Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Djapa84/Archive

21 November 2012

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http://www.independentaustralia.net/ IndependentAustralia.net] is a political blog with a certain fringey slant. A WordPress blog using the "Daily Headlines" theme, it tries to present itself as an independent news source. There is a Facebook page with a feed consisting of teaser links to the main site, each story "liked" by three or four users, one of which is generally Independent Australia itself. There is what appears to be a competent SEO strategy in place, and of course one of the ways to increase a site's website visibility is to linkspam high ranked sites such as Wikipedia. Every so often I do a search for the site on Wikipedia and check to see if this blog is being used as a source. I also take note of the accounts inserting the references or defending their content:


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There are at least three points of similar behaviour above: a blank user page, references to Independent Australia and "bare" reference insertion (i.e. without using a "cite" template to build a good reference link). Similar accounts include:
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 * (Same as IP account above. Significantly, his user page is blank except for the words, "Added this just so it isn't red.")
 * (A strange account history - compare with User:Michael Bailes for another odd mix of topics.)
 * (Tag team edit-warrior with User:Oracle7) Pete (talk) 23:46, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

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 * While it's possible that one or two could be related, they are obscured by the vast number of unrelated accounts mentioned here. Many of these accounts have highly different interests, edit summaries, and talk page posts. Closed. Reaper Eternal (talk) 02:32, 4 December 2012 (UTC)

25 June 2013

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User:Djapa84 commenced edit-warring 1   over a POV tag he placed on. After being reverted four times he was reported here. Shortly after, a new account continued the edit-warring and, displaying obvious knowledge of wikiprocess, such as awarding barnstars! Pete (talk) 01:12, 25 June 2013 (UTC)

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 * Obvious sock already blocked, master given 1 week. Closing. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 03:49, 25 June 2013 (UTC)

25 June 2013

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and are identical edits. CU requested to check if this is a sock or a meatpuppet; and for any underlying sleepers. Luke no 94 (tell Luke off here) 12:35, 25 June 2013 (UTC)

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❌. --(ʞɿɐʇ) ɐuɐʞsǝp 20:47, 25 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Nothing more to be done. Rschen7754 20:58, 25 June 2013 (UTC)

26 June 2013

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I blocked Djapa84 for 1 week in a recent SPI, and he has requested unblock, claiming to not be the same user. I suppose it's plausible that Hard Men are Good to Find is a meat or troll, which is why I am requesting a check to make sure, though be mindful of possible proxy use. Diffs: and. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 01:29, 26 June 2013 (UTC)

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 * - King of  &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 01:29, 26 June 2013 (UTC)
 * ❌. Hard Men are Good to Find is known sockmaster Jonathan Yip. -- DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  01:44, 26 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Djapa84 unblocked, sock retagged with correct master. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 01:51, 26 June 2013 (UTC)