Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/DaDeadzombie/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets
There is a discussion at Talk:Varanasi, where DaDeadzombie wishes to change the images in the infobox. He/she has been blocked from editing the article because of edit warring (see blocklist). DaDeadzombie wrote that We shouldn't keep it as it is, as here majority agrees on making changes of the infobox. When a tally of users showed that there was no majority, a "new" user, Hunterbeast123, appeared and said that he/she agreed with DaDeadzombie.

When I posted the welcome template at User talk:Hunterbeast123 at 07:59, 19 August 2023, DaDeadzombie replied within 3 minutes (08:02, 19 August 2023), followed a minute later by Hunterbeast123 (at 08:03, 19 August 2023 and at 08:04, 19 August 2023). I imagine that DaDeadzombie must have had the talk page on his/her watchlist before it had been created. The rapidity of response by the "new" editor is only possible if they are the same person as DaDeadzombie or they are living in the same house. Note that the first edit by DaDeadzombie was thanks. This suggests that he/she had forgotten which account he/she was logged in to. DaDeadzombie then made another post on the page, and the Hunterbeast123 deleted DaDeadzombie's first post.

I considered whether other editors who expressed agreement with DaDeadzombie were also sockpuppets of him/her, but the editor interaction utility suggests that they are not. -- Toddy1 (talk) 11:04, 19 August 2023 (UTC)

Comments by other users

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * . MarioGom (talk) 12:11, 19 August 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅. –  bradv  19:21, 19 August 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Hunter zombie made this edit to the article on Hyderabad which changed an image in the infobox from one of an old tomb to one of the Telangana State Secretariat building. This image of the Telangana State Secretariat building was one that DaDeadzombie wanted to be prominent in the infobox - see Talk:Hyderabad. DaDeadzombie tried to remove the tomb photograph on 12 August, and to add the Secretariat building. (I remembered DaDeadzombie's great interest in changing photographs in infoboxes from both the article on Hyderabad and Talk:Varanasi.)

DaDeadzombie also used the name Hunterbeast123. The account name Hunter zombie has elements of both these account names.

Clearly they have common interests. Interaction editor shows Hunter zombie has made 46 edits, and 32 of these were to pages edited by DaDeadzombie. See also lists of top edited pages for DaDeadzombie and Hunter zombie. -- Toddy1 (talk) 09:52, 4 November 2023 (UTC)

Comments by other users

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * This is ducky enough to block without CU, but I ran a check to see if there were other accounts. They're pretty to the previous accounts, technically, and I see a substantial amount of LOUTSOCKing that is definitely them, but no other accounts. Blocked and tagged.   Girth Summit  (blether)  12:27, 4 November 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets

 * per below. Ponyo bons mots 19:21, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

Comments by other users

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * ✅ to blocked sock . Blocked and tagged. Closing.-- Ponyo bons mots 19:21, 5 January 2024 (UTC)