Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Benbuff91/Archive

19 July 2014

 * Suspected sockpuppets




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These three editors edit similar types of articles, and many edits occur in very close timing. The edits all seem to be in agreement and build on each other. When other editors--myself included--tried to removed parts of 2014 Spring, Texas shooting, it appeared that Libertarian12111971 and Benbuff91 supported each other. My concern about "abuse" is because the article has since been nominated for deletion, and these 3 editors have each offered strong opinions to keep the article. I added the 3 usernames to the "Editor Interaction Analyzer" and found similar edits to several articles. Some diffs:, , and. Thanks. Magnolia677 (talk) 22:38, 19 July 2014 (UTC)

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 * ✅ Benbuff91 with OlafOneEye.   needed for the others esp with Libertarian12111971 and Benbuff91 disagreeing on the AFD. --  DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  21:52, 21 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Unless I missed someting, the only "article for deletion" that both Libertarian12111971 and Benbuff91 have together commented on is Articles for deletion/2014 Spring, Texas shooting, and they are in complete agreement. Thanks.  Magnolia677 (talk) 22:05, 21 July 2014 (UTC)
 * That is the only AFD they edit together, check timestamps 13:42 20 July 2014 and 20:00, 20 July 2014 (UTC). -- DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  00:13, 22 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Hi there. I'm not sure if that message was meant for me.  As I said above, the similarity of the edits and the timing (based on the Editor Interaction Analyzer) seems very fishy.  I may be wrong, but it "appears" these three accounts are working together to advocate an opinion.  Thanks again.  Magnolia677 (talk) 00:59, 22 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Benbuff91 comments, Libertarian12111971 objects. This was the disagreement I was talking about that has me concerned that they are not related. -- DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  03:39, 25 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Ah yes, I see that. And then the next edit was from the confirmed sock.  Maybe one of them had checked their "what links here" and saw the sockpuppet report.  Anyway, thanks for your help!  Magnolia677 (talk) 04:19, 25 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Does the one sockpuppet make a difference? Magnolia677 (talk) 00:20, 27 July 2014 (UTC)

I indeffed and tagged the confirmed puppet. I blocked the master for two weeks. No other action.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:58, 2 August 2014 (UTC)