Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Cottycrimge/Archive

22 July 2015

 * Suspected sockpuppets




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 * Editor interaction utility

Evidence is that they are all editing their own and each other's user, talk, and subpages in very similar ways. At least two accounts are operated by the same person: Cartman-killer identifies himself as Jamie and one of the accounts is Jamie-Burk.

This ought not be seen as legitimate sock usage because each one is quite disruptive. None has made a single constructive edit out of over 250 edits (not including deleted edits). They have added copyvio content to their userpages, created useless pages which have been deleted, have wasted community resources, and have been evasive or silent when asked about their intentions. See also: this teahouse post

I seek a CU for confirmation and discovery of sleepers. If confirmed, at least the socks should be blocked, and maybe the master too. I'll leave it to others to decide that. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 08:20, 22 July 2015 (UTC)

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 * - to compare those five accounts based on provided evidence.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  11:16, 22 July 2015 (UTC)
 * With everything considered I would say that it's . Given the nature of the IP, it's plausible that they are acquaintances. However, if the users aren't constructively editing then they can be blocked for reasons separate of this SPI. Mike V • Talk 18:51, 22 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Fair enough. All things considered (which includes Commons copyvio uploads and a poor attempt by one of them to make constructive edits ), I will block per CIR and NOTHERE. I think we are dealing with one or more very young editors who need time grow up before returning. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 19:33, 22 July 2015 (UTC)


 * Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  19:52, 22 July 2015 (UTC)