Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Andrewlewisg/Archive

Report date December 22 2009, 18:19 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets

Three single-purpose accounts, all appearing today to create and edit the article Rusty Mike Sports (and the related article, Rusty mike radio). Jumpman2323 created the article, and afterwards Andrewlewisg came in to expand the material on show co-host Andrew Gershman (presumably the same person as Andrewlewisg). When I placed a db-spam tag on the article, Sportsfan1313 suddenly appeared and, one minute after that user's account was created, in his only Wikipedia edit, removed the tag. This seems suspicious, and note as well the 2323 versus the 1313 on two of the users' names. So I suspect that Sportsfan1313 was created for the sole purpose of creating the illusion that someone other than the author was removing the tag. —Largo Plazo (talk) 18:19, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Evidence submitted by —Largo Plazo (talk)


 * The user creation log indicates that Jumpman2323 was "created by" a blocked user, User:Arilouisshow1818. While that user was blocked for a promotional user name rather than for writing spam articles, he was warned about promotional material on his user page. (Also, note the 1818 at the end of that user's name.) —Largo Plazo (talk) 19:04, 22 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Another new user, User:Israel Sports Fan, appeared for the immediate purpose of adding multiple internal links for the radio show's website to the external links section. —Largo Plazo (talk) 19:10, 22 December 2009 (UTC)


 * User:Avivaed, created 19:02 UTC, edited the article at 19:11 UTC, no other contributions. —Largo Plazo (talk) 19:14, 22 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.


 * Comments by other users


 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments

Self-endorsing for CU again. This could possibly be fans or workers of these sports shows; I am not totally convinced that they are the same person. Technical evidence could help shed some light on this. –MuZemike 20:55, 28 December 2009 (UTC)


 * ✅ Israel Sports Fan = Andrewlewisg = Avivaed. Also ✅ that Jumpman2323 = Arilouisshow1818. It is possible based on geographical location that those two groups are related, and Sportsfan1313 is also possibly related to either or both based on location. Jlifs999's results are . Dominic·t 06:23, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

Accounts confirmed or likely indefinitely blocked and tagged. –MuZemike 18:03, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Conclusions

Evidence submitted by MuZemike
These users have exhibited the exact same behaviors when they were all confirmed and blocked last December. As with, Sportsfan18181818 goes to create Rusty Mike American Sports as the first edits with another SPA and the exact same IP involved in the previous SPI following. –MuZemike 16:52, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

Comments by accused parties
See Defending yourself against claims.

Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments
Requested by –MuZemike 16:52, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

While I acknowledge that Andrewlewisg and the previously-blocked socks are, that last IP mentioned in this case isn't and is the same one used in the previous SPI. I also think that if there is a technical match between these two above-reported suspected socks, one can easily draw the line, linking them to Andrewlewisg. –MuZemike 16:52, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

Looks like a duck to me, we have an account named "Sportsfan18181818" create the article, and previous socks of Andrewlewisg have been named "Sportsfan1313" and "Israel Sports Fan". Sportsfan18181818 then proceeds to make this edit to Dijon Thompson, almost mimicking this edit by Jumpman2323 in 2009. Arielmon for his part follows the MO of Andrewlewisg socks by simple making edits to the article, almost straight after it was created, also, you'll notice that this timeline is pretty interesting:

18:55, 27 April 2010 Sportsfan18181818 creates the article 18:59, 27 April 2010 Sportsfan18181818 edits the article Presumably Sportsfan18181818 logs out and then makes this IP edit 19:04, 27 April 2010 217.132.179.189 edits the article The account Arielmon is then created. 19:07, 27 April 2010 Arielmon new user account ‎ And they then presumably logout and log in to continue editing as Sportsfan18181818 19:18, 27 April 2010 Sportsfan18181818 edits the article

When you add to all this that the IP mentioned in the previous case has popped up, the relation between the accounts seems to be pretty established. In short: quack. If you want a sleeper check here or underlying IP check, Mike, then I'm happy to endorse, given that the link seems to be pretty established, but otherwise it seems like a duck. Regards, SpitfireTally-ho! 11:24, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

Fair enough. Given the clear behavioral evidence and similarities to the previous socks, I have indefinitely blocked the two accounts. –MuZemike 16:32, 8 May 2010 (UTC)