Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/AutoMamet/Archive

05 October 2013

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These various accounts share a strange intersection of of interests, and they are prone to quick reversions, long-term edit warring, and canvassing. Topics
 * The Departed. Interest shared by 208.120.96.227, 67.250.71.150, 76.193.164.24, AutoMamet.
 * Infernal Affairs, inspiration for The Departed. Interest shared by 208.120.96.227.
 * Raging Bull. Interest shared by 67.250.71.150, AutoMamet,
 * Max Weber. Interest shared by 208.120.96.227, 72.68.10.194, 209.3.238.61, 209.3.238.62.
 * William Monahan, screenplay writer for The Departed. 208.120.96.227 edit-warred to include controversy..
 * Lily Collins, possibly dating Jamie Campbell Bower. 208.120.96.227 edit-warred to insert relationship text. The same gossip had been inserted by 76.193.164.24, and 76.193.163.230. It was later added again by 72.68.5.132..
 * Jamie Campbell Bower, possibly dating Lily Collins. Same as above, with edit warring by 208.120.96.227, 72.68.5.132, 66.99.0.84, and 69.209.232.88.
 * Ethel Person. Interest shared by AutoMamet, 209.3.238.62.
 * Prometheus. Interest from AutoMamet, 209.3.238.61, 209.3.238.62.
 * Prometheus (2012 film). Interest from 66.99.0.84, 208.120.96.115, 72.68.10.194, 209.3.238.61.
 * Harold Bloom. Interest from 72.68.10.194, AutoMamet, 209.3.238.61.
 * Outrage Beyond. Interest from 72.68.10.194, AutoMamet, 209.3.238.61.
 * Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II. Interest from 66.99.0.84, 76.193.164.24, AutoMamet, 209.3.238.61, 209.3.238.62.
 * Hans Kelsen. Interest from 76.193.164.24, 69.209.232.88, 72.68.10.194, 209.3.238.61.

Canvassing
 * 208.120.96.227 canvassed 25 editors on September 7 regarding the film Infernal Affairs. Examples:
 * 67.250.71.150 canvassed four users regarding The Departed and Raging Bull, singling out those editors who have had negative interactions with the opponents of the other socks and puppetmaster.
 * 209.3.238.62 inserted his complaint into a discussion about me at ANI:, and he also commented on the ANI discussion I raised about the related IP 209.3.238.61:

Location
 * 208.120.96.227 is from Fort Lee, New Jersey.
 * 67.250.71.150 is from Fort Lee, New Jersey.
 * 72.68.5.132 is from Wallington, New Jersey.
 * 72.68.10.194 is from Newark, New Jersey.
 * 208.120.96.115 is from Englewood, New Jersey. Only one relevant edit.
 * 209.3.238.62 is registered to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC.
 * 209.3.238.61 is registered to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC.
 * 76.193.164.24 is from Chicago.
 * 76.193.163.230 is from Chicago.
 * 69.209.232.88 is from Chicago.
 * 66.99.0.84 is registered to the Chicago Public Library. Relevant diffs from a one hour period on August 26. There are many more shared topics including Irenaean theodicy, Takeshi Kitano, Blood Meridian, etc. I am convinced these IPs are all the same person, despite the locations. The phenomenally unusual intersection of interests is the key. Binksternet (talk) 17:36, 5 October 2013 (UTC)

Comments by other users
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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
In addition to the obvious intersection of article interest, I also found the edit summaries of the various IPs and AutoMamet to be very telling. First, they were very detailed. Second, all of the accounts with any edit history had comments like "Previous version ..." followed by variants of "did not include one", "did not mention it", "did not include them", and others. Also, AutoMamet created their account on July 21 but did not make their first edit until July 30. , on the other hand, started editing the common-interest articles on July 21. The Chicago connection (for the IPs that are not in the New York metropolitan area) is also explainable. All of the Chicago IP edits occurred in a short span of time at the end of August. Most likely a trip AutoMamet made during that time frame.

I have blocked the master for one month because the socking was so extensive and disruptive. I did not block any of the IPs who have not edited recently. I blocked 67.250.71.150 for one week because they have edited recently but very little. I blocked the two IPs that begin with 209 (the museum) for one month each because they have edited recently and for quite some time. No tagging. Thanks to Binksternet for such a comprehensive report.--Bbb23 (talk) 20:22, 5 October 2013 (UTC)
 * I left it open in case there was any additional comment; there wasn't. Bbb23 (talk) 15:18, 6 October 2013 (UTC)

07 November 2013

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In the previous SPI for AutoMamet, we saw that IP 209.3.238.62 was one of the involved addresses—one of two from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC. Today, IP 209.3.238.62 posted an analysis on the talk page of Irenaean theodicy, one of the topics of interest to this sockpuppeter. This analysis posted by 209.3.238.62 was signed as AutoJellinek. 209.3.238.62 deleted this post one minute later. A few minutes after that, AutoJellinek posted the same material but this time on the user talk page of J Milburn. Note that AutoJellinek evaded the month-long block issued by User:Bbb23 against AutoMamet: AutoJellinek was active including a period from October 7 to November 1. The block on AutoMamet started on October 5 and expired on November 5. IP 96.242.234.85 has been active on many of the same articles that are of interest to AutoMamet and the socks. The IP aided AutoMamet in an edit war on the Max Weber article. On October 19 when AutoMamet was blocked, the IP edited the biography of Hans Kelsen, another topic of interest. The IP geolocates to Fort Lee, New Jersey; the same place as some of the other IP socks of AutoMamet. LittleIPEditor is interested in the same very unusual combination of topics that we see with AutoMamet: Irenaean theodicy and Prometheus being two of many. LittleIPEditor was also quite active during the period when AutoMamet was blocked for 30 days, for instance on November 4 at the John Marshall biography. Binksternet (talk) 21:12, 7 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Checkuser is requested because the previous SPI failed to discover at least these two accounts. The person behind these accounts is very persistent. Binksternet (talk) 21:14, 7 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Adding IP 72.68.5.132 because it appears that 72.68.5.132 was active when AutoMamet was blocked, for instance on October 22 with this edit to Hans Morgenthau. 72.68.5.132 is from Newark, New Jersey, the same general area as AutoMamet. 72.68.5.132 was listed in the previous SPI; the editor is interested in the same unusual combination of topics including Prometheus, Hans Kelsen, Max Weber, Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, etc. Binksternet (talk) 22:33, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

Comments by other users
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 * - King of  &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 00:18, 8 November 2013 (UTC)
 * - AutoJellinek and LittleIPEditor are ✅ to each other and to AutoMamet. That being said I'm going to further investigate this in a couple hours time, I suspect there are more accounts. NativeForeigner Talk 00:41, 8 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Master and both suspected sock accounts blocked indef. Should I close this now? Mark Arsten (talk) 18:47, 8 November 2013 (UTC)


 * Also to   NativeForeigner Talk 02:19, 9 November 2013 (UTC)
 * All socks blocked and tagged, closing now. Mark Arsten (talk) 05:25, 10 November 2013 (UTC)