Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Dazed1/Archive

15 April 2011

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Complicated case, the list of possible socks is much, much longer, see below. For full info, see MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist. I name dazed1 the sockmaster, as that is an old account related in the spamming, likely early in the list. I know that one is stale, but newer ones may not be stale.

A couple of days I blocked Louiseeveshanks temporarily, and shortly after Lsdigitald. Versageek performed a checkuser, and blocked the underlying IP.

Yesterday, I noticed Virginiewooyoungmi with an article creation related to dazeddigital.com, I deleted the article, did not go further. Today, the exact same article was recreated, except that the new article did not contain the dazeddigital.com links (all deleted, see deleted records).

Modus operandi seems to be to use throw-away accounts to create articles (which often, but not always get deleted) with inclusion of links to:



M.O.Generally, the accounts are SPA, editing only one subject or at most 2-3 pages very, very directly related to each other (e.g. a page on an artist and 2 pages on 2 of his songs). Only a few go a bit further, but then on those pages for sure one finds SPA's who only have one page edited. Most, but not all, of the SPA's use at least once one of the above links. Some of the accounts have a clear COI with dazeddigital/anothermag - Louiseeveshanks (info), Dazed1, lsdigitald (note that lsdigitald was created shortly after the block of Louiseeveshanks, 'ls' for Louise Shanks/digitald for dazeddigital?). Other editors seem to have a COI with the subject, though to me seem more like impersonating SPA accounts from dazeddigital (see e.g. User:Halleluwah hits creating Halleluwah hits, User:Parallelsfm creating Parallels (band).

Note - the users sometimes operate cross-wiki, which may help in tying them together. See e.g. fr:Spécial:Contributions/Virginiewooyoungmi.

For completeness, a full list of users (I expect most of these to be stale just like the master, but there may be some that are not, and otherwise they just go into the books as reference):
 * List of users:


 * IPs:
 * 1) * spamming.
 * 2) * DARKSTAR
 * 3) * Jefferson Hack
 * 4) * one edit: diff (replacing links)
 * 5) * Midnight Juggernauts (see below)
 * 6) * undid XLinkBot
 * 7) * gets reverted by XLinkBot, subsequently XLinkBot gets reverted by user:82.132.136.206 below
 * 8) * FIRST edit is an undo of XLinkBot revert of 82.132.136.206
 * 9) * SHOWstudio.com
 * 10) * SHOWstudio.com
 * 11) * SHOWstudio.com
 * 12) * Filthy Little Angels
 * 13) * Filthy Little Angels
 * 14) * Chris Cunningham
 * 15) * Grace Jones
 * 16) * Another Magazine, Grace Jones, Dazed & Confused (magazine), Jefferson Hack
 * 17) * one edit, ref addition diff
 * 18) * also adding dazeddigital links
 * 1) * SHOWstudio.com
 * 2) * SHOWstudio.com
 * 3) * Filthy Little Angels
 * 4) * Filthy Little Angels
 * 5) * Chris Cunningham
 * 6) * Grace Jones
 * 7) * Another Magazine, Grace Jones, Dazed & Confused (magazine), Jefferson Hack
 * 8) * one edit, ref addition diff
 * 9) * also adding dazeddigital links
 * 1) * Chris Cunningham
 * 2) * Grace Jones
 * 3) * Another Magazine, Grace Jones, Dazed & Confused (magazine), Jefferson Hack
 * 4) * one edit, ref addition diff
 * 5) * also adding dazeddigital links
 * 1) * one edit, ref addition diff
 * 2) * also adding dazeddigital links
 * 1) * also adding dazeddigital links
 * 1) * also adding dazeddigital links

Note: There are more IPs which look suspect, but it is difficult to really track them as such. These often have 'relations' with accounts below, are are very SPA.


