Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/ChicagoHistory1/Archive

16 July 2011

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Users have similar interests (Chicago Public Schools, and people associated with Chicago Public Schools). Users behave in a similar way, as well. They upload images with dubious licensing, copy prose from Chicago Public Schools websites, and do cut-and-paste page moves. Zagal e jo^^^ 22:39, 16 July 2011 (UTC)

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 * Blocked and tagged T arnold per WP:DUCK. And what do you know - the autoblock kicked in for the IP! But I blocked it anyway. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 23:35, 16 July 2011 (UTC)

12 March 2012

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Similar editing interests (Chicago, esp. Chicago Public Schools), and similar editing behavior. Like ChicagoHistory1 and previous socks, a large percentage of the user's contributions are copyright violations (both images and text: ). Most distressingly, XHolmes has claimed to be a Flickr user named Brule Laker, and uploaded several of his pictures to Commons, but I have contacted the Brule Laker of Flickr, and he says he is not the same person. XHolmes' Commons contributions have since been deleted.

There are several other minor editing quirks that make me think XHolmes and ChicagoHistory1 are related. For example, both of them like to use the word "It's", instead of writing "It is":,. And the "Initial, Last Name" username construction is present in a few other ChicagoHistory1 socks (User:H Hubbard, User:T arnold90, etc). Zagal e jo^^^ 18:03, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Update: The user has already been blocked, so I don't really care if this goes forward or not. Zagal e jo^^^ 19:21, 12 March 2012 (UTC)

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 * Both accounts are indefinitely blocked. No further action needed. Closing. (ʞɿɐʇ) ɐuɐʞsǝp 10:00, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

23 April 2013

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Similar editing patterns to the XHolmes account listed above (in the case archives). Both show an interest in Chicago Public Schools and Chicago public housing. What clinched it for me is that both accounts are using pictures of Chicago schools from Flickr's "Brule Laker"; see, and the Commons page:. Interestingly, Ha Hampton is also editing a page about a person with the last name Stamps:. (I suspect that that article contains some close paraphrasing, though I don't have concrete evidence. I did nominate the image for deletion, since it seems to have been scanned from a print publication.) (Sorry, I lost track of things; the past discussion concerned User:XHolmes; User:X stamps is a different account, which hasn't been blocked or discussed at SPI. Still, I'm pretty sure they're all connected.)

I realize that XHolmes was never proven to be the same person as ChicagoHistory1, but based on editing patterns and interests, I think all of these accounts are the same person. The username (abbreviated first name, followed by a last name) is consistent with other ChicagoHistory1 socks.

I'm sure this person has good intentions, but he doesn't seem capable of respecting people's copyright. Zagal e jo^^^ 03:11, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

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 * I've blocked Ha Hampton as a sockpuppet and for the image copyright issues. Closing. Reaper Eternal (talk) 17:02, 1 May 2013 (UTC)