Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Djmex9205/Archive

06 August 2014

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This is a long-running case that started at Motion picture rating system. At that article User:Djmex9205 and a User:96.232.82.46  persistently edited against source, altering the comparison table to add an age recommendation of "10" to the PG rating in the US entry. These edits were intermingled with each other during the first half of July. It is difficult to tell what the editors are doing by just comparing the code, but if you compare the PG rating in the US entry at the correct version you can see they are coding in an age limit for the PG rating. On July 17, a newly SPA account User:RazorShotter showed up and also started to code the same age limit into the table:. Administrator User:Dennis Brown believed there was strong behavorial evidence of sock activity and on July 19 semi-protected the article and blocked both Djmex9205 and RazorShotter: Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive847. Job done.

However, an IP with a very similar MO has started a campaign of disruptive activity at Motion Picture Association of America film rating system. User:96.246.139.135 has persistently added an age recommendation of "10" to the PG rating. In addition, a newly registered editor in the last few days, User:BasicallyIdowrk also installed the same wording:. After the article was semi-protected yesterday by User:Rjd0060, BasicallyIdowrk created a facsimile of the article at MPAA information, where of course the PG rating carries an age limit of "10".

I realize the case is not that strong because I have only established one common link (adding an age limit of 10 to the PG rating) between the three accounts and the IPs, but the accounts hardly ever edit outside of age rating articles and all edits revolve around adding their own interpretations to the descriptions. There are some other connections though:


 * The IPs are both New York based and with Verizon Online. See 96.232.82.46 and 96.246.139.135.


 * At Talk:Motion picture rating system I explained that the PG rating does not carry an age limit along with sources, and this was deleted by BasicallyIdowrk. He did the same at Talk:Motion Picture Association of America film rating system too.

I appreciate the the evidence is mainly circumstantial, but I think the behavioral evidence is compelling, expecially considering these accounts are newly registered and entirely focused on one area. Betty Logan (talk) 15:26, 6 August 2014 (UTC)

UPDATE: A newly registered account today, User:CRAZYMAN39 also deleted my comments at Talk:Motion Picture Association of America film rating system after I restored them. He also vandalised Template:An3-notice/doc. The account was shut down pretty fast by User:Bbb23 but I am recording here since I believe it strengthens the argument for an IP check. Betty Logan (talk) 20:19, 6 August 2014 (UTC)

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. My attention was attracted to this report by the one filed by Betty at WP:AN3. Even before I looked at this report, I could see a behavioral relationship between BasicallyIdowrk and the IP (now blocked each for one month). One of CRAZYMAN's edits was identical to BasiccalyIdowrk's, and the other was vandalizing the documentation of an AN template (attacking Betty in the vandalism). Anyway, the behavioral similarities are pretty obvious, although the master's edits are a more blatantly vandalistic/aggressive than some of the puppets. I haven't tagged any of the accounts because I would like a CU to confirm things.--Bbb23 (talk) 20:29, 6 August 2014 (UTC)
 * . ​—DoRD (talk)​ 22:27, 6 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Tagged anyone who wasn't already tagged properly. Increased the block on BasicallyIdowrk to indefinite.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:42, 6 August 2014 (UTC)
 * . ​—DoRD (talk)​ 22:27, 6 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Tagged anyone who wasn't already tagged properly. Increased the block on BasicallyIdowrk to indefinite.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:42, 6 August 2014 (UTC)
 * . ​—DoRD (talk)​ 22:27, 6 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Tagged anyone who wasn't already tagged properly. Increased the block on BasicallyIdowrk to indefinite.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:42, 6 August 2014 (UTC)
 * . ​—DoRD (talk)​ 22:27, 6 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Tagged anyone who wasn't already tagged properly. Increased the block on BasicallyIdowrk to indefinite.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:42, 6 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Tagged anyone who wasn't already tagged properly. Increased the block on BasicallyIdowrk to indefinite.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:42, 6 August 2014 (UTC)

24 August 2014

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Djmex9205 is an editor who has utilised multiple sock accounts to disrupt the Motion Picture Association of America, Motion Picture Association of America film rating system and the Motion picture rating system articles. The latter two articles have both been semi-protected in recent weeks due to this disruptive activity. The editors MO as explained in the previous case is mainly changing the ages in the ratings. Since the last case, administrator also tagged and blocked three suspected sockpuppets:, , ; the first two were created and blocked on August 14 while the latter was created on the 15th and blocked on the 16th. A new new acount, was created on the 17th and has targeted the same three articles. The latest account also edited List of Call of Duty characters (which was duly reverted by a clubot for vandalism), which was also targeted by a previous sock. The account has started making the same erroneous edits such as this one, making alterations to the age ratings which are inconsistent with the source. Even though the first three accounts are already on a block I have included them here so they cane be confirmed. The account is still live and needs to be dealt with. Betty Logan (talk) 04:34, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

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This is way too obvious to require a CU to confirm. New account indeffed and tagged. I'll clean up some of the account's edits. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 05:05, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

01 October 2014

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This account was created just two days after (the last verified sockpuppet) was blocked by. The latest account has edited Entertainment Software Rating Board (edited by on August 14), Motion Picture Association of America film rating system (edited multiple times by, ,  and  throughout August) and  List of Call of Duty characters (edited by  on August 3 and by  on August 20). The new account also made this edit to Sockpuppet investigations/Djmex9205/Archive (prior to the filing of the new report). Betty Logan (talk) 18:52, 1 October 2014 (UTC)


 * Update: has now been blocked for extensively vandalising Sockpuppet investigations/Djmex9205/Archive. As an aside he appears to admit the earlier reported IP addresses were also his. In addition, the  account was created a couple of hours after I filed this investigation and has edited at Talk:Motion Picture Association of America film rating system (an article that the puppeteer has repeatedly targeted in the past) and again at an ANI case discussing the disruption to the SPI archive page. Betty Logan (talk) 22:40, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

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''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.'' Added User:Lights out XZ as another duck. Created just minutes before I AM WILDEDIT started up with today's edits that quickly resulted in block for legal threats. Interested in the same articles, and somehow managed to find the ANI thread for I AM WILDEDIT less than 15 minutes after I AM WILDEDIT was notified. Lights out XZ then claimed to have created the account specifically to report to ANI that I AM WILDEDIT had reported on his talk page that he was only 10 years old. Note the fake signature used with this edit (upper case "Out" rather than the lower case "out" in the name). Note also that Lights out XZ was actually created more than one hour before I AM WILDEDIT gave his supposed age. Meters (talk) 22:41, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

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I've tagged both accounts as obvious. Not that I object to the preventative block, but I don't believe anyone's account was hacked.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:24, 11 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Lights out XZ claims their account is hacked, so I blocked it just to make sure no one breaks the wiki under their name. Drmies (talk) 01:59, 11 October 2014 (UTC)