Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Dunkmack9/Archive

26 January 2013

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User Dunkmack9 was indef-blocked per consensus at ANI on January 21. This new account was created on January 26 and immediately begins inserting conspiracy theories in articles. The material on Hess is sourced to the same book Dunkmack9 was using. Sample diffs: ; ;  Dianna (talk) 16:47, 26 January 2013 (UTC)

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 * ✅, also found . WilliamH (talk) 17:26, 26 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged, closing. Rschen7754 21:21, 26 January 2013 (UTC)

11 February 2013

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New account Deerlight was created four or five days after the most recent sock was blocked. There's a four-article overlap in editing, quite a bit considering Deerlight has only 35 edits. Recent diffs: inserts the same conspiracy theory using the same source as Dunkmack9;  the new account adds the same information that Dunkmack9 had  Dianna (talk) 19:34, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

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 * ✅ that is a sock puppet of Dunkmack9. - Mailer Diablo 23:42, 11 February 2013 (UTC)
 * I've tagged the sockpuppet. Closing, since it was already blocked. Reaper Eternal (talk) 23:48, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

03 October 2013

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Users have a four-article overlap (Day of Deceit, Rudolf Hess, Complex regional pain syndrome, and Archie McKellar, quite a bit considering they both have less than 200 edits. Both promote the same conspiracy theories.
 * He claims Rudolf Hess never went to England; ;
 * Day of Deceit: conspiracy theories about Pearl Harbour: ; . Edits are not similar but have a similar theme.
 * Complex regional pain syndrome: obscure article; Both editors add info about Type II: ; ;.
 * Archie McKellar: Grapestomper reinserts material previously added by Dunkmack9. ; . Thanks, Diannaa (talk) 00:01, 3 October 2013 (UTC)
 * provides another behavioural link to Dunkmack9, as is related to Oppenheimer; . It's not only the same topic, it's the same aspect of the topic: Oppenheimer's days at Berkeley. -- Diannaa (talk) 20:29, 4 October 2013 (UTC)

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 * This highly unlikely intersection of articles points directly at socking. Both editors insert conversational style text into their article additions: "the reader is asked to take Stinnett's opinion on this" vs "Oddly enough, not everybody finds agreement with the above notions' that the book is made-up fiction..." Both editors adopt a battleground mentality. The evidence is clear to indef Grapestomper9. Binksternet (talk) 01:19, 3 October 2013 (UTC)
 * I agree with Ponyo that a DUCK block of Grapestomper9 is most appropriate on behavioral grounds. The evidence is very compelling, being such an an unusual combination of article interests. Binksternet (talk) 20:55, 4 October 2013 (UTC)

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 * The potential sockmaster and related socks are all, so any linkage would need to be determined on a behavioural basis. That being said, is a ✅ sock of . --Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots  18:29, 4 October 2013 (UTC)
 * I blocked as a sock. Is the master  or ? Mark Arsten (talk) 19:59, 4 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Ooops! Corrected.--Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 20:00, 4 October 2013 (UTC)


 * Comment: Although there is no CU data available to allow me to confirm a technical link between Grapestomper9 and Dunkmack9, the behavioural evidence is very strong and I believe a duck block would be a valid outcome.--Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 20:40, 4 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Agreed, I've just blocked him. Mark Arsten (talk) 21:34, 4 October 2013 (UTC)

03 November 2013

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New account with 24 edits has a three-topic overlap with the sockmaster (Oppenheimer, Ernest Lawrence, and Pearl Harbor advance-knowledge conspiracy theory). He uses the same book as a source for edits: ;. The tone of talk page posts is similar, particularly when he makes comments about his fellow editors: ;. These abusive comments are what prompted the filing of this report. Diannaa (talk) 13:28, 3 November 2013 (UTC)

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 * Dunkmack9 and Birdseyemaple share an unusual interest in a cargo ship named Ocean Voyager, expressed by Dunkmack9 in this diff at Ocean ship and by Birdseyemaple at this diff at List of shipwrecks in March 1943 and also this diff at Motobomba. I observe that Birdseyemaple has strong stylistic similarities to Dunkmack9, which I will not list individually because of WP:BEANS. Binksternet (talk) 15:06, 3 November 2013 (UTC)

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 * -  Sh i r ik  ( Questions or Comments? ) 21:36, 3 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Significant unusual behavioral similarities; blocked/tagged under WP:DUCK Sh i r ik  ( Questions or Comments? ) 21:36, 3 November 2013 (UTC)

01 February 2014

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Raisinpie has two articles in common with Dunkmack9, Pearl Harbor advance-knowledge conspiracy theory and M. F. Husain. On the Pearl Harbor article, the content he is trying to add is different, but the aggressive tone of the talk page posts and the edit warring are similar. On the Husain article, both editors added information about an exhibit the artist gave in 1964: ;. Raisinpie has one article in common with sock Grapestomper9, Military-industrial complex, both are the addition of unsourced material about Eisenhower: ;. The account was created on November 4, 2013, the day after the most recent sock (User:Birdseyemaple) was blocked. Diannaa (talk) 16:02, 1 February 2014 (UTC)

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 * Both Dunkmack9 and Raisinpie share an interest in the Oakland Tribune newspaper and their owners, the Knowland family. In [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Joe_Knowland&diff=prev&oldid=533971711 this edit], Dunkmack9 demonstrates this intersection. In [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oakland_Tribune&diff=prev&oldid=593145831 this edit], Raisinpie also shows the intersection. Dunkmack9 and his socks have shown an attraction to articles about the East Bay of San Francisco, especially about Oakland, Kensington, Berkeley, Richmond, etc. Raisinpie shares this local viewpoint. Binksternet (talk) 00:00, 2 February 2014 (UTC)

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 * per behavioral evidence above. Mark Arsten (talk) 17:27, 1 February 2014 (UTC)
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 * Master and all socks blocked and tagged, closing now. Mark Arsten (talk) 22:44, 2 February 2014 (UTC)