Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Dillon Ransom/Archive

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Starting at noon on November 30‎, ip83.100.199.241 posted information (1, 2, 3) on List of people from Kingston upon Hull about a local living person educator with no current Wikipedia article. Four hours later ip194.207.236.172 added 4. Since that time, apparent socks GavinDawson75 (5, 6, 7, 8) and Dillon Ransom (8) have re-entered such info on the same LP, ip82.132.216.85's argument turning to whether such lists should include entries with no article (9, 10, 11). Conveniently along comes MarkRodge67 to help make that case (12, 13) and on talk (14, 15, 16, 17). There is also an article creation taking place at Draft:Jonathan_Dowsland. Seems like a good deal of coordination. Given there's an uncited BLP involved I've temporarily semi-protected List of people from Kingston upon Hull. BusterD (talk) 05:37, 4 December 2021 (UTC)

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 * I was going to open this myself soon. I'll just note that GavinDawson75 was an SPA on this topic and was indef'ed NOTHERE by user:Widr Meters (talk) 05:54, 4 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Per MarkRodge67 claims this is WP:CRONY rather than socking: this isn't just one person trying to modify this page, we decided - as a group - that this person should be added to the list Meters (talk) 06:00, 4 December 2021 (UTC)

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 * - Please move to Dillon Ransom. Bbb23 (talk) 16:32, 4 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Case moved. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 20:07, 6 December 2021 (UTC)
 * - please indef Dillon Ransom and MarkRodge67. Whether it's socking or meatpuppetry, it's abundantly clear that these accounts are working together to promote a non-notable person, and it's all they're here for. If any of them want to contribute to Wikipedia on a subject other than Jonathan Dowsland, they can make that case in an unblock request. (Not going to bother playing whack-a-mole with IPs, as the Kingston upon Hull page is now semi-protected and the draft will likely be deleted at MfD). Thanks, Spicy (talk) 20:20, 6 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Blocked per request. I didn't tag them because I didn't know what you wanted, . Bbb23 (talk) 20:48, 6 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I'm good with no tags since it's not clear if it's socking or meatpuppetry. Closing. Spicy (talk) 20:50, 6 December 2021 (UTC)

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Only edit is on the talkpage of the same page, arguing the same thing as all the other sock/meatpuppets:. Seems like a WP:DUCK to me Joseph2302 (talk) 09:35, 7 December 2021 (UTC)

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 * - -- TNT (talk • she/they) 00:14, 10 December 2021 (UTC)
 * is very to . Also;
 * who is ✅ to.
 * -- TNT (talk • she/they) 00:17, 10 December 2021 (UTC)
 * -- TNT (talk • she/they) 00:17, 10 December 2021 (UTC)

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Same nonsense on Talk:List of people from Kingston upon Hull as the others:. As there have been 5 of these accounts, can we please do a check for sleeper accounts? Joseph2302 (talk) 09:24, 8 December 2021 (UTC)

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''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.'' Just noting that we are up to 7 of these new SPA accounts, with and  making similar comments. Compton may merely be MEAT, but Feet is indistinguishable from some of the earlier accounts. Meters (talk) 20:57, 9 December 2021 (UTC)
 * are you able to block these 2 accounts too, as they clearly meet WP:DUCK. And one is still posting the same rubbish as the other sock/meatpuppets. Joseph2302 (talk) 15:08, 10 December 2021 (UTC)

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 * - -- TNT (talk • she/they) 00:18, 10 December 2021 (UTC)
 * is ✅ to . -- TNT (talk • she/they) 00:20, 10 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Reopening. - please indef Dr Tobias Compton and FeetAndInches, who are clearly part of the same sock/meat farm. It may not be a bad idea to semi-protect Talk:List of people from Kingston upon Hull for a while to prevent more nonsense. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 15:38, 11 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Talk page semi-protected for a period to match pagespace protection. -- BusterD (talk) 15:49, 11 December 2021 (UTC)