Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Bwmoll3/Archive

17 July 2014

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A CCI was opened for this user in August 2013 at Contributor copyright investigations/20130819. It was recently discovered that he has continued copy-pasting content, as a result of which he was brought to ANI on July 12th. In response, he requested that we "close and delete all [his] accounts". He did not respond to a question there as to what he meant. I blocked him yesterday after confirming extensive copy-pasting after the CCI was opened. I bring this here in case a sock drawer check is necessary. Moonriddengirl (talk) 12:00, 17 July 2014 (UTC)

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 * I did see another account, but it has only made one edit - to their user page - so I have no grounds for blocking it. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 14:59, 17 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Nothing that can be done. Rschen7754 02:14, 18 July 2014 (UTC)

10 February 2016

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Bwmoll3 was a prolific editor of aviation and other articles over the years, until they were blocked on July 11, 2014 for massive copyright issues by. Three days later, Connor7617 was registered, created their user page, and immediately began editing military aviation articles. While I am willing to assume good faith here, this new user edits film, Allentown Pennsylvania, and military aviation articles at the same clip as Bwmoll3. Additionally, Bwmoll3's user page before they blanked it had the same templates that Connor7617 added on their first edit to Wikipedia, something which lends credence to the feeling that this is not a new user, and is someone who has known for some time how to edit the site. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 17:35, 10 February 2016 (UTC)

I should also note that Bwmoll3 appears to have admitted in 2014 that they have more than one account, when they asked to have their accounts deleted. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 17:40, 10 February 2016 (UTC)

One final note, but this edit by Connor7617 has references to the Moll family, something which Bwmoll3 is a descendant of, and routinely cited in earlier incarnations of his user page, before it was deleted. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 17:59, 10 February 2016 (UTC)

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 * Comment: I believe there's little doubt that is right about this. The intersection report is pretty much incontrovertible (their common interest in anything to do with Allentown, Pennsylvania, in particular). The upside of that is that the extra 186 articles probably won't make much difference to the amount of work in the CCI. May I suggest/request a check-user scan for sleeper accounts? Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 18:46, 11 February 2016 (UTC)

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 * On 17 July 2014, you said that you did see another account, but it has only made one edit . Indeed, Connor7617 made just one edit before that moment. Is that the account you saw?  Vanjagenije  (talk)  21:13, 10 February 2016 (UTC)
 * I don't remember, and I didn't take notes. The available evidence does seem to point that way, though. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 23:43, 11 February 2016 (UTC)
 * I agree. Blocked and tagged. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  15:41, 12 February 2016 (UTC)