Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Amandabilliot/Archive

27 May 2010

 * Suspected sockpuppets

Slightly bizarre but the user seems intent on creating a series of accounts with vanity pages pretending to be articles. Though not actively vandalizing articles this still seems misleading and a doubtful use of sock puppet accounts. Fæ (talk) 06:53, 27 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Evidence submitted by Fæ (talk)


 * Based on Tiptoety's suggestion, I have made an offer on User talk:JIIMCAM asking that he choose a preferred account. If there is no response I could apply PRODs to all these user pages, though I am unclear why this situation would be covered by WP:SOCK as intentional misuse is apparent. Fæ (talk) 09:34, 28 May 2010 (UTC)


 * I have now raised Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:SaaamuelCaaameron in order to set a deletion precedent so that the other user pages can be speedy deleted using TW. This seemed easier than the level of copyediting work needed for a bundle MfD. Fæ (talk) 11:13, 28 May 2010 (UTC)


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 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments
 * Interesting. I would say it is fairly obvious these accounts are all operated by the same person, but I am not sure they are really purposefully engaging in any type of disruptive behavior, especially not to any level that would justify taking administrative actions against the accounts. Instead, I might suggest attempting dialogue in an attempt to educate and maybe get the user to pick one account. Tiptoety  talk 04:52, 28 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Reply to Fæ: I am assuming good faith here. I did not mean to suggest all of their accounts fell under LEGIT (hence my suggestion to have them pick one account). I just do not see anything that leads me to believe their intentions are malicious. Tiptoety  talk 18:14, 28 May 2010 (UTC)
 * No problem, I agree with your viewpoint. I like the friendly approach, particularly as this user is not damaging articles just using sock accounts without providing a acceptable rationale. Fæ (talk) 18:26, 28 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Sounds good. I am going to close this, feel free to reopen if need be or contact me on my talk page. Cheers, Tiptoety  talk 18:42, 28 May 2010 (UTC)

Merged from Sockpuppet investigations/Alx Dokkis. Tim Song (talk) 18:13, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

29 May 2010

 * Suspected sockpuppets

Long track record of creating sock accounts to host hoax article pages. See Sockpuppet investigations/Alx Dokkis/Archive for recent investigation into child sock accounts (the history of File:JIIIMEISEN.jpg connects these accounts as the uploader states this is a photo of themselves). Fæ (talk) 09:58, 29 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Evidence submitted by Fæ (talk)


 * I've deleted the hoax pages, but you are going to have to walk me through how File:JIIIMEISEN.jpg connects anything.&mdash;Kww(talk) 19:53, 29 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Sure, the photo was uploaded on 28 May 2010 @22:02 by Amandabilliot (summary: "OWN WORK TAKEN BY MYSELF") and used on the main page of JIIIMEISEN on the same day @22:04 (see old version) as the main photo. The photo was not used by anyone else. This connects these two accounts.
 * Stay with me; I note that JIIIMEISEN was not explicitly mentioned on the last SPI but this account is a simple name variation on JIIMCAM and JiiimCaaameron and in particular if you compare JIIMEISEN on 28 May with JiiimCaaameron on 27 May you will note that the Videography sections of these two hoax pages are identical. I'm certain that if you have access to the deleted versions of other accounts mentioned in the last SPI (I don't, so I can only use the history of un-deleted pages) then you will see similar cut & paste matches for other accounts (JooonasCaaameron is still an undeleted example).
 * You will note that the other extensively used image File:Alx Dokkis11.jpg was loaded by Amandabilliot and used exclusively by several of the accounts in the last SPI.
 * It's fairly intuitive when you look at the pages involved, much harder to explain in prose. Fæ (talk) 22:17, 29 May 2010 (UTC)


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 * I'd just like to add that I blocked User:DeeanCraig as a fairly obvious sock of this user a few weeks ago. Beeblebrox (talk) 22:38, 29 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments


 * AGF only goes so far. All accounts blocked and tagged, including accounts from the previous SPI. /Alx Dokkis merged here. Tim Song (talk) 18:12, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

13 July 2010

 * Suspected sockpuppets

Well established puppeteer is back again. See Sockpuppet_investigations/Amandabilliot/Archive for background.
 * Evidence submitted by Fæ (talk)

This person sets up accounts with variations of a name and creates dummy article pages on the user page, normally using the dubious photos that are claimed to be public domain with no evidence or EXIF data. The user page appears to be a cut & paste of a live article with some variations, the information is unverified so this may be a form of personal attack or defamation. The person has never responded to questions and may not be returning to these accounts once the user pages are created as a form of free vanity hosting. Fæ (talk) 20:15, 13 July 2010 (UTC)


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Moved from Sockpuppet investigations/JaamieWorthton.  E lockid  ( Talk ) 01:05, 14 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments

All accounts blocked and tagged.  E lockid  ( Talk ) 01:11, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
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, but almost certainly related.

Evidence submitted by JohnCD
Return of this long-term hoaxer, whose speciality is creating new accounts who make no edits except to build up a substantial hoax user page, based on a real person but with facts altered, particularly the d.o.b. which is always altered to 21 August. This has been going on from May right up to 9 September. was led to them by checking images uploaded by JaasoneDeruulo; then the common d.o.b. led him to find more. I have speedy-deleted all the fake userpages per WP:CSD as blatant hoaxes and also BLP violations, as they were biographies of real people with falsified facts. Checkuser carried out by. JohnCD (talk) 21:31, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

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Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments
I've blocked the stale accounts as well. I think we can deny recognition here as far as tagging goes, but I'll leave that decision to whomever archives the case. TN X Man 22:42, 10 September 2010 (UTC)
 * I saw most tagged, so I did the last few. Seemed logical enough. -- DQ  (t)  (e)  18:01, 12 September 2010 (UTC)