Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/AnItalianEditor/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets

 * ( original case name)




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User:CristianoItalianWiki and User:AnItalianEditor have odd similarities, such as the former saying "My average edits are around 200-500 bytes but on other accounts I have done edits that are 4000+ before" and the latter saying "My edits are usually about 250-500 bytes but I have got 1000+ before". There appears to be some relationship between all the accounts. For example at Lotus Cars Cristiano Mclaren makes an edit at 00:01, 5 January 2021, followed by an edit by AnItalianEditor at 00:07, 5 January 2021. Similarly at Ken Miles CristianoItalianWiki makes edits at 18:22, 5 January 2021 and 20:59, 5 January 2021, which AnItalianEditor reverts at 23:55, 5 January 2021 before self-reverting at 23:59, 5 January 2021. It seems unusual that AnItalianEditor just happens to edit those two articles that CristianoItalianWiki and Cristiano Mclaren have edited shortly before. The accounts seem to have a similar tendency to flout copyright, User talk:Cristiano Mclaren shows a copyright warning, I reverted every edit made by AnItalianEditor on 5 January, almost all for copy and paste additions in violation of copyright. FDW777 (talk) 09:38, 6 January 2021 (UTC)


 * Response to comments below. The issue is not necessarily whether you are the same editor, there is also the issue of whether CristianoItalianWiki and Cristiano Mclaren are the same editor. There is clearly no potential lost password issue (for example), as both accounts have edited this morning (coincidentally, both adding retired to their talk page within two minutes of each other). I am unable to see the majority of Cristiano Mclaren's contributions as they have been revision deleted due to copyright issues, which also coincidentally is a problem you have had with your editing (having had edits across many articles reverted due to copyright violations). FDW777 (talk) 12:08, 6 January 2021 (UTC)

Comments by other users
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Hello there! I am "AnItalianEditor" and would like to clear somethings up. I am not "CristianoItalianWiki". However, we are familiar to each other offline as family members. The reason I reverted then unreverted myself was because I thought he had put something false on the page but he gave me a reason why it was true. The reason I did all of this in the first place was because this is literally his 3rd day of using the website. He doesn't know how to edit so I'm teaching him and fixing his editing errors. I have no access to his account and he has no access to mine. Also, the similarities on the User Pages were because he doesn't know what you are supposed to put on User Pages so I sent him mine and he literally copied the first few sections. I have got to thank you for taking the time to investigate this case of "sockpuppetting", but it just really isn't. I would also like to add that if you look at all of his contributions, I believe they are from the 5th. I have ones from earlier 2020. As well, to challenge the individual who made these claims, may you give a reason why I would sockpuppet? This doesn't really have much to it and I'm genuinely confused as to how we even got to this stage, because as I've shown, a few clicks literally throws this entire "investigation" out of the window.

Hi again, so, with regards to the two accounts, I didn't even know that it was a banned practice. I don't actually have a clue why he made the two accounts but I was literally just here to edit and help a family member out who had an interest with editing, I have no nefarious reasoning for my actions. In regards to the copyright issue, I literally just came back to this website after about a month-long break and so I have no clue why this has suddenly started happening. I have no clue what copyright is all about and so I just try to edit and almost always get copyrighted with no idea of how to edit without the constant copyright. — Preceding unsigned comment added by AnItalianEditor (talk • contribs) 12:27, 6 January 2021 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Moving case under correct master.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   15:47, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Also found and ✅:
 * All accounts will be bagged and tagged. This SPI can be closed...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   15:53, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Also found and ✅:
 * All accounts will be bagged and tagged. This SPI can be closed...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   15:53, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Also found and ✅:
 * All accounts will be bagged and tagged. This SPI can be closed...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   15:53, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
 * All accounts will be bagged and tagged. This SPI can be closed...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   15:53, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
 * All accounts will be bagged and tagged. This SPI can be closed...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   15:53, 6 January 2021 (UTC)