Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/DooksFoley147/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets



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User has a history of personal attacks, and not adhering to warnings. The user constantly attempts to put things into articles without verification, usually edit warring to have these returned to the article. The user often logs out to edit pages, using the account only to edit protected pages. All IPs come from Three Ireland, and I know there's quite a few more out there that I've forgotten about. Whilst editing whilst logged out isn't strictly against the rules, it's very clear this is done to avoid being regulated. The user has been warned many times about this, as well as the IP address. Either a blanket ban for the user to not edit, or a force to only edit under the account is suitable in my eyes. Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 12:45, 7 December 2020 (UTC) Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski  (talk • contribs) 12:45, 7 December 2020 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * - I've given them a very direct choice - either I block the account or I block their IPs. Moving to on hold while we wait for their response. GeneralNotability (talk) 00:02, 21 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Well, that was a quick response. I've blocked DooksFoley but have intentionally not set a hardblock - they may continue editing as an IP. Don't file SPIs just for them editing as an IP, but if they come back with an account then we're going to have problems. Closing. GeneralNotability (talk) 00:21, 21 December 2020 (UTC)
 * , I don't usually get involved in reviewing blocks, but this seems like an odd one to me. If they're making valuable contributions to the encyclopedia, they should be editing with their account.  If they're not making valuable contributions, they shouldn't be editing at all.  Imposing a "you can edit, but only as an IP" restriction just makes it harder to track, which isn't in the best interest of the project.  Might I request that you take another look at this? -- RoySmith (talk) 20:05, 21 December 2020 (UTC)
 * , of course. I'm open to suggestions as to how to deal with this. The problem, as I see it, is that they've been asked many, many times to stop editing while logged out, and just don't care. GeneralNotability (talk) 14:48, 24 December 2020 (UTC)
 * , Their most recent posting said they would "make a better effort to log on in the future". If it's OK with you, what I'd like to do is unblock them, make it clear that they've exhausted any AGF reserve they had, and let it go at that.  If they continue to edit with IPs, I'll indef them, start blocking the IPs they use, and protect the pages they've been editing.  Perhaps I'm just being a patsy here, but I think the current situation (basically, institutionalized block evasion) isn't workable. -- RoySmith (talk) 15:21, 24 December 2020 (UTC)
 * , go for it; I trust your judgment here. GeneralNotability (talk) 21:19, 24 December 2020 (UTC)
 * , Done. Hopefully your faith in me is justified.  We'll see. -- RoySmith (talk) 21:55, 24 December 2020 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets



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Same region as prior SPI notices, similar behaviour. 178.167.130.35 and 31.200.158.201 also possible socks based on location.

Prior SPI check informed user to stay logged in to edit, but this does not appear to have worked. Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 12:09, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

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 * See User_talk:DooksFoley147 where he forgot to log back in as DooksFoley147 and made a comment as 80.233.89.176 "Lee I am tired of the way you think you own Wikipedia ..." . Nigej (talk) 13:14, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * . Wikipedia policy prohibits checkusers from confirming accounts to IPs, only accounts to other accounts. Mz7 (talk) 21:45, 4 March 2021 (UTC)


 * Unfortunately, the IP ranges that would need to be blocked are too wide to consider. But, I see that I'm the Prior SPI check referred to by, so I've gone ahead and semi-protected 2021 Gibraltar Open and 2020 Championship League (2020–21 season) which looked like the two most common targets.  Lee, I suggest you do the same as you see other pages that are being abused.  Closing. -- RoySmith (talk) 21:55, 12 March 2021 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets



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Recently registered editor has been making unsourced changes to sourced content at Century break, without providing fresh sources. I requested a new source for the content and this was the subsequent edit by 80.233.81.158. Given that the editor is newly registered there isn't much in the way of diffs I can provide as evidence, but I think there is circumstantial behavioral evidence to consider. There is a shared interest in snooker articles, but what aroused my suspicion was that immediately after being challenged about adding unsourced content an IP account immediately reinstated the edit. As the original filer of this report,, can tell you, this is the MO of the notorious DooksFoley147 who plagues the snooker articles by repeatedly adding unsourced content. When challenged over this, he logs out and edit wars as an IP number. His MO is described in more detail here: Administrators'_noticeboard/3RRArchive387. He has been warned repeatedly about doing this. I am not the only editor who suspects a connection: airs his suspicion at User_talk:Nigej.

That is not necessarily to say that DooksFoley147 is wrong when he make these edits (in sport records are broken all the time), but the snooker articles are plagued by unsourced content. There has been a concerted effort recently to tackle this issue and bring the snooker articles into line with Wikipedia's sourcing policies. Edits of these nature are not helping: the editor should provide a source when requested or simply tag the information as out of date so the information can be updated in the correct manner.

I strongly suspect it is the same editor attempting to whitewash his chequered history. Betty Logan (talk) 21:13, 27 November 2021 (UTC)

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 * In this discussion User_talk:Nigej he makes various comments as Kentbobo but in his second comment he has logged out and although he ends his comment with "Thanks KB", this is followed by 31.200.162.181 not Kentbobo. The style of editing is identical to that of DooksFoley147 and follows the same pattern of editing as an IP user and generally only logging in when the article is protected. Nigej (talk) 06:36, 28 November 2021 (UTC)
 * It is worth noting that 80.233.81.158 is a Three Ireland IP address and geolocates to St Stephen's Green in Dublin, and 31.200.162.181 geolocates to exactly the same place. All the IP addresses listed in the archived reports are Three Ireland IP addresses and all geolocate to Dublin. Betty Logan (talk) 08:10, 28 November 2021 (UTC)
 * I can also attest to the obvious behaviour matches. Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 22:26, 6 December 2021 (UTC)

Just to let you know Betty and all you other guys on here I'm sorry but I do not live in Dublin or Saint Stephen's Green. Just said I let you know since I saw my name on here. Kentbobo (talk) 22:52, 6 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Betty Logan didn't say you "lived" in Dublin or Saint Stephen's Green, just that that's where the IP addresses geolocate to. Also you didn't answer the important question. Are you the same person as DooksFoley147? Nigej (talk) 06:42, 7 December 2021 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * for Checkuser; it won't be useful here because the previous account is stale and it can't be used to connect accounts to IPs. Behaviourally, though, I'm confident that DooksFoley147 and Kentbobo are the same person. Besides the shared interests and the logged-out editing using the same ISP and geolocation as previous IP socks, these accounts (and IPs ) have a very distinctive quirk when writing on talk pages: . DooksFoley147 was previously indefinitely blocked for inappropriate logged-out editing and unblocked with a promise to stop doing so . Continuing to edit using IPs and an undisclosed alternative account obviously violates the spirit of this restriction.  - please indef DooksFoley147 and Kentbobo. (FWIW, they are still editing logged-out on, but there's too much collateral for a rangeblock. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 15:21, 11 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Spicy - ✅. Closing SPI...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   03:22, 12 December 2021 (UTC)
 * All that being said, DooksFoley147 and Kentbobo are unambiguously ✅. --jpgordon&#x1d122;&#x1d106;&#x1D110;&#x1d107; 02:40, 13 December 2021 (UTC)