Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Backflip123/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets

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Evidence submitted by PMDrive1061
I've seen this sort of thing before, but I'm not sure who the original account was. All edits are rapid-fire changes in dates, numbers and other sorts of subtle vandalism to Disney Channel and Miley Cyrus-related articles. He/she just ignores all attempts at content and goes about his/her merry way doing a whole bunch of really insidious changes. Pretty sure it isn't Bambifan101, by the way.


 * Note: I've added User:Diem nguyen after reviewing some edits on that "Waverly Place" episode list.  --PMDrive1061 (talk) 15:02, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by AussieLegend
WP:DUCK. Edits have been as per Joseph (Bowen) Ferri. After I checked Joseph (Bowen) Ferri's edits against Joseph Ferri's, it was pretty clear they're the same editor. I raised the username issue on Joseph (Bowen) Ferri's talk page, although I had tossed up between doing that and raising an SPI case myself.

Comments by accused parties
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Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments
Did you wish to request checkuser? Auntie E. (talk) 02:48, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

After careful consideration, will endorse as I do see a connection between the original account and, and a faint one the former and the Ferri accounts. Auntie E. (talk) 23:44, 17 April 2010 (UTC)
 * My bad; yes. Please do.  Let me know if I need to resubmit.  PMDrive1061 (talk) 02:57, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

✅ to be Backflip123: As for Diem nguyen, I was going to go with "unrelated", but when I compared Joseph Ferri to Backflip123, I also got unrelated. Since I see that these supposedly unrelated users have been blocked as sockpuppets on behavioural evidence, I'm going with. --Deskana (talk) 19:05, 19 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Line 'em up and knock'em down (I left User:Diem nguyen unblocked per CU result and tenuous behavioral connection). TN X Man  20:13, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by AussieLegend
Same initials and surname to previously blocked socks Joseph Ferri and Joseph (Bowen) Ferri conducting extremely similar edits at the same and similar pages, most notably edits relating to Miley Cyrus and Disney's Friends for Change. The straw that broke the camel's back was this edit. the previous socks have been told numerous times that Disney's Friends for Change is not a series but he keeps adding it to articles regardless. JB Ferri is currently blocked temporarily. AussieLegend (talk) 07:27, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

One of the issues I've seen with the Ferri socks is that they are unable to distinguish between actors and the characters that they portray. For example, Joseph Ferri made these edits, changing the character Miley Stewart, to the actress, Miley Cyrus. He did this enough times for me to find it necessary to post clarification of the difference on his talk page. While checking through my watchlist a few minutes ago I came upon a series of edits by 68.58.184.36 with strikingly similar issues. indicating that this is likely an underlying IP for the Ferri socks. On more than one occasion this IP has edited the same articles as a Ferri, immediately prior to the Ferri edit and sometimes adding the same uncited data that was then removed by other editors as was the case at Miley Cyrus starting with this edit. Today, JB Ferri added the same, subsequently deleted information. The Can't Be Tamed Tour/I Can't Be Tamed Tour (by who else but Miley Cyrus) seems to be another obsession of these socks. AussieLegend (talk) 08:03, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

Comments by accused parties
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Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments
Block on named account extended to indef, IP already blocked for 72 hours. TN X Man 13:55, 28 April 2010 (UTC)