Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/DwyerSP/Archive

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 * 1) Edits to exact same two pages: Baldassn, DwyerSP, and Musicmaniac1107 have all very recently edited the exact same two pages Michael R. Caputo and Rigsby sisters, DIFFs at:
 * 2) Baldassn = edits to articles Michael R. Caputo and Rigsby sisters
 * 3) Musicmaniac1107 = edits to Michael R. Caputo and Rigsby sisters
 * 4) DwyerSP = edits to articles Michael R. Caputo and Rigsby sisters
 * 5) Accounts started on exact same day: Baldassn account started 3 February 2017 . DwyerSP account started 3 February 2017.
 * 6) Other accounts started on exact same day: 716buffalosportgeek716 and Puppylover1967 accounts both started on 31 July 2017.
 * 7) Same page on same day with same edit summaries: 716buffalosportgeek716 and Puppylover1967 and IP address = shows up to same exact article with same motivations and same exact language in edit summaries, "disputed", etc:
 * 8) Use of multiple accounts to violate WP:Disruptive editing with and  Sagecandor (talk) 19:37, 31 July 2017 (UTC)
 * 9) DwyerSP account and 716buffalosportgeek716 use same edit summaries: "disputed", compare with "disputed"
 * 10) DwyerSP account removes then restores COI notice on article Rigsby sisters . Zero explanations as to their behavior given. Sagecandor (talk) 17:14, 3 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: The likely sockmaster account has now revealed their main sock account was used to make previously undisclosed paid edits with a now declared conflict of interest see and . This is now socking to make paid edits with a conflict of interest. None of the other likely sock accounts have made any declaration. No declarations have been made by any of the accounts on any article talk pages. None of the accounts have self-reverted any of their sock conflict of interest edits. Sagecandor (talk) 16:36, 2 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Update: Baldassn has admitted to being a paid editor now on both articles Michael R. Caputo and on Rigsby sisters . Compare with account Musicmaniac1107 = edits to Michael R. Caputo  and Rigsby sisters . Compare with account DwyerSP = edits to articles Michael R. Caputo  and Rigsby sisters . Accounts started on exact same day: Baldassn account started 3 February 2017 . DwyerSP account started 3 February 2017 . Sagecandor (talk) 20:48, 2 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Comment by an admin: Please also see comment by admin about this, at DIFF. Sagecandor (talk) 17:09, 3 August 2017 (UTC)

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— Berean Hunter   (talk)  15:37