 * users
 * 1) * spamming, coi (see info) - warned & blocked
 * 2) * Likely COI, spamming, indef.
 * 3) * Funny, created an article in the userspace of one of the editors below, User:Artlondon/Martin John Callanan2, see also diff, which removes a remark from User:Artlondon. See also cv
 * 4) * spamming, blocked in the act.
 * 5) * Only edited Tsumori Chisato (turned it into a copyvio?)
 * 6) * Only edited The Black Marquee
 * 7) * One edit, creation of Boris Bidjan Saberi
 * 8) * Focussed on Tatty Devine, some edits to other articles, but still relating to Tatty Devine
 * 9) * Chicks on Speed
 * 10) * Only edited Anthony Maule - see also [ http://thefashionisto.com/andrej-pejic-by-anthony-maule-for-dazed-confused-april-2011/ info]
 * 11) * two usernames with similar usernames .. may be coincidence - naah ...
 * 12) * Mike Bones, Zs (band), Psychic Ills, Gang Gang Dance, Sian Alice Group
 * 13) * Only edited Poppy de Villeneuve
 * 14) * Nick Ruston, Nicolas Ruston (latter now redirect)
 * 15) * Only edited Robert Priseman
 * 16) * Two abandoned userspace drafts
 * 17) * Only edited Basso & Brooke
 * 18) * Only edited Shari Roman
 * 19) * Only edited Dumb Eyes
 * 20) * The Social Registry, Artanker Convoy
 * 21) * Single userspace draft, User:Dodgenitrate/Fenech-Soler
 * 22) * Only edited Didier Lestrade
 * 23) * Created Postcard To Brooke, which is a film by Oliver Guy-Watkins (which they also created)
 * 24) * Midnight Juggernauts
 * 25) * Only edited Gerlan jeans
 * 26) * Midnight Juggernauts
 * 27) * Jeppe Laursen, Ima Robot, see also user:Rvrbprk below
 * 28) * SHOWstudio.com (see IPs)
 * 29) * Midnight Juggernauts
 * 30) * Only edited Chris Cunningham
 * 31) * On edit in userspace, User:Halleluwah hits/halleluwah hits
 * 32) * Styleslut, strongly defended the deletion of it.
 * 33) * Houldsworth and Pippy houldsworth
 * 34) * Only one repair to one article, diff
 * 35) * Psychic Ills
 * 36) * Dystopia (Midnight Juggernauts album), Midnight Juggernauts
 * 37) * Crystal Castles (band)
 * 38) * Jacy Varisha
 * 39) * Kilford
 * 40) * User:Jarvis 888/Sandbox - created as Tim Shaw (Sculptor)
 * 41) * Gyratory System
 * 42) * Gang Gang Dance, The Social Registry, Blood on the Wall
 * 43) * Midnight Juggernauts
 * 44) * Midnight Juggernauts
 * 45) * User:Katie2580/Wooyoungmi / User:Katie2580/WOOYOUNGMI
 * 46) * Christian Schoeler
 * 47) * Crystal Castles (band), Crystal Castles (2010 album), and bandmembers Ethan Kath, Alice Glass
 * 48) * Olympia Le-Tan
 * 49) * Mainly Lex Records (COI: revid), Nevermen
 * 50) * Laurie Simmons
 * 51) * one edit: diff
 * 52) * Kate MacGarry, which is related to Chicks on Speed, for which we already have two other SPAs .. MarkScottWood also links others to Kate MacGarry by adding the external link katemacgarry.com
 * 53) * MeLo-X
 * 54) * Chicks on Speed
 * 55) * 2 similar usernames - Milnertim created Kim Noble, Evie Sands, Milnertim006 created Lizzie Finn - Lizzie Finn as later edited by Milnertim.
 * 56) * Ruby Frost, Parachute Band (link to user:Worshiplover123, below)
 * 57) * Lily Vanilli
 * 58) * Filthy Little Angels, Dead Men Win Fights, Billy Ruffian (band),
 * 59) * Ewen Spencer, undid XLinkBot.
 * 60) * Dorothea Gundtoft
 * 61) * Parallels (band), The Stampeders, related through Rich Dodson, Crystal Castles (band) (which links this one to other SPA's above)
 * 62) * User:Paulbertmode/Andrea Crews
 * 63) * Gang Gang Dance
 * 64) * Oliver Guy-Watkins (created by above mentioned User:Drmasonesq
 * 65) * Don't Wait Animate, User:Rebeccarumble (COI, see vanity in deleted revid), Strumstep
 * 66) * Midnight Juggernauts, The Veils
 * 67) * Midnight Juggernauts, Krozm
 * 68) * Jeppe Laursen continued after user:Echoparkrecords above, further overlap in Ima Robot
 * 69) * Parachute Band, Parachute Music, Parachute Records, see also User:Munter boy and User:Worshiplover123; Roadmaps and Revelations (see creation record with coi-tag; Nic Manders
 * 70) * Trophy Wife (Band)
 * 71) * Niall O'Brien (photographer)
 * 72) * Slava Mogutin
 * 73) * Hywel Davies
 * 74) * User:Soitlautre
 * 75) * Nick Ruston
 * 76) * Luke Seomore
 * 77) * Blood on the Wall, Sian Alice Group, Psychic Ills
 * 78) * Real Gold
 * 79) * Drums of Death (musician), started as draft in User:Theleatheregg
 * 80) * Gang Gang Dance, Warp (record label)
 * 81) * Midnight Juggernauts
 * 82) * Saam Farahmand
