Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Aviation geek/Archive

31 July 2013

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On Page Angel Medflight Worldwide Air Ambulance Aviation geek and Oregon Beavers seem very aggressive at immediatly removing any negative material from the page. Even when supporting evidence is placed upon the page linking material to the company. All page edits have happened between normal work hours between Monday and Friday when time stamps have been converted to local time in Scottsdale, Arizona. All users have never made any other edits to any other pages and have all been recently created.

Additonal all pages where they are making comments, including the deletion discussion page have the same tone. see View AfD Angel MedFlight Worldwide Air Ambulance

All diffs on Angel Medflight Worldwide Air Ambulance either: a) remove any negative material from page, b) add links to either webpage or generic press releases for the company, or c) attack other users, whether by ip address or username (see deletion discussion page) to distance him or herself from possiblity of having article deleted. Icarus1980 (talk) 18:41, 31 July 2013 (UTC)

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 * CheckUser appears here. The behavioral evidence is damning. This can be dealt with via regular means.  Tiptoety  talk 01:57, 1 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Oregon Beavers and MidWillametteValley have been blocked indef as socks per the duck test. Aviation geek blocked for the duration of the AfD for sockpuppetting to votestack. However, to be completely honest, I'd like to see a check made on the SPI creator, here, who is also a SPA that has only edited this subject, and no others, and also displayed the "use bolded votes on multiple comments" behavior at the AfD. Given the editing history and behavior I'm concerned this could be a "good hand-bad hand" situation. - The Bushranger One ping only 02:04, 2 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Fair enough. It is the following are related:


 * appears.
 * That said, some of them appeared to edit from shared IPs. I'd say the technical evidence isn't of too much help here. I would base the decision on the behavior and just also be aware these may be meatpuppets. Tiptoety  talk 02:04, 3 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Alright, thanks for the look. Behavioral evidence is overwhelming for the three there; I reckon Icarus1980 is wholly unrelated (at least technically) despite the quacking from that direction. - The Bushranger One ping only 03:03, 3 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Whoops, forgot to post the results for Icarus1980. They appear very but not completely unrelated. That said, they are editing from a corporate IP.  Tiptoety  talk 03:35, 3 August 2013 (UTC)
 * I wondered, but wasn't gonna say anything. It still looks slightly odd to me, but given that and the 100% opposite behavior with regards to the AfD, I'll AGF when it comes to Icarus 1980 barring further developments. - The Bushranger One ping only 03:38, 3 August 2013 (UTC)

27 August 2013

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Aviation Geek has been previously repremanded for creating Sockpuppets for Oregon Beavers, MidWillamettValley, and ipaddress 98.191.110.119 and may have again, created another Sockpupet named Watchthesun. Watchthesun has begun building the exact same links using the exact same language as Aviation Geek, creating off site links to the same company, Angel Medflight.
 * User:Aviation Geek Talk Page
 * {http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Angel_MedFlight_Worldwide_Air_Ambulance Articles for Deletion Discussion]
 * Scottsdale Airport 21 Aug User:Watchthesun Adding promotional link
 * Scottsdale Airport 21 Aug User:Watchthesun added promotional link
 * Scottsdale Airport 1 July IP 98.191.110.119
 * Lear 60 22 Aug IP 98.191.110.119 added promotional link
 * Lear 60 22 Aug IP 98.191.110.119 added promotional link and section

Jdflyer (talk) 05:47, 27 August 2013 (UTC)

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 * This does appear to be sufficiently quacking for a check, given past behavior - I'd even call it confirmed based on behavior, in fact. - The Bushranger One ping only 01:08, 28 August 2013 (UTC)

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 * I've blocked the sockpuppet and master account for a month. Closing. Reaper Eternal (talk) 01:09, 28 August 2013 (UTC)
 * I've added a one-month block for the apparently-stable IP which is obviously connected. - The Bushranger One ping only 01:13, 28 August 2013 (UTC)

20 September 2013

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Beginning 5 days after Watchthesun was blocked for being a sockpuppet account and Username:Aviation geek and IP address 98.191.110.119 had a one month block against them there does apppear to be sufficiently quacking again occuring on Scottsdale Airport.

