Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Dhrist/Archive

19 September 2012

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This is my first sockpuppet report, but it seems to me that these two users are the same. Looking at this page for Dusanh and this page for Dhrist, it looks like the editing ratios are the same. Looking at userspace contributions for Dhrist, it looks like Dhrist edits both Dhrist's user page and Dusanh's. Their userpages are very similar, and they edit similar articles. See and  and. Furthermore, it seems like the owner alternated between accounts, since there are periods where one edited but not the other. This notice brought the two accounts to my attention, and as you can see Mackensen discusses Dhrist/Dusanh's self-promotion. Also, the owner of these accounts may misunderstand userspace, because both userpages seem like a cross between an article, a bibliography, and a typical userpage. At the bottom of Dhrist's userpage there's a link to User:Dusanh. I have decided not to notify either account at this time, unless the authorities here think I should. &bull; Jesse V.(talk) 15:37, 19 September 2012 (UTC)

Comments by other users
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I don't think there's any doubt that these are the same person, nor do I see any attempt by either account to claim otherwise. The userpages do seem somewhat promotional, but these are clearly not spammers or promotion-only accounts. If you feel that the userpages are inappropriate you could try discussing the issue with the user and if that doesn't help maybe file a WP:MFD. Jafeluv (talk) 09:35, 25 September 2012 (UTC)
 * (As a procedural note, Dusanh is the older account here so that would be considered the master for the purposes of SPI.) Jafeluv (talk) 09:38, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

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Like Jafeluv I too don't see intent to disrupt/deceive/mislead and thus no illegitimate use of multiple accounts per WP:ILLEGIT. It's correct though that they should make the connection between the two accounts explicit and if possible stick with one account. I'll talk to them. Thanks, Amalthea  18:32, 26 September 2012 (UTC)