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27 September 2013

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Articles for deletion/Michel Von Tell. An editor (Adniim-) trying to "protect" an apparent autobiography about a non-notable individual at AfD, removing Afd-template on article and deleting comments made by another user at AfD. Then the suspected sock (Frank.hofstedter) shows up to add a keep !vote on the AfD as his first edit, just minutes after being created, followed by Adniim- deleting both the "notvote"-banner that I had added and the !vote cast by the suspected sock (trying to remove evidence, I suspect...) right after I had tagged the suspected sock as an SPA. Topped with Adniim- insulting the nominator in German on the nominator's talk page. Filing an SPI might be seen as slightly premature but I thought that we might as well check them before the suspected sockmaster's desperation grows and the trickle of socks turns into a flood. Thomas.W  talk to me  19:50, 27 September 2013 (UTC)

Additional information : Suspected sock: diff of the one and only edit the sock has made. Suspected sockmaster: diff1 (same style for "keep" as above),diff2 and diff3 (references to "WP BIO", just like the suspected sock; out of five references to "WP BIO" on the AfD Adniim- makes four and the suspected sock makes the fifth), diff4 (deleted both "notvote"-tag and the suspected sock's !vote when I had tagged it with SPA and Adniim- realised that I had noticed that Frank.hofstedter was a newly created SPA). The suspected sockmaster's written English is very bad, as can be clearly seen in all edits s/he makes, but it's hard to make a comparison with the suspected sock since s/he has only made a single edit. But the impression I get when reading that single edit, which is not very fluent in style, is that it is a machine translation (Adniim- is a German-speaker).

And as for fishing, I never do that. Ever. The reason I filed the SPI was that I wanted to put an end to the disruption, both on the AfD and on the talk page of everyone who doesn't agree with User:Adniim-. Thomas.W  talk to me  22:30, 27 September 2013 (UTC)


 * Further comment: The AfD that Adniim- and Frank.hofstedter currently appear on is Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michel Von Tell, an article that is a recreation of a previously deleted article where the AfD saw the appearance of several SPAs, seemingly created for that AfD. Which combined with what is written below about the AfD at the German WP having had problems with socks makes me believe that it's sock puppetry that we're seeing on the current AfD. Thomas.W   talk to me  14:56, 29 September 2013 (UTC)


 * Withdrawn. I withdraw the report since the AfD has been closed and both accounts have stopped editing. I intended to do it as soon as the AfD had been closed, but forgot it. Thomas.W   talk to me  08:05, 8 October 2013 (UTC)

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De.wikipedia had problems with a sockpuppet master surrounding the same article and afd page. One of the major characteristics was the use of the strange phrase "one edit account", which is also used by this user. diff1 diff2. He operated with 4 different accounts. One was named Adnnin. Another one was user:KarlJun. Both are editing in swiss related articles here.--Richardharrison999 (talk) 13:38, 29 September 2013 (UTC) KarlJun reviewed Adniin-'s article. --Richardharrison999 (talk) 14:22, 29 September 2013 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * - Rschen7754 21:53, 27 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Also, with regards to "Filing an SPI might be seen as slightly premature but I thought that we might as well check them before the suspected sockmaster's desperation grows and the trickle of socks turns into a flood." -> . --Rschen7754 21:54, 27 September 2013 (UTC)
 * - I find it difficult to justify a CU on a one-edit account for this purpose, especially considering the AFD has since been closed. Rschen7754 07:47, 8 October 2013 (UTC)