 * 83) * Hywel Davies
 * 84) * Parachute Band, see also User:Munter boy and User:Samdejong above.
 * 85) * also using dazeddigital as a reference.
 * 86) * also using dazeddigital as a reference.
 * 87) * Wooyoungmi
 * 88) * Wooyoungmi
 * 1) * Midnight Juggernauts
 * 2) * User:Katie2580/Wooyoungmi / User:Katie2580/WOOYOUNGMI
 * 3) * Christian Schoeler
 * 4) * Crystal Castles (band), Crystal Castles (2010 album), and bandmembers Ethan Kath, Alice Glass
 * 5) * Olympia Le-Tan
 * 6) * Mainly Lex Records (COI: revid), Nevermen
 * 7) * Laurie Simmons
 * 8) * one edit: diff
 * 9) * Kate MacGarry, which is related to Chicks on Speed, for which we already have two other SPAs .. MarkScottWood also links others to Kate MacGarry by adding the external link katemacgarry.com
 * 10) * MeLo-X
 * 11) * Chicks on Speed
 * 12) * 2 similar usernames - Milnertim created Kim Noble, Evie Sands, Milnertim006 created Lizzie Finn - Lizzie Finn as later edited by Milnertim.
 * 13) * Ruby Frost, Parachute Band (link to user:Worshiplover123, below)
 * 14) * Lily Vanilli
 * 15) * Filthy Little Angels, Dead Men Win Fights, Billy Ruffian (band),
 * 16) * Ewen Spencer, undid XLinkBot.
 * 17) * Dorothea Gundtoft
 * 18) * Parallels (band), The Stampeders, related through Rich Dodson, Crystal Castles (band) (which links this one to other SPA's above)
 * 19) * User:Paulbertmode/Andrea Crews
 * 20) * Gang Gang Dance
 * 21) * Oliver Guy-Watkins (created by above mentioned User:Drmasonesq
 * 22) * Don't Wait Animate, User:Rebeccarumble (COI, see vanity in deleted revid), Strumstep
 * 23) * Midnight Juggernauts, The Veils
 * 24) * Midnight Juggernauts, Krozm
 * 25) * Jeppe Laursen continued after user:Echoparkrecords above, further overlap in Ima Robot
 * 26) * Parachute Band, Parachute Music, Parachute Records, see also User:Munter boy and User:Worshiplover123; Roadmaps and Revelations (see creation record with coi-tag; Nic Manders
 * 27) * Trophy Wife (Band)
 * 28) * Niall O'Brien (photographer)
 * 29) * Slava Mogutin
 * 30) * Hywel Davies
 * 31) * User:Soitlautre
 * 32) * Nick Ruston
 * 33) * Luke Seomore
 * 34) * Blood on the Wall, Sian Alice Group, Psychic Ills
 * 35) * Real Gold
 * 36) * Drums of Death (musician), started as draft in User:Theleatheregg
 * 37) * Gang Gang Dance, Warp (record label)
 * 38) * Midnight Juggernauts
 * 39) * Saam Farahmand
 * 40) * Hywel Davies
 * 41) * Parachute Band, see also User:Munter boy and User:Samdejong above.
 * 42) * also using dazeddigital as a reference.
 * 43) * also using dazeddigital as a reference.
 * 44) * Wooyoungmi
 * 45) * Wooyoungmi
 * 1) * Midnight Juggernauts, The Veils
 * 2) * Midnight Juggernauts, Krozm
 * 3) * Jeppe Laursen continued after user:Echoparkrecords above, further overlap in Ima Robot
 * 4) * Parachute Band, Parachute Music, Parachute Records, see also User:Munter boy and User:Worshiplover123; Roadmaps and Revelations (see creation record with coi-tag; Nic Manders
 * 5) * Trophy Wife (Band)
 * 6) * Niall O'Brien (photographer)
 * 7) * Slava Mogutin
 * 8) * Hywel Davies
 * 9) * User:Soitlautre
 * 10) * Nick Ruston
 * 11) * Luke Seomore
 * 12) * Blood on the Wall, Sian Alice Group, Psychic Ills
 * 13) * Real Gold
 * 14) * Drums of Death (musician), started as draft in User:Theleatheregg
 * 15) * Gang Gang Dance, Warp (record label)
 * 16) * Midnight Juggernauts
 * 17) * Saam Farahmand
 * 18) * Hywel Davies
 * 19) * Parachute Band, see also User:Munter boy and User:Samdejong above.
 * 20) * also using dazeddigital as a reference.
 * 21) * also using dazeddigital as a reference.
 * 22) * Wooyoungmi
 * 23) * Wooyoungmi
 * 1) * Real Gold
 * 2) * Drums of Death (musician), started as draft in User:Theleatheregg
 * 3) * Gang Gang Dance, Warp (record label)
 * 4) * Midnight Juggernauts
 * 5) * Saam Farahmand
 * 6) * Hywel Davies
 * 7) * Parachute Band, see also User:Munter boy and User:Samdejong above.
 * 8) * also using dazeddigital as a reference.
 * 9) * also using dazeddigital as a reference.
 * 10) * Wooyoungmi
 * 11) * Wooyoungmi
 * 1) * Hywel Davies
 * 2) * Parachute Band, see also User:Munter boy and User:Samdejong above.
 * 3) * also using dazeddigital as a reference.
 * 4) * also using dazeddigital as a reference.
 * 5) * Wooyoungmi
 * 6) * Wooyoungmi
 * 1) * also using dazeddigital as a reference.
 * 2) * Wooyoungmi
 * 3) * Wooyoungmi
 * 1) * Wooyoungmi
 * 1) * Wooyoungmi

