Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Bradford9/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets



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The addition and changing of images on Virginia Commonwealth University‎ and Larry Pressler are nearly identical and the suspected puppet's edits started after the suspected master was blocked. Other behavioural evidence. Walter Görlitz (talk) 23:00, 25 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Sloop101 has been indef blocked based on evidence. I believe that we can close this SPI. Walter Görlitz (talk) 03:04, 26 June 2021 (UTC)

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I agree there is enough similarity and overlap between the editing practices of these two editors to warrant an investigation or perhaps a simple block based on the likelihood of sockpuppetry and ongoing disruption by Sloop101. (I recently opened an ANI thread about Sloop101 asking for administrative intervention.) ElKevbo (talk) 01:07, 26 June 2021 (UTC)

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 * Closing as already blocked. Mz7 (talk) 05:20, 26 June 2021 (UTC)
 * both. Blablubbs&#124;talk 08:32, 28 June 2021 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets



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The behavior of this "new" editor is identical to the other blocked accounts particularly the bizarre focus on image sizes in Virginia Commonwealth University. ElKevbo (talk) 15:32, 9 July 2021 (UTC)

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From my investigation, this appears to be a duck quacking through a megaphone. Walter Görlitz (talk) 16:53, 9 July 2021 (UTC)

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 * Yup. GeneralNotability (talk) 01:24, 15 July 2021 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets



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This "new" editor is making the same kinds of edits to the same articles as the previous sockpuppets. Their edits at Virginia Commonwealth University and VCU School of Medicine are the most obvious; he or she focuses on those articles quite extensively. This is an obvious sockpuppet but the persistence of this editor makes it advisable to perform a check to see if he or she already has any other sleeper accounts ready to use. ElKevbo (talk) 01:04, 24 July 2021 (UTC) ElKevbo (talk) 01:04, 24 July 2021 (UTC)

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 * The editing of images on Virginia Commonwealth University . Walter Görlitz (talk) 04:29, 24 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Perhaps they've lost interest in editing since I partial blocked them. The one page I semi protected. Would a CU like to look for sleepers? -- Deep fried okra ( talk ) 10:47, 24 July 2021 (UTC)
 * So some sort of Wiki-obsession with image layout is a hallmark. -- Deep fried okra ( talk ) 10:52, 24 July 2021 (UTC)
 * CU would be a great idea for that article, and yes, image layout with absolute pixel size are my clues. Not sure if the editor will change their M.O. over time. It's also editing on Virginia Commonwealth University and related topic. Walter Görlitz (talk) 06:11, 25 July 2021 (UTC)

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I have partially blocked, pending SPI, from editing articles in common, per request on my talk to please block sockpuppet and semi-protect Virginia Commonwealth University and per Interaction tool results. -- Deep fried okra ( talk ) 01:56, 24 July 2021 (UTC)


 * Blocked. Awaiting tags. -- Deep fried okra ( talk ) 11:01, 24 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Already blocked, tagging and closing. -- RoySmith (talk) 20:05, 10 August 2021 (UTC)