Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Connerdn/Archive

16 February 2016

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A while back, in December, Conner was edit-warring to include certain BLP material on Bow Group:. They were eventually blocked for making legal threats:. The IP made the same edit recently:. When reverted to a "stable" version, BlueBulldog popped up and started re-adding the material:. Please note, also,, who was blocked for username violations but may well be linked to this. GABHello!

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BlueBulldog45. IP hasn't edited in several days and it's dynamic so it won't do much good. Katietalk 17:07, 16 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Tagging and closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  09:52, 17 February 2016 (UTC)

21 February 2016

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First edit was to make the same edit as the last sock on Bow Group:. . Requesting a quick block. GABHello! 14:00, 21 February 2016 (UTC)

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Katietalk 19:37, 21 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Closing the case.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  10:29, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

24 February 2016

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Same edit as previous socks, another throwaway account created just to revert on Bow Group:. Block, rinse, and repeat, I suppose. GABHello! 20:21, 24 February 2016 (UTC)


 * The sock has alleged that they are, indeed, a member of the Bow Group. This is a rather novel situation and I am unsure of how to handle it. GABHello! 14:30, 25 February 2016 (UTC)
 * They even admit, here, that they are an "apparent sockpuppet". They claim to be the office manager of the Bow Group, which is actually a second reason why they should not be editing the article. --MelanieN (talk) 19:13, 25 February 2016 (UTC)




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I am adding this for completeness. User:StrangeFacts admits to having previously posted as User:BlueBulldog45 and as User:Secretary of the Bow Group. BlueBulldog45 was already recognized as a sock and is blocked. Secretary of the Bow Group was soft-blocked for username violation but has not previously been linked to this sock drawer. Here is a link for evidence that they were adding the same material as the other socks. --MelanieN (talk) 21:09, 25 February 2016 (UTC)


 * I mentioned "Secretary" above, but no action was taken at the time since they were already blocked. GABHello! 21:15, 25 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Oh, there it is! Sorry, I missed it. I don't know if it is worthwhile changing it from a soft-block to a sock block, but I thought I would mention it. --MelanieN (talk) 21:17, 25 February 2016 (UTC)
 * And yes, since the master made a legal threat, this is plain block evasion, conflict of interest aside. GABHello! 21:23, 25 February 2016 (UTC)

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 * Blocked and tagged. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  10:32, 29 February 2016 (UTC)