Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Artincider/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets

 * ( original case name)

A number of single issue accounts have created and developed the Ben Young (artist) article since 2010. Article was nominated for AfD and Mr Bongleton and Artincider appeared within minutes of one another with similar arguments to keep the article. MrBongleton argued that "article has been around for years and been contributed to by numerous editors" though it looks highly likely the numerous accounts are related. Article was created by Bagman23 who edited until 27 June 2011. Article was developed by Insider.art until 8 August 2011 (clear similarity to Artincider name) then transitioned to Arthurrubenstein on 8 August 2011. Artincider last edited Wikipedia in 2016/17. Mr Bongleton took over the mantle in 2021. Sionk (talk) 14:27, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

Comments by other users

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Artincider and MrBongleton are ✅ to one another. I expect that it's the same person who's been operating under all those other accounts through the years - they're all SPAs - but all of those accounts are stale, and likely abandoned. If any of them reactivate we can reassess, but for now I'm blocking the two confirmed accounts, and have moved this case to match the older account's name. Closing.  Girth Summit  (blether)  14:19, 2 February 2024 (UTC)