Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/CountingStars500/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets
EmilyPhillipson and Liam Davenport are both accounts that have popped up in recent months who almost exclusively contribute on 2022 and its talk page, and within said Talk page they always contribute to the same topics (and they have especially demonstrated the same fixation with Gilbert Gottfried since mid-April), write in the same style and make the same arguments as each other. Furthermore, I note that CountingStars and EmilyPhillipson have made contributions in relation to Canadian political figures such as Jack Layton and (in the latter case) [Laurin Liu]. TheScrubby (talk) 17:51, 3 May 2022 (UTC)

Comments by other users
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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Blocked, tagged, closing. Bbb23 (talk) 18:46, 3 May 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
New editor that started on the 13th of June with a likely fake name not unlike that of Liam Davenport, and whose only contributions so far have been on Talk:2022 and on Canadian political articles - just as it was for CountingStars500 and their sockpuppets. At the very least, it wouldn't hurt to investigate this just in case. TheScrubby (talk) 05:25, 15 June 2022 (UTC)

Comments by other users
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 * Blocked and tagged. Bbb23 (talk) 12:40, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Seems obvious enough that CU is not necessary. Closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 19:35, 15 June 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Another new account (started on the 22nd of June) whose focus has been on Talk:2022, and like the other sockpuppets has contributed to pages to do with Canadian politics - in this case, [Erin Shelby]. Most damningly, though, is the [comment] left on MrMimikyu1998's page having a go at this user over what entails consensus (similar to a discussion that was started on Talk:2022 and was primarily dominated by this user's sockpuppets) and where Gilbert Gottfried, who this user had an obsession with, was frequently cited. TheScrubby (talk) 06:48, 11 July 2022 (UTC)

Comments by other users
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 * The geolocation and UA are a match, but they're using different IP ranges from before. Nevertheless, the editing interests, date of account creation, and a couple of other BEANS factors are quite persuasive - blocking as suspected.  Girth Summit  (blether)  11:40, 11 July 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Proforma, for the record - was protesting their innocence on their talk, so I took another look at their IPs. Still can't confirm to CountingStars500, but CoffeeEnergy is ✅ to Ethan Barrows. Girth Summit  (blether) 09:11, 28 July 2022 (UTC)

Comments by other users
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 * Already blocked and tagged, closing.  Girth Summit  (blether)  09:12, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Double tagged Ethan Barrows and CoffeeEnergy for clarity. --Jack Frost (talk) 11:33, 28 July 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
this user popped up last month, he edited Canadian politics articles and year articles, just like Counting Stars 500, he also has the same writing styles as Counting Stars 500. not to mention when I went to remove jack Layton because of two previous consensus to exclude in the 2011 article talk page, he went to my talk page just to make excuses to include jack Layton in the article. I went to Dreamy Jazz to verify if Golden Matrix is a sock of CountingStars500 and he confirmed that it could possibly be it. I ask a clerk to check and make sure he's right. also if has a comment I would love to hear him he's the one who is normally reporting this guy.  4me689  (talk) 19:52, 18 September 2022 (UTC)


 * Update: it has seem that no one has seen this sock puppet investigation page yet, cuz there have been no comments since this investigation started almost a week ago. And sill haven't gotten looked into. The user that i have seen normally deal with Counting Stars sock puppet investigations is, I wonder if he or one of the other admins that normally look at these sock puppet investigations can deal with this one. I just want this to be done with ok. 4me689  (talk) 15:32, 22 September 2022 (UTC)

Comments by other users

 * Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.

It's clear to me as well that Golden Matrix is a sockpuppet of CountingStars500, particularly when you consider that this user has the same specific interests in the yearly pages and Canadian politics, and like CountingStars500 and their other socks has an obsession with Jack Layton as can be seen with these edits.

Furthermore, in light of comments such as this by GoldCheddar30 (and I note specifically that CountingStars and their sockpuppets were at their most active towards the end of April, and were banned at the beginning of May), it is potentially worth looking into the possibility that Niko the Biko and their confirmed sockpuppets (such as GoldCheddar30) may very well be the same person as CountingStars. Also pinging for his comments on this. TheScrubby (talk) 13:09, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
One of the things asked you to do when filing this report was to include specific diffs. You haven't done that; please do so in the Comments by other users section. Thanks.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:44, 22 September 2022 (UTC)
 * - -- RoySmith (talk) 14:28, 18 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Golden Matrix is to some recent CountingStarts500 socks, but it's bits and pieces and hints from the logs, so I really can't put much faith in the CU data.  .  There's also some hints in the CU logs that the connection to Niko the Biko was suspected once before, but the current data would argue against any such connection.  Sorry I can't give you anything better. -- RoySmith (talk) 15:02, 18 October 2022 (UTC)
 * - please indef Golden Matrix as a suspected sock of CountingStars500. The fact that they signed up shortly after the last sock block, the combined interest in Canadian politics and year articles, and their particular insistence on the issue of Jack Layton being listed on the 2011 article (see ) convince me that this account is a sock. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 19:46, 2 November 2022 (UTC)
 * . DatGuyTalkContribs 20:10, 2 November 2022 (UTC)