Account began by adding references to company which Aviation geek appears to be associated with, page which was determined to be not notable and deleted from wikipiedia 

Next two edits to scottsdale airport added additional non notable businesses.

On 10 September IP address 206.191.8.4 deleted spam/advertisements from article. On 13 September Banksy truth re added links to Angel MedFlight Worldwide Air Ambulance stating they where a valid tenant at airport. I'm sure there are lots of valid tenants at the airport and pretty sure wikipedia is not a directory.

On 15 September IP address 70.209.81.232 redeleted spam/advertisements from article On 16 September Banksy truth again re added links to Angel MedFlight Worldwide Air Ambulance And on and on with every other revision on Scottsdale Airport he re adds Angel Medflight.

Subject matter and editing habits similar to past socks Jdflyer (talk) 06:15, 20 September 2013 (UTC)

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 * . Blocked as the loudest of quacking ducks. Sockmaster's block extended to indef due to the continued sockpuppetry. Up to a CU if a check for sleepers is still needed. - The Bushranger One ping only 06:44, 20 September 2013 (UTC)
 * No sleepers, as far as the technical evidence goes though (adding in some behavoiral evidence to back up the story) it's that this is the same user. That said, ✅ Jdflyer = . --  DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  08:47, 20 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Now isn't that an interesting boomerang. The Aviation geek side of things has been a bit technically odd but behavior is spot-on; if it isn't "proper" socking it's obvious meatpuppetry which in the end is the same, so blocks stay there; if the sock/meatpuppetry continues on Scottsdale Airport semiprotection might be considered, but I'm not imposing it now as IPs have been the ones doing cleanup. As for the surprise boomerang, Icarus1980 is blocked; Jdflyer is cautioned to edit only from one account in the future. - The Bushranger One ping only 10:38, 20 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Closing. Rschen7754 17:40, 20 September 2013 (UTC)
 * As a footnote: this appears to be why Jdflyer and Icarus1980 are linked. - The Bushranger One ping only 20:28, 20 September 2013 (UTC)

01 October 2013

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Brand new editor, whose first and so far only edit is to recreate the previously-deleted Angel MedFlight (past AfD'd at Articles for deletion/Angel Medflight); this is the standard M.O. of this sock/meatpuppetry group. The Bushranger One ping only 23:34, 1 October 2013 (UTC)

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. I would appreciate it if somebody went through all of these users and scrutinized their edits, many of which appear to be blatantly promotional, and some of which seemed to attempt to skew AfDs. I think the abuse goes back way further than this, so checking AfD’s for other users with similar trademarks will be necessary. Some of these users edited each others articles, which is another way to approach this. NativeForeigner Talk 02:29, 3 October 2013 (UTC)
 * - Evidence is quite clear, let's look for some sleepers. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 00:39, 2 October 2013 (UTC)
 * - There are many sleepers. Give me some time to root it all out. I'm somewhat worried there are even more than I can see, I may ask for additional CU assistance. NativeForeigner Talk 23:54, 2 October 2013 (UTC)
 * The users                                     and  are all ✅
 * Just went through and deleted the articles they created under G5. Mark Arsten (talk) 06:08, 3 October 2013 (UTC)
 * User:MontyReal2 is technically identical to the other users. They are appealing their block. I'm tempted to AGF but can somebody else review it and see if there is anything I'm missing? NativeForeigner Talk 16:14, 3 October 2013 (UTC)
 * also says he is not a sock. I have pointed him to WP:GAB. JohnCD (talk) 09:42, 11 October 2013 (UTC)

Just to make this easy to keep track of, I'm going to make a list of all the users with my notes next to them.. Legoktm (talk) 04:11, 4 October 2013 (UTC)
 * - no non-deleted edits
 * - unblocked
 * - edits look fine, had a keep vote on an AfD that was deleted. Legoktm (talk) 04:13, 4 October 2013 (UTC)

