Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/David1287/Archive

Evidence submitted by Keraunoscopia
David1287 does not always log in to make his edits, which, in first two examples, are during edit warring, even against consensus (in one example).


 * David1287 vs. 65.34.252.36 – Between the Lines (Stone Temple Pilots song)
 * 1) April 5, 2010: David1287 made this reversion with the following comment in the edit summary: "Alternative Songs chart is a genre chart, not component, capiche?"
 * 2) April 7, 2010: 65.34.252.36 made the same reversion of an admin's edit (following talk page consensus) with the following comment in the edit summary: "how come it's still on the discography page, huh?"


 * David1287 vs. 174.61.35.159 – Diamond Eyes (song)
 * 1) April 12, 2010: David1287 made this reversion with no comment in the edit summary.
 * 2) April 13, 2010: 174.61.35.159 made the same reversion with the following comment in the edit summary: "at least u can see them."


 * 65.34.252.36 vs. 65.4.57.119 – Stoned (Puddle of Mudd song)
 * Contributions for IPs have similarities in Charts section of article: Special:Contributions/65.34.252.36 vs. Special:Contributions/65.4.57.119. Inconsistent activity between IPs.

End Evidence –  Ker αun oςc op ia◁ galaxies  06:40, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

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Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments
I think the user has stopped with the edit warring for the most part, which is good. I'm not going to take any action at this time, but if the warring continues, feel free to report again. –MuZemike 18:49, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by SGGH
David1287 has an edit pattern of editing US Billboard chart information, and referencing it to his own posts on communal forums, or adding them without sources the day before the same forums do. (diffs courtesy of the ANI thread by User:Fezmar9.

Sirius 128, aside from having the same username format (tenous evidence at best I admit) has near matching edit histories as well as similar image logs   and time stamp entries for edits that immediately precedes or follow those of David1287. If not a SOCK, then a forum-follower surely. SGGH ping! 17:51, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

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Comments by other users
As I previously said in the ANI, it's very unlikely these two are related. While both edit upcoming/new album and single articles, such as Fever (Bullet for My Valentine album) and Your Betrayal, they both edit them for different reasons. It appears that David1287 is only interested in contributing to currently charting albums/singles due to his interest in Billboard charts, and Sirius128 likes to expand these articles with new information. I cannot find any diffs where Sirius128 actually alters any charts.

However, there is another editor I would like to be nominated for investigation. An IP 130.XXX.XXX.XX also updates Billboard charts religiously, and before Billboard.com updates. If he is not a sock of David1287, then perhaps he is also from the same forums as suggested of Sirius128. Because he has a new IP every week, I assumed confrontation would be impossible and never bothered. Here are some of his recent IPs: . —Fezmar9 (talk) 16:16, 15 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Also, the IP mentioned in David1287's first SPI seems to still be active. Fezmar9 (talk) 19:59, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments
Requested by SGGH ping! 08:56, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

Check user is required to confirm the use of multiple accounts to circumvent admin restrictions of editing which has been identified as disruptive per this ANI thread. Edits not Ducky enough for outright action IMO, though user at ANI believes otherwise. SGGH ping! 08:56, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
 * There's a related ANI thread here. I blocked David1287 as a result of that report, but asked for an SPI if people felt there was socking. Caknuck was more persuaded than I.&mdash;Kww(talk) 15:02, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

There are distinct similarities between the two accounts, primarily what set me off is the image FURs. I was very close to taking this as a WP:DUCK case but there's still one thing that really bothers me about this case – the seemingly interleaving edits without any real reason. That's enough for me to say "it might not be a sock" and thus I'd prefer a CU here before blocking. On a side note: Is there any "standard" FUR template or something where this text may have been copied from which would explain the similarities? -- Sh i r ik ( Questions or Comments? ) 15:26, 15 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, that's a standard template. It's one of your choices as you upload an image. See File:BeggarsBanquetLP.jpg, File:I Kissed a Girl.png, etc.&mdash;Kww(talk) 15:35, 15 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Well then if that's a standard template, I'm not really seeing much to go on here. What we have for similarities is two people using the same upload template editing in the same field. Am I missing something? -- Sh i r ik ( Questions or Comments? ) 15:40, 15 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Ok, I'll bite. After re-reviewing the contributions, the edit timings at Your Betrayal are curious enough to arouse suspicion, and I note that there are gaps in otherwise consistent contributions at the moments the suspected alternate account starts editing. This is enough to go on to warrant a CU. -- Sh i r ik ( Questions or Comments? ) 15:47, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

The two accounts listed appear to be ❌. They are several thousand kilometers apart, no overlap in IPs, and different UAs. J.delanoy gabs adds 14:06, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Closing as no action, per CU. Tim Song (talk) 01:51, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by Fezmar9
David1287 is in violation of his ban for edit warring and not complying with Wikipedia's policies on verification and reliable sources. This IP address was mentioned in David1287's previous two SPIs and ANI but no action was taken. I assumed this meant there was no way to block an IP address, however I am pretty sure this is not true. This IP continues updating singles charts or general single information using questionable sources, if any source is present at all, just like David1287. The IP has received multiple warnings for the exact same issues on his talk page since his main account was blocked. Fezmar9 (talk) 23:37, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

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Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments
IP blocked 6 months; note that this is not a CU block. –MuZemike 19:30, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

19 May 2011

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Similar IP address to previously blocked IPs, and same editing MO. According to this IP's talk page, he has been warned several times for altering information related to Billboard charts and artist discographies. Fezmar9 (talk) 20:32, 19 May 2011 (UTC)

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

 * IP blocked 2 weeks. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 02:43, 20 May 2011 (UTC)