Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Dompreston/Archive

08 November 2013

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Relatively established account (Dompreston) stopped editing at the beginning of September, around the same time that "new" account started. One of Dompreston's last edits was to create this article in his sandbox. One of Vegas Bound's first edits was to create same article with same content in article space. Appears to be using multiple accounts to evade WP:COI. Logical Cowboy (talk) 04:41, 8 November 2013 (UTC)

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 * . The evidence provided shows possible use, but not abuse, of multiple accounts. --(ʞɿɐʇ) ɐuɐʞsǝp 21:41, 10 November 2013 (UTC)
 * I don't think there's any need for action due to possible use of multiple accounts. Sanctions for promotional editing could be considered in another venue, if need be. Mark Arsten (talk) 22:19, 10 November 2013 (UTC)

05 February 2014

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I encountered the article Rail-Veyor (material handling system) and saw that it was new. I remembered seeing the article in the past. I found that the article Rail-Veyor had been deleted because it was created by a blocked or banned user. I found the November 2013 investigation Sockpuppet investigations/Dompreston/Archive. I found a version of the article above at User:Dompreston/sandbox. I saw that User:TVLover23478 had an edit history of 14 quick edits and the creation of the article above. I saw that banned User:Vegas Bound 2014, mentioned in the November 2013 investigation, had a similar history of quick edits. SchreiberBike talk 07:02, 5 February 2014 (UTC)

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Should Rail-Veyor (material handling system), be deleted, or do I need to take it to Articles for deletion? Despite being created by a sock puppet, it may be notable. At least it should be moved back to Rail-Veyor as the disambiguation is not needed, I'll go to Requested moves if it can't be taken care of here. Thanks, SchreiberBike talk 07:41, 6 February 2014 (UTC)

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 * This looks very ducky (the article is pretty much identical to the deleted version and the one in Dompreston's sandbox. But before taking any further would you mind taking a look (you blocked User:Vegas Bound 2014, in the archive, with a CU block). Thanks, Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 13:14, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
 * So far, I've found, confirmed, and blocked Car Talk Fan, Upcycler 2014, DIY Project Guru, BodyguardFan, TalkativeGamer, Football Fever 2013, StarTrek Fan14, Holiday Fun 2013, Lights Shining, TVLover23478, Ringing Those Bells, Sunday NPR Lover, PalmTrees 98724, Beach Time 2014 and SunnyDayFun2309. Courcelles 15:30, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Add Courcelles 15:34, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
 * there are a few more relevant users in my block logs from November. I don't remember any connection to the accused master in the searches back then, and now they are stale, but the IPs are dynamic here, so that can't be relied on for determining connection. Courcelles 15:41, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Closing as all are now blocked indef. The similarity in the sandbox version leads me to conclude that Dompreston is involved with these socks. Closing now. Mark Arsten (talk) 16:51, 5 February 2014 (UTC)