Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Add a little bit of spice/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets



 * Tools: Editor interaction utility • Interaction Timeline • User compare report Auto-generated every hour.

All accounts editing the same deleted Draft:Marcus Pork.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:25, 17 February 2022 (UTC)

Comments by other users
''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.''

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Blocked, tagged, closing. Bbb23 (talk) 23:31, 17 February 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets


Yet again creating drafts for Marcus Pork. EDM fan 2 (talk) 20:11, 22 February 2022 (UTC)

Comments by other users
''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.''

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Blocked and tagged. With respect to J.D. Pennyweather, please note the gap between the creation and first-edit dates. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 23:16, 22 February 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets


Still editing drafts for Marcus Pork. EDM fan 2 (talk) 17:29, 23 February 2022 (UTC)

Comments by other users
''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.''
 * do you think a salt of Draft:Marcus Pork will keep them at bay for a while? wizzito  &#124;  say hello!  00:55, 24 February 2022 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * - We need a CU to confirm and check for other accounts given how fast they keep coming. Also, I have some doubts about Sipuncula, an older account. Although not relevant to the CU, the two IPs geolocate to different countries. Bbb23 (talk) 18:20, 23 February 2022 (UTC)
 * - I wouldn't mind another set of eyes on this (hence marking as endorsed rather than checked), but the CU data in this case is weird - I'm not confident that it will help us, except in a sort of 'these accounts are weird in a similar way to the previous ones', which they are.  Girth Summit  (blether)  18:51, 23 February 2022 (UTC)
 * - -- RoySmith (talk) 20:03, 23 February 2022 (UTC)
 * The CU data shows a wide range of user agents and geolocations, literally spanning the globe. Despite the fact that our tools aren't detecting any proxy use, my guess is that all of the UA data is spoofed and the IPs are proxified.  So my recommendation would be to ignore everything CU tells us and handle this strictly on the behavior. -- RoySmith (talk) 21:21, 23 February 2022 (UTC)
 * I've blocked and tagged Bred2000 and Adelaide. I'm leaving the status as checked for others to review Sipuncula and the two IPs. Bbb23 (talk) 21:32, 23 February 2022 (UTC)
 * So, I had a look at the draft before it was deleted and it said something like "Marcus Pork is a TikToker who asked his fans to create a Wikipedia page for him". After a bit of Googling, the story checks out. I'd bet that there isn't actually any spoofing or proxy use going on and that these really are different people - they're just participating in the same annoying TikTok meme. That said, I think it's still appropriate to block these for MEAT/NOTHERE. I'm hesitant to do that with Sipuncula, however, because they have made productive contributions in the past. I also doubt that we're going to hear from the IPs again. I am inclined to close without further action (maybe a warning for Sipuncula), but second opinions are appreciated. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 23:52, 23 February 2022 (UTC)
 * From what I saw in the CU data, the TikTok-canvassing theory is just as plausible as my original supposition. Closing with no action seems reasonable to me. -- RoySmith (talk) 18:01, 24 February 2022 (UTC)
 * I blocked as well.  – Athaenara  ✉  21:04, 24 February 2022 (UTC)
 * I left a note for Sipuncula. The IPs haven't edited since this was filed, so closing. Re. salting, an admin can do that if they want to, but it will probably just be recreated under different names. Spicy (talk) 00:12, 25 February 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Attempted recreation of Draft:Markus Pork ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 22:56, 9 April 2022 (UTC)

Comments by other users
''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.''

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Account now blocked. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 13:37, 10 April 2022 (UTC)