Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Dalw02/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets

 * ( original case name)

Both accounts were created on the same day: March 16, and their usernames are practically identical. The sockpuppeteer created the article Dallas Weatherill, which is clearly an autobiography, while the other article Weatherill Essentials was created by their sock account. Both articles clearly constitute spam and violate WP:G11, though have only been tagged as A7. The sock has also attempted to remove the speedy deletion tag several times from the first article without explanation. CycloneYoris talk! 07:09, 25 March 2024 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Clearly sockpuppetry or meatpuppetry. Blocked both, closing. — Ingenuity (talk • contribs) 12:45, 25 March 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
This account just showed up today, creating the exact same articles on Draft:Dallas Weatherill, J.J. Ellis (otherwise known as JJ Weatherill) and working on The Burke Group which they claim Dallas is the CEO of. It might be time to start protecting pages. Liz Read! Talk! 05:55, 29 March 2024 (UTC)
 * This is confusing but there might be a separate Dallas Weatherhill who is an Australian businessman who does work at the Burke Group but the socks seem to be trying to mix the two people up. Liz Read! Talk! 06:01, 29 March 2024 (UTC)
 * I had some time tonight and really dug into these accounts through blogs and social media accounts they posted links to on the deleted pages. It gets kind of bizarre but I'll remove irrelevant biographical information from this complaint. Here's the history as it pertains to these accounts on Wikipedia: it looks like User:Dallas weatherill, a young editor, on their User page and in The Burke Group, claimed they were the CEO of this multinational company, even though they were 20 years old at the time, and also stated they earned millions of dollars. Clearly hoax content. Jump four years to the present, and the related Jaimee Weatherill account (and the socks) continues the hoax on the Burke Group article and proceeds to write articles about themselves and now adult Dallas Weatherill. I've removed the hoax information (though this article could easily be brought to AFD) and I think we can protect the pages with their names in the page titles. I just want to be sure that this is the only sock account. By the way, it's interesting what biographical information some people freely share about themselves on the internet. Those are the conclusions I've come to tonight. Liz Read! Talk! 06:10, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

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 * Thanks, Spicy. I had no idea about that oldest account. I've protected the most obvious sock target pages. Liz Read! Talk! 18:49, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Confirmed to the master. is . Spicy (talk) 15:02, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Moved case to oldest account,, closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 15:04, 30 March 2024 (UTC)