 15 June 2013 (UTC)


 * I wanted to wait until we had a CheckUser before commenting, but this one definitely passes the WP:DUCK test. The arguments are the same, the style is similar, and the fact that the only edit made to User:SuperFreakCell (Note: user page, not user talk page) is by User:Biochemist1975 and looks very much like he forgot which of his accounts he was logged on to. --Guy Macon (talk) 16:03, 18 June 2013 (UTC)
 * The other socks made the same error, editing anothers userpage with nonsense. The naming conventions are similar as well. I can dig up some hard evidence of this if it's relevant/needed. TippyGoomba (talk) 02:47, 19 June 2013 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
--(ʞɿɐʇ) ɐuɐʞsǝp 12:20, 13 June 2013 (UTC)


 * . --(ʞɿɐʇ) ɐuɐʞsǝp 09:50, 18 June 2013 (UTC)

Blocked and tagged.&mdash;Kww(talk) 00:12, 24 June 2013 (UTC)