Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/BarryBoem/Archive

16 January 2014

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Quack. Sum mer PhD (talk) 00:50, 16 January 2014 (UTC)

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 * I was actually going to open this myself, as the edits by the newer editor are pretty much identical in nature. I've salted the article that the editor(s) have been trying to re-create, but I have a feeling that there might be further attempts to re-create, especially since the article is also at BarryBoem's userpage. (Although I've nominated that as a promotional userpage.) Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)   08:48, 16 January 2014 (UTC)
 * I'd almost suggest blocking BarryBoem as a promotional only editor, since that seems to be their only purpose in being here, but I do want to give him a slight benefit of the doubt. Although they did create the article three times before I finally salted it, so there's that to consider. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)   08:50, 16 January 2014 (UTC)
 * It's quite understandable that the two accounts are sockpuppets. Two editors, same page, same section, what more evidence does someone need? Ethically (Yours) 17:03, 25 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Still, one(article) page is not enough. Neither the issue is massive. It should be handled through WP:PADLOCK instead. Noteswork (talk) 14:36, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Genoeganimo's version of the page does seem somewhat different than BarryBoem's version. Makes me suspect meatpuppetry more than technical sockpuppetry. Mark Arsten (talk) 22:06, 16 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Both accounts indef blocked by yesterday, nothing left to do. Doesn't really matter whether they are one or two people, they are apparently only here to promote this one artist, not to build a neutral encyclopedia.  Amalthea  12:11, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Oops,, I meant to leave a note here. Sorry I forgot. Meat is indeed very likely: note that "genoeg animo" is a Dutch phrase. Drmies (talk) 13:15, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
 * No worries at all (And yes, I noticed -- both accounts are also active at nl-wp). Amalthea  14:01, 30 January 2014 (UTC)