So does. I'm of the opinion they're all related. They're all asking to be unblocked in the same way, made the same edits. It's very duckish notwithstanding a perfect ✅. NativeForeigner Talk 19:18, 11 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Good god. So this is my verdict, I'm sorry it took so long to reach this. All of these users are ❌ to Aviation geek. Although the behavioral evidence was 100% quack, I've since concluded that I've blocked a paid editing group. Aviation geek's company hired a firm to recreate it. In checking TimeQueen I managed to unearth a metric ton of socks. I think it would be worth nothing that these accounts are not related to Aviation geek. Although they relate to Angel MedFlight, the operator of the account Aviation geek is almost 100% not the same as the operator of all the accounts below which are confirmed to each other. I'm not sure how we want to deal with the paid editing portion, but these editors are on a different continent. My apologies to Aviation geek, I should have checked this angle earlier. NativeForeigner Talk 19:25, 11 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Nothing further to do; closing Sh i r ik  ( Questions or Comments? ) 23:13, 2 November 2013 (UTC)

01 March 2014

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This user has previously been blocked for sock/meatpuppetry regarding Angel MedFlight and the creation of various articles on this non-notable company (which have been repeatedly deleted); after the previous round, they agreed to follow Wikipedia policy and were unblocked. However now there's Angel MedFlight Worldwide, which is created by a brand-new account and is substanstially similar/identical to the previously deleted articles created by this group of users. The quacking is loud, however a check to be sure would be appreciated. The Bushranger One ping only 23:57, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

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Also note the suspicious activity around Joelle O'Reilly-Hyland, an article involved in previous SPI cases for Aviation Geek. Created by User:Mister321. Recently 4 new SPAs have been created to start four related articles. Joelle Wyser-Pratte (aka O'Reilly-Hyland), Joelle O'Reilly-Hyland GIVES, Ounavarra Foundation (cofounded by O'Reilly-Hyland) and Paul O'Reilly-Hyland (other co-founder and husband). Since creation:
 * 16 August 2013
 * 9 September 2013
 * 19 September 2013
 * 18 February 2014‎
 * Joelle Wyser-Pratte. edited by Mindsetup (blocked sock from last SPI) and Jessionewiki (blocked sock of User:Sibtain 007)
 * Ounavarra Foundation. edited by Mindsetup
 * Paul O'Reilly-Hyland. edited by Mindsetup. Prod removed by User:Mister321  (blocked sock from last SPI)

In addition other related edits
 * Content promoting J.O'R-H into Spay Day USA by Watsonmickey (blocked sock of User:Sibtain 007)
 * Content promoting J.O'R-H into X Prize Foundation and Wendy Schmidt Oil Cleanup X CHALLENGE  by User:GYEcone (blocked sock from last SPI)
 * Content promoting J.O'R-H into Row New York by new Mindstep
 * Reinsertion of Content promoting J.O'R-H into Row New York by new SPA User:Shania cute

If not socpuppetry then thin is meat, promotion, general bad faithed editing. duffbeerforme (talk) 08:00, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

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 * - for a sleeper check, but known stuff is stale. Rschen7754 10:54, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Also note the TimeQueen32 SPI. NativeForeigner Talk 11:02, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
 * No obvious sleepers, but appears to be ❌ to the most recent bunch of TimeQueen socks. T. Canens (talk) 03:49, 5 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Well, then: Acirnsrill blocked as a obvious sock of Aviation geek, who is (re)blocked for resumption of sockpuppetry/meatpuppetry. No comment on the ones Duffbeerforme mentioned above, as I'm not as familiar with them. - The Bushranger One ping only 04:40, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

09 March 2014

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First and only edit by Yintem2 was to create Joelle Wyser-Pratte, a copy of Joelle O'Reilly-Hyland, which was speedy deleted WP:G5 following creation and edit by other confirmed scokpuppet as detailed in Sockpuppet investigations/Aviation geek/Archive. Joelle O'Reilly-Hyland GIVES, her charity, was created around the same time by Special:Contributions/Passamore, who's already been blocked as a sockpuppet of Aviation geek. Ruby  Murray  07:33, 9 March 2014 (UTC)

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 * These are almost certainly not Aviation geek. They are likely TimeQueen32/that paid editing group. Do any clerks have a good idea for how to reorganize this? NativeForeigner Talk 05:44, 11 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Yintem's stale and all their edits have been deleted. Passamore is already blocked as a sock of TimeQueen32, so I don't think there is much left to do. SmartSE (talk) 16:24, 12 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Closing. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 01:05, 16 March 2014 (UTC)