Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Big Menu Board 5/Archive

06 March 2014

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I think there is a master out there but I'm not sure who it would be. Both accounts were created today and both accounts are edit warring over content on the same page Skeleton []. It could be a coincidence but I don't think so. Hell in a Bucket (talk) 19:41, 6 March 2014 (UTC)

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DENY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Golfballtruck (talk) 19:42, 6 March 2014 (UTC)

Excuse me please, it is not "abuse" of multiple accounts when you vandalize, then use a different account to wipe out the vandalism. You are allowed more than one account, so what is the problem? Big Menu Board 5 (talk) 19:45, 6 March 2014 (UTC)


 * This doesn't look at all plausible to me; BMB5 added an irrelevant copypasted section from Arthropod to Skeleton; Golfballtruck has been trying to remove it in the face of mistaken assumptions of vandalism. I'd recommend a decline as unfounded; I don't see any basis for an SPI here. Writ Keeper &#9863;&#9812; 19:46, 6 March 2014 (UTC)


 * User:Writ Keeper unless we are dealing with a singular vandalism only account the admission is above. If I'm offbase my apologies Golfballtruck. Hell in a Bucket (talk) 19:48, 6 March 2014 (UTC)


 * Looks like WP:HAND is the relevant policy in this case. Favonian (talk) 20:02, 6 March 2014 (UTC)


 * That's one possibility the other possibility was that these are connected to Sockpuppet investigations/Kumioko/Archive in some way. I"m not sure, I think it's a long shot but it's within the realm of possibility. Hell in a Bucket (talk) 20:07, 6 March 2014 (UTC)


 * I have limited experience in SPI but they usually request more evidence (diffs) before they will check on accounts or they call it fishing. Liz  Read! Talk! 21:15, 6 March 2014 (UTC)


 * Comment: It absolutely is abuse to create an account only for vandalism and then create another account for cleanup. Here are some diffs:, copypaste vandalism by BMB5, which 3 minutes later was reverted using the undo function by new user Golfballtruck. Gbt's edit was flagged for section blanking and reverted by Cluebot, reverted again by Gbt, and set off a revert war between Gbt and a few other users, some of whom the new user Gbt was kind enough to warn on their talk pages  and even reported one to WP:AIV . At the same time, BMB5 seems to have admitted above  that one user is controlling both accounts. Since both were created today I suspect neither is the sockmaster. Ivanvector (talk) 21:55, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
 * If I am wrong in my assessment than I definitely owe User:Golfballtruck an apology but I think that the chances are slim they aren't connected but we see what we want to see I guess. Hell in a Bucket (talk) 22:34, 6 March 2014 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Without the two comments made by the alleged members, I probally would of declined the case for lack of evidence. Anyway, ✅ plus . -- DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  03:35, 7 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Well, okay then; blocked both socks indef, blocked master account indef as a voa plus socking. Writ Keeper &#9863;&#9812; 04:01, 7 March 2014 (UTC)