Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Craffael/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets

 * ( original case name)

This appears to be the oldest account used by the user currently editing as Craffael.09 on the English and French Wikipedias. In some cases the evidence is that one account talked to the talk page of another blocked user. The technical data for most of these accounts has long since expired. Some of the accounts are abandoned. If they are blocked, then any unblock requests might be informative, or maybe even exonerating. Robert McClenon (talk) 00:17, 8 November 2022 (UTC)

Comments by other users

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


 * Mìthrandir hasn't edited on this project since 2013 and is not currently blocked so this would not be block evasion. In fact the last time they were blocked was 2011 so I'm surprised if there is any information that could tie them to these current editors. Liz Read! Talk! 02:01, 8 November 2022 (UTC)
 * User:MarioGom, User:Floquenbeam - No, I am not at all confident about the connection between the old set of dormant accounts and the new ones that have been blocked. I agree that what is important is to block any new sock accounts.  Robert McClenon (talk) 18:09, 8 November 2022 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
I've blocked all the obvious socks. I'm not sure about the one I left unblocked, not sure how people knew that was them. Also, based on info from a CU (here), I've added.

But Robert, are you confident about the master? I was under the impression that was more guessing on someone's part, rather than a clear link. If you're sure, then fine, but if it was just based on what someone said at the ANI thread, we should probably ask a clerk to move this to the earliest "craffealxxxxx" style account name. Or someone better at French than me might check if this has already been done at fr.wiki. --Floquenbeam (talk) 01:33, 8 November 2022 (UTC)
 * - I can see how Mìthrandir, WhiteHandofSaruman, and Chzz are possibly related, and also noticed a very vague trail between the newer group and the older group. However, I couldn't collect enough evidence to connect both groups. I'm leaving this open to give others a chance to post additional evidence (cc ) if they really care about it. Otherwise, I'll move the case to Craffael, and tag only Craffael.09, Craffaeldabest, Crffli, and MrYellowWatermelon. MarioGom (talk) 17:36, 8 November 2022 (UTC)
 * , case moved, closing. MarioGom (talk) 18:12, 8 November 2022 (UTC)