Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Carolhlloyd/Archive

17 January 2012

 * Suspected sockpuppets


 * - IP added -- DQ  (t)   (e)  01:57, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
 * - IP added -- DQ  (t)   (e)  01:57, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
 * - IP added -- DQ  (t)   (e)  01:57, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
 * - IP added -- DQ  (t)   (e)  01:57, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
 * - IP added -- DQ  (t)   (e)  01:57, 20 January 2012 (UTC)


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I'm not sure if this is normally considered enough info to prove sockpuppetry, but Carolhlloyd was blocked for repeatedly deleting potentially unflattering (though reliably sourced) text from Martin Luther King III, particularly regarding criticisms of King III and lawsuits he was involved in. (See  from today, and 5 others on 11 January.)

About half an hour after Carolhlloyd was blocked, Mlkdreamcatcher12 created an account, and subsequently made a very similar edit. I don't know if it's sockpuppetry, but I thought it was still worth bringing here. Dawn Bard (talk) 18:36, 17 January 2012 (UTC)


 * ...and another one, after I submitted the above. User:Grace&redeemption‎ created an account 16 minutes after Mlkdreamcatcher12 received a Cluebot warning, and has continued the same editing pattern.


 * Here we go again - another newly created account, User:Kma437, making identical edits. Cheers, Dawn Bard (talk) 19:59, 17 January 2012 (UTC)


 * ...and an IP has picked up the slack now: 76.97.185.210 is making the same edits. Thanks, Dawn Bard (talk) 20:47, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

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The technical evidence is. The accounts share a geographic similarity, but that's all. TN X Man 19:38, 17 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged, IP 1 week. All fit WP:DUCK. -- DQ  (t)   (e)  01:59, 20 January 2012 (UTC)