Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Ben Mandelson/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets



 * Tools: Editor interaction utility • Interaction Timeline • User compare report Auto-generated every hour.

I stumbled upon these accounts last night when reverting an edit at Rayleigh scattering and then realizing new material was added recently by the user. I found the multiple edits for every article they edited to be concerning and then noticed they added a specific reference about amorphous solids.

I then dug into their history, seeing similar additions to Physics-related articles seen:
 * Rigidity theory -
 * Jamming (physics) - ; where the edits between the two accounts are a day apart on ; (also note the Alessio Zaccone account before these edits )
 * Articles for deletion/Krausser–Samwer–Zaccone equation presents a lot of evidence by these comments made in the AfD.
 * They both contributed to Draft:Alessio Zaccone, it received a rejection by the AfC reviewer. The second account edited on the draft and proceeded to create the article regardless: Alessio Zaccone.

I find the edits all concerning which lead to opening this investigation. This is my first time making one so please let me know if more information is needed. The Interaction Timeline presents a nice comparison but I notice it only works on the mainspace - not on drafts or Wikipedia namespace. – The Grid  ( talk )  15:53, 18 September 2020 (UTC)


 * 2020-09-21: It looks like he admitted to it on his talk page. – The Grid  ( talk )  16:19, 21 September 2020 (UTC)


 * 2020-09-24: Alessio Zaccone needs to be pushed back to draftspace if this is a COI per WP:DRAFTIFY item 4, 4a, and 4b. – The Grid  ( talk )  13:07, 24 September 2020 (UTC)

Comments by other users
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 * - Also found this diff on Flory–Fox equation. Clearly organized spamming of Zaccone's work.  Could be anything from UPE/socks, to just well-meaning but misguided people in the lab. -- RoySmith (talk) 22:43, 18 September 2020 (UTC)
 * - given the real names that are being used here, there's a much better chance than normal of meatpuppetry here. I haven't done any checks yet but I will in a few days if there are no responses. I would appreciate if you could comment here on whether you recognize the other names and/or if one or more person is operating these accounts. Best,  Kevin ( aka L235 · t · c) 17:21, 20 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Account connections confirmed per Special:Diff/979420998/979528197. Michal Borkovec and . Ben Mandelson warned; see note. Closing. Kevin ( aka L235 · t · c) 03:59, 23 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Actually, hold on. Reopening this. Could you please explain who  is and whether you control that account? Kevin ( aka L235 · t · c) 04:02, 23 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I'm also blocking (✅) per Special:Diff/980051539.  Whether to draftify isn't up to me – it's up to you or someone at NPP. But I will note: that draftification is permissible does not make it mandatory. Closing this case again. Best, Kevin ( aka L235 · t · c) 22:43, 25 September 2020 (UTC)