Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Baphy93/Archive

28 August 2015

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Until few days ago, Microwave auditory effect was a stable article, going for months without edits. Four days ago, Baphy93 and the first IP address show up to begin adding information about a conspiracy theory to the article. After getting into an edit war with other editors, two IP addresses and the two other accounts appear to back up Baphy93. What does confuse me about this, is that the three IP addresses geolocate to completely different parts of the United States. I thought maybe a checkuser against the accounts could help clarify things. Similar edits by all three accounts:. Someguy1221 (talk) 06:55, 28 August 2015 (UTC)

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 * IP 75.137.124.104 edited Microwave auditory effect one minute before Baphy93 registered the username, and then Baphy93's first-ever edit was to the same article one minute later. This very quick sequence looks like the IP person decided to register the username Baphy93 after making one edit. Binksternet (talk) 07:03, 28 August 2015 (UTC)


 * This is likely meatpuppetry as there are a number of internet forums where fringe conspiracy theorists often gather to bemoan Wikipedia's "censorship" of the WP:THETRUTH about microwave-mind-control. - LuckyLouie (talk) 13:39, 29 August 2015 (UTC)


 * Two new IPs are currently carrying on the edit war. Related? - LuckyLouie (talk) 23:18, 30 August 2015 (UTC)


 * NeilN semi-protected, which was the best way to deal with that. Dennis Brown - 2&cent; 08:42, 31 August 2015 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Someguy1221 (talk) 06:55, 28 August 2015 (UTC)
 * The IPs don't appear to be proxies, although all the accounts are obviously either the same person or meatpuppets, based on the edit patterns. I strongly suspect the Master here is actually a sock of someone else, based on behavioral traits, but I can't find a suitable Master to link to. Dennis Brown - 2&cent; 14:43, 28 August 2015 (UTC)
 * See also ANI discussion (permalink). In my opinion an indefinite block of the registered accounts listed above should be considered. Somebody who begins socking almost with their first edit is not off to a good start. EdJohnston (talk) 14:52, 28 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Someone raised the possibility of it being, who it seems is Arb sanction/topic banned from editing these articles. I worked some with that editor, and have to admit there are some similarities, although not enough to jump to conclusions.  If so, they would be avoiding scrutiny and sanctions. Dennis Brown - 2&cent; 19:06, 28 August 2015 (UTC)
 * The results are, unfortunately. It's like there are a number of random puzzle pieces that may or may not be part of the same puzzle. -- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots  20:47, 28 August 2015 (UTC)


 * There is unquestionably linkage here but I took the safest route and blocked the two named "socks" for 1 week each for meatpuppetry, and the master for two weeks for meatpuppetry and WP:DE issues (via ANI). Not sure we need to fret the IPs unless they return.  Dennis Brown - 2&cent; 23:44, 29 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Closing case since there are no further comments or actions needed. Dennis Brown - 2&cent; 22:20, 30 August 2015 (UTC)