Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Dallascowboysftw/Archive

15 April 2014

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Obviously coordinated users: at least WP:MEAT, and possibly either externally-directed editing or a single person's sockpuppets. Dallascowboysftw is used mostly for, and Baltorioles178 and Kcroyalsfan239 are single-purpose accounts for, glorifying North Shore Country Day School: the article's is the main source of puppetry evidence. Details: Asking for checkuser to make sure there are no other account creations from the same source with similar username patterns waiting to jump in. --Closeapple (talk) 17:39, 15 April 2014 (UTC) Closeapple (talk) 17:39, 15 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Same choice of usernames: All usernames are major league sports teams in the U.S. (Dallas Cowboys, Baltimore Orioles, Kansas City Royals).
 * Similar undos with similar edit summaries, and users who do WP:UNDO on the same article immediately on account creation:
 * Dallascowboysftw started using undo to re-add the same material repeatedly in February and March 2014 with no edit summaries. This account also goes around to biography articles, adding unsourced claims that they attended NSCDS.
 * Kcroyalsfan239 created an account on 2014-04-07 and, less than 4 minutes later, managed to add 7kB to the article, the same content and size as Dallascowboysftw had been re-adding for a month and a half, with the edit summary "Merged correct edits of earlier." This account then goes around to biography articles, adding unsourced claims that they attended NSCDS.
 * I reverted and warned at User talk:Kcroyalsfan239 on 2014-04-08. The next day, 2014-04-09, Baltorioles178 created an account and, less than 2 minutes later, already knew how to use WP:UNDO, re-adding the same content, using the edit summary "You guys are blocking the truth".
 * Soon after, I reverted and warned at User talk:Baltorioles178 about sock puppetry and WP:COI.
 * On 2014-04-14, Dallascowboysftw again used undo, restoring the same material, with the edit summary "You're suppressing the truth".
 * also might be involved (similar username reference to Dallas Mavericks, also added alumni to article) but has not been active since 2013 and did not edit-war.
 * may be involved based upon similar edits to Baker Demonstration School. AldezD (talk) 20:06, 15 April 2014 (UTC)
 * may be involved based upon similar edits to Baker Demonstration School. AldezD (talk) 01:49, 16 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Yep, definitely the same behavior. I'd noticed Dallascowboysftw's edits to Baker Demonstration School, but it was only that account at the time.  Looks like Thefinanceman192 was created just 2 hours after I filed this SPI, and Kingcomedian 4 hours after that. --Closeapple (talk) 03:19, 16 April 2014 (UTC)

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I am merely adding the truth. While I may be adding unsourced material, some of it is sourced (like the rankings portion I keep adding - it's attributed to a website called TheBestSchools) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kcroyalsfan239 (talk • contribs) 19:41, 15 April 2014 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * and are ✅ socks of .  is very  Dallascowboysftw editing via their mobile.--Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots  22:20, 15 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Master blocked one week, socks indef and tagged. Closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 09:00, 16 April 2014 (UTC)