Note: Most of the users are practically SPA, or are related to other accounts via similar edits. Dirk Beetstra T C 11:07, 15 April 2011 (UTC)

Comments by other users
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108 IPs and Users to check? That must be why it is taking more time than usual. It must be alot of work. EBE123 talkContribs 22:04, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
 * The majority of them are stale, so they can't be checked anyway. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 15:39, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Gah, that list is hard to parse. So many of those accounts are stale, but I'm endorsing for a check for the accounts that are more current - in particular, the ones that are listed at the top as suspected. Those are active, so a check against those would be good. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 00:10, 16 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Don't worry, this is a list to keep track of it all, and new ones will come every day or 2 anyway. --Dirk Beetstra T  C 21:27, 16 April 2011 (UTC)
 * I've collapsed the list of IPs/users as it's huge. This case hasn't been acted on in a week, though; checkusers, is there something wrong? —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 13:38, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

-- Avi (talk) 15:42, 1 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment In the future, please do not list obviously stale IPs as it adds no information to the checking but takes up time. Thanks.
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 * First, Avi, thank you for dealing with this case. I've blocked most of the confirmed accounts; I left Anthony Maule alone. All of the possible accounts ahve been previous blocked, and I left the inconclusive ones alone as well, as most haven't been used recently. Relist if there are any new developments, but please keep it simple and easy to parse in the future. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 17:18, 1 May 2011 (UTC)