Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Desert jasmine/Archive

14 October 2014

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The activity on Harem pants by User:United arabs is almost exactly the same activity as we saw from User:Desert jasmine (note the similarity in both user names). Please note that as soon as Desert jasmine received a formal warning that they were risking a ban for their editing behaviour, (on 30th September 2014), the account United arabs was created the exact same day and started out by making the exact same disruptive edit, which was reverted. They waited a while, and then came right back and made the edit again - this time, overwriting references to rock-solid published sources with a Very Unreliable (to the extent of contradicting itself!) blog post on a commercial website which just happens to be selling harem pants. On the advice of User:Ahecht and before this escalates, I think someone needs to check whether these users are indeed the same person because if they are, it seems like an attempt to evade banning/sanctions. (In which case, is this someone who's already been banned in the past under another ID?) Mabalu (talk) 00:52, 14 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Please note the miraculous reappearance of User:Desert jasmine. I think it seemns pretty obvious. Mabalu (talk)

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 * A totally obvious sockpuppet. I have blocked the sock indefinitely, and the master for two months. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 20:28, 30 October 2014 (UTC)

31 October 2014

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From : 1 2, and from : 3. I think this is essentially a WP:DUCK since "both editors" seem to have the same motive to reclassify the subject of Princess Jasmine from "Arab" to "Indian". Steel1943 (talk) 14:28, 31 October 2014 (UTC)

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 * So as soon as Desert jasmine was blocked, this account was created to ban-evade? That's exactly the same modus operandi as United arabs (whose account was created soon after Desert jasmine was warned they faced a block.) Very suspicious and very duck-like behaviour - I really do think this is someone who knows how the system works and how to play it - but I can't imagine why they'd waste time on this sort of low-level disruption. Mabalu (talk) 15:43, 31 October 2014 (UTC)

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 * A clear-cut duck case. I've blocked and tagged the account. Mike V  •  Talk  23:55, 31 October 2014 (UTC)