Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Bd clark 07/Archive

20 June 2011

 * Suspected sockpuppets


 * User compare report Auto-generated every hour.

All accounts blocked for using Wikipedia as a webhost for fan created fantasy seasons of Survivor (U.S. TV series). See related ANI thread. Documenting list of sockpuppets per request of CU. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 04:16, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

To SPI clerk, no action needed as all accounts blocked. Just documenting sockpuppet list. Closing and archiving immediately is fine. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 04:19, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

Comments by other users
''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.''

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
Correct sockmaster is. –MuZemike 04:42, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Some underlying IPs blocked. –MuZemike 04:47, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
 * I have also deleted most of the user and talk pages of these socks as it is becoming clear that they are only being used for disruptive purposes. –MuZemike 08:49, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

20 June 2011

 * Suspected sockpuppets




 * User compare report Auto-generated every hour.

Looks like a duck, talks like a duck, but on a different TV show: America's Next Top Model. Same sequentially numbered accounts and odd habit of skipping number 7, same habit of only making edits to user space. Maybe the same socks? Requesting confirmation and sleeper check. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 23:36, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

Comments by other users
''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.''

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
All either bloody obvious or otherwise ✅ plus:



Again, all talk pages have been deleted. –MuZemike 23:59, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

28 June 2011

 * Suspected sockpuppets




 * User compare report Auto-generated every hour.

Blocked per WP:DUCK. Requesting sleeper check and potential for additional range block. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 05:56, 28 June 2011 (UTC)

Comments by other users
''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.''

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * - Yeah, endorsing this one per the previous SPI cases where sleepers were found. Steven Zhang  The clock is ticking....  06:26, 28 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Got nothing. Hers fold  (t/a/c) 06:40, 28 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Just was told this guy changes useragents a lot. I'm going to leave this to someone more familiar with this sockmaster. Hers fold  (t/a/c) 06:44, 28 June 2011 (UTC)
 * I see no sleepers either. TN X Man  14:08, 28 June 2011 (UTC)

29 June 2011

 * Suspected sockpuppets




 * User compare report Auto-generated every hour.

Looks like a duck. Large proportion of user space edits to lots of tables using reality show names, but not actual reality show seasons. Appears to be unresponsive to inquiries about editing activity. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 16:27, 29 June 2011 (UTC)

Comments by other users
''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.''

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
Oddly, this user appears ❌ to previous accounts in the archive. TN X Man 18:10, 29 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Interesting. Thank you for the check.  I wasn't positive since it was a very old account and they made some non-userspace edits.  I guess it is off to MfD. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 18:57, 29 June 2011 (UTC)

29 July 2011

 * Suspected sockpuppets




 * User compare report Auto-generated every hour.

Creating similar fake Survivor voting history table with past contestant names on user page as past socks. Requesting confirmation on sock and sleeper check. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 21:23, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

Comments by other users
''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.''

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
✅ plus:



–MuZemike 21:37, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

01 August 2011

 * Suspected sockpuppets




 * User compare report Auto-generated every hour.

Possible sockpuppets. Similar pattern of making up fake contestant and voting tables for reality television shows using past contestant names on their talk pages. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 04:31, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Comments by other users
''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.''

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
✅ the following are the same person, and a match to accounts in the archive:
 * appears ❌. TN X Man  15:26, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged. -- DQ  (t)   (e)  17:11, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
 * appears ❌. TN X Man  15:26, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged. -- DQ  (t)   (e)  17:11, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged. -- DQ  (t)   (e)  17:11, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

09 August 2011

 * Suspected sockpuppets




 * User compare report Auto-generated every hour.

Looks like another duck. Same fake reality show voting tables in user space. Requesting confirmation and sleeper check. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 23:55, 9 August 2011 (UTC)

Comments by other users
''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.''

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * - So endorsing for confirmation and sleepers. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 00:10, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Blocked, also got User:BigBrother6Redo. Hers fold  (t/a/c) 03:42, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Thank you! Marking as closed. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 04:36, 10 August 2011 (UTC)

14 August 2011

 * Suspected sockpuppets




 * User compare report Auto-generated every hour.

Looks like a duck. I am not sure about Makeadifference11, but they look suspicious. Requesting confirmation and sleeper check. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 07:19, 14 August 2011 (UTC) Gogo Dodo (talk) 07:19, 14 August 2011 (UTC)

Comments by other users
''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.''

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * - I would think Makeadifference would have been listed the last time we ran this case (four days ago), but maybe not. I'll endorse to find out what's going on here, as well as for any sleepers. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 12:50, 14 August 2011 (UTC)

-- Avi (talk) 20:53, 14 August 2011 (UTC)
 * I've blocked and tagged Survivorwinners. As to the other account, well, it's gone quiet for now - but relist if it wakes up. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 21:06, 14 August 2011 (UTC)

I have indefinitely blocked Makeadifference11 as a sock of Bd clark 07; his edits scream WP:DUCK. –MuZemike 02:33, 15 August 2011 (UTC)

