Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Bwoodcock/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets

 * ( original case name)

Extremely suspicious pattern of interaction. BurritoTunnelMaintenance has relatively few edits yet keeps showing up in the same place as EVhotrodder.


 * BTM's first 10 or so edits are adding a wikiproject to talk pages -- hardly a newbie's move.
 * The next day, BTM comments here only an hour before EVhotrodder
 * Then the account goes dark for two months only to resurface to !vote on an obscure category for deletion page, the same day as EVhotrodder.
 * Then the account goes dark for another two months, only to reappear at Open Garden, where EVhotrodder is actively editing.
 * Finally, BTM creates Internet Sanctions Project, which only it and EVhotrodder have made substantive edits to. EVhotrodder !votes keep at the AfD.

Given the strength of the behavioral evidence, requesting CU. agt x 15:43, 11 May 2022 (UTC)

Comments by other users
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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * - please compare these accounts to confirm. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 01:29, 12 May 2022 (UTC)
 * - -- RoySmith (talk) 01:46, 12 May 2022 (UTC)
 * All of these are ✅ -- RoySmith (talk) 01:53, 12 May 2022 (UTC)
 * The CU data looks solid, but given how long the Bwoodcock account has been around, I'd like somebody to give this a second set of eyes before taking any action. -- RoySmith (talk) 02:01, 12 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Moved to Bwoodcock. It's evident that all of these accounts are the same, and that Bwoodcock has used them extensively to not just votestack, but also to deliberately evade scrutiny on articles they have COIs with, both declared and otherwise (e.g., both disclosed on the master's userpage). I would be inclined to give more weight to the constructive contributions of the master if this was a one-off, but it isn't: There is an enduring pattern of abuse using multiple socks here; accordingly, I'm going with indefs for all. , closing. --Blablubbs (talk) 09:07, 12 May 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Two other accounts with overlapping editing patterns. — kashmīrī  TALK  01:20, 13 May 2022 (UTC)

Comments by other users
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If they are confirmed socks, then the outcome of Articles for deletion/Bill Woodcock should be viewed differently. — kashmīrī  TALK  07:23, 13 May 2022 (UTC)


 * I'd suggest renominating, noting that previous AfD was likely tainted by socking, and watching the !votes closely. agt x  12:07, 13 May 2022 (UTC)
 * , OK, thanks. — kashmīrī  TALK  22:17, 13 May 2022 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * CU - the accounts are stale, so no CU data will be available. I would not be surprised if these are socks but since they haven't edited in almost a year, I don't think a block would be in compliance with WP:BLOCKPREVENTATIVE. Feel free to re-report if they edit again. Closing.  Spicy (talk) 01:31, 13 May 2022 (UTC)