Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Captaincold/Archive

Evidence submitted by EEMIV
Narrow area of editing (Aqua Teen Hunger Force, and various internet memes popular with 13-year-olds). Routine consists of 1) creating articles with uncited claims on topics of negligible notability 2) receiving talk-page warnings from multiple editors; generally, contributions are turned into redirected or deleted 3) creating a new account, undoing redirects and creating more material. Consistent failure to respond on talk pages, consistent text on accounts' user pages, consistent topic focus. Walk, talk, quack, etc.

Didn't request checkuser because evidence of these four accounts' overlap seems clear on the surface. Will leave it to folks with more experience dealing with this sort of thing to ascertain whether checkuser to look for other accounts or block account creation from IP is warranted. I just don't know. --EEMIV (talk) 03:22, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

Comments by accused parties
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Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments
I looked into this based on the AN/I report. The CU tool says ✅, and they share an IP with a previously blocked sock. -- Versa geek  05:09, 13 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Case moved to "/Captaincold". NW ( Talk ) 18:20, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

Conclusions

 * All blocked and tagged as sockpuppets of Captaincold. NW ( Talk ) 18:22, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by EEMIV
Same articles, editing habits and userpage text as socks I previously reported.

Comments by accused parties
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CheckUser requests
Requested by --EEMIV (talk) 20:12, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments

 * . No obvious sleeper. -- Luk  talk 10:35, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

Conclusions

 * Blocked and tagged by NJA. NW ( Talk ) 17:32, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by EEMIV
--EEMIV (talk) 02:58, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Very similar user page text ("X is a Wikipedia user/editor") as other recently-blocked socks
 * Editing in same Aqua Teen Hunger Force/Adult Swim arena
 * Recreation of a deleted article on an obscure voice actor initially created or heavily edited by other socks
 * Account creation soon after other socks blocked

Comments by accused parties
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CheckUser requests
Requested by --EEMIV (talk) 02:58, 29 December 2009 (UTC)

– Already WP:DUCK-blocked by another admin. Previous CUs run didn't come up with anything, so I don't see much a purpose in running one at this point. –MuZemike 17:00, 29 December 2009 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by EEMIV
* sigh*. Same as before:
 * Recent account creation following block of other socks
 * Immediate involvement in small arena of articles (ATHF/internet memes)
 * ... include restoring content previous redirected per community consensus
 * Initial edit to the same insignificant voice actor article created? or certainly substantially edited by previous socks.

I know it's a clear case of WP:DUCK. Request checkuser to see if there's a consistent IP being used, with the suggestion that its account-creation ability be blocked for however long. --EEMIV (talk) 00:03, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

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CheckUser requests
Requested by --EEMIV (talk) 00:03, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

– OK, then maybe it's a different IP or range, now. –MuZemike 03:53, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
 * ✅. I have blocked the current IP. Dominic·t 09:18, 4 January 2010 (UTC)


 * And any action for the registered account itself? --EEMIV (talk) 13:07, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

Conclusions
Blocked and tagged. –MuZemike 17:00, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by EEMIV
Editor recently registered amid an increase in editing of Aqua Teen Hunger Force articles created/heavily edited by one of Captaincold's later sockfarms (Afstuv, Meatwood, Meatwad, etc.). Account name follows pattern of using ATHF-related names (in this case, one of the actors). Additionally, the initial user page content ("[name]" is a Wikipedia user" and then a sentence or two about being a fan of ATHF follows same pattern used by other socks.

Requesting CU because this seems to be a tendentious editor intent on bypassing block. Given swath of previous socks, might be prudent to block an underlying IP if it seems to be stable. --EEMIV (talk) 19:37, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

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Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments
Requested by --EEMIV (talk) 19:37, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

Pretty obvious, I feel (and blocked as such), but if the last IP block worked for three months then it might be useful to check and do it again. ~ Amory ( u •  t  •  c ) 02:09, 11 April 2010 (UTC)


 * No other accounts match - with no non-stale accounts to compare to, I can't confirm this is Captaincold either, so not much I can say here. Hers fold  (t/a/c) 05:07, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

Account tagged -- Sh i r ik ( Questions or Comments? ) 05:20, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by EEMIV
Account creation a few days after most-recent block of another Captaincold sock. Follows same editing pattern: creating pages for obscure characters (including one for "MC Pee Pants," subject of redirect/restore cycle with another sock), and edits to obscure voice actors from the franchise (e.g. C. Martin Croker, also edited by another sock), and creating redirects for other character entries (e.g. Patricia French). Like other recent socks, has an Adult Swim-themed user name (Sgctc = Space Ghost Coast to Coast).

Note that I'm not listing User:Cabutchikas as another suspected sock given the age of the account, but the mutual back-slapping between Cabutchikas and Sgctc has me wondering. I haven't taken a close-enough look to see if they have same-time-stamp contributions.

Requesting checkuser to identify underlying IP for another IP block -- which I gathered from earlier sockpuppet investigation was a previous remedy, but not done with the most recent sock.

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Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments
Requested by --EEMIV (talk) 17:52, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

the link here seems to be pretty ducky, they're adding information about characters from this Aqua Teen Hunger Force program. Comparing this edit and this one is also somewhat convincing. Editing times are also identical. However, if a check could please be run to identify the underlying IP that would be appreciated, thanks, SpitfireTally-ho! 11:36, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

✅ that =. Like the previous SPI done by Hersfold, I can't confirm this is Captaincold either. If linking it to Captaincold, or other earlier accounts, is needed, request assistance from the CU's from the investigations before Hersfold. CU log link to help other CU's looking at this. John Vandenberg (chat) 11:00, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

Maybe I'm just agreeing with myself, but this does seem pretty clear. Regardless, Careymeans is blocked so this is block evasion of some sort. Blocked, tagged. ~ Amory ( u •  t  •  c ) 15:01, 8 May 2010 (UTC)