26 August 2011

 * Suspected sockpuppets


 * Edited Birdinafrica and previously used IPs on other sock accounts:
 * Edited Birdinafrica and previously used IPs on other sock accounts:
 * Edited Birdinafrica and previously used IPs on other sock accounts:
 * Edited Birdinafrica and previously used IPs on other sock accounts:
 * Edited Birdinafrica and previously used IPs on other sock accounts:
 * Edited Birdinafrica and previously used IPs on other sock accounts:
 * Edited Birdinafrica and previously used IPs on other sock accounts:
 * Edited Birdinafrica and previously used IPs on other sock accounts:
 * Edited Birdinafrica and previously used IPs on other sock accounts:


 * Other user pages edited by two above IPs, already blocked by another admin, but not IDed as socks:
 * Other user pages edited by two above IPs, already blocked by another admin, but not IDed as socks:
 * Other user pages edited by two above IPs, already blocked by another admin, but not IDed as socks:
 * Other user pages edited by two above IPs, already blocked by another admin, but not IDed as socks:


 * Helped Flyrhino77 make the bogus Big Brother Canada page:
 * Helped Flyrhino77 make the bogus Big Brother Canada page:
 * Helped Flyrhino77 make the bogus Big Brother Canada page:


 * Suspected sock, but not related to any of the above edits:
 * Suspected sock, but not related to any of the above edits:
 * Suspected sock, but not related to any of the above edits:
 * Suspected sock, but not related to any of the above edits:




 * User compare report Auto-generated every hour.

This one is a mess, sorry.

All of the IPs and User:DarkHalo01 piled onto the user page of User:Birdinafrica to make the typical fantasy reality TV series voting tables. I already blocked Birdinafrica, though it wasn't until after the block that I noticed that there were hundreds of edits to the user page.

I then checked the past edits of the IPs and discovered the second pair of accounts. They had already been blocked by another admin. One is an obvious duck and I tagged it as such. These accounts lead to three more IPs from the same ISP.

I also added in another account that I had been watching just for good measure. Requesting confirmation and sleeper check. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 07:18, 26 August 2011 (UTC)

Comments by other users
''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.''

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * - Ugh, what a mess. I'll endorse to clarify. There won't be comments on the IPs, but 216.218.64.0/18 would be the range to block. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 22:58, 26 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Two ranges blocked. –MuZemike 23:06, 26 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Can you confirm that Bb13final2 is a sock? I know that part got buried in my report. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 23:16, 26 August 2011 (UTC)
 * All of the other accounts have been blocked or were blocked already and now tagged. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 23:32, 26 August 2011 (UTC)

Also ✅:



. –MuZemike 07:01, 27 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Alright. All the accounts have been blocked, and I see that at least two IP ranges are blocked as well. Closing. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 14:19, 27 August 2011 (UTC)

01 September 2011

 * Suspected sockpuppets




 * User compare report Auto-generated every hour.

Blocked as a duck. Requesting confirmation and additional range block if possible. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 06:06, 1 September 2011 (UTC)

Comments by other users
''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.''

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
✅, but a rangeblock would cause a lot of collateral. No other sleepers. TN X</b> Man 13:39, 1 September 2011 (UTC)

30 September 2011

 * Suspected sockpuppets




 * User compare report Auto-generated every hour.

Blocked as a duck. Requesting confirmation, sleeper check, and check to see if range block is possible. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 05:48, 30 September 2011 (UTC) Gogo Dodo (talk) 05:48, 30 September 2011 (UTC)

Comments by other users
''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.''

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * . AGK  [</nowikI>&bull; ] 13:02, 30 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Sweeping the range used by Bd clark 07's most recent sock, the following are :
 * Gotmilk24 is technically to be Bd clark 07.
 * There is no obvious recent activity from this socker, and behaviourally it seems like Gotmilk24 is unrelated to Bd clark. I blocked and tagged the three sleepers, and will leave the question of Gotmilk24 to a clerk or patrolling admin. AGK  [</nowikI>&bull; ] 13:16, 30 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Gotmilk24 is technically to be Bd clark 07.
 * There is no obvious recent activity from this socker, and behaviourally it seems like Gotmilk24 is unrelated to Bd clark. I blocked and tagged the three sleepers, and will leave the question of Gotmilk24 to a clerk or patrolling admin. AGK  [</nowikI>&bull; ] 13:16, 30 September 2011 (UTC)
 * There is no obvious recent activity from this socker, and behaviourally it seems like Gotmilk24 is unrelated to Bd clark. I blocked and tagged the three sleepers, and will leave the question of Gotmilk24 to a clerk or patrolling admin. AGK  [</nowikI>&bull; ] 13:16, 30 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Everyone has been blocked. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 04:30, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

11 October 2011

 * Suspected sockpuppets




 * User compare report Auto-generated every hour.

Possible sockpuppet. Usual habit of all user talk page edits to create voting tables of made up reality television shows. Requesting confirmation and sleeper check. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 05:17, 11 October 2011 (UTC) Gogo Dodo (talk) 05:17, 11 October 2011 (UTC)

Comments by other users
''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.''

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
This accounts appears ❌ to the accounts in the archive. TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man 13:22, 11 October 2011 (UTC) Thank you for the check. I have contacted the editor about their use of Wikipedia as a webhost. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 04:20, 12 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Closing with no action taken. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 00:58, 12 October 2011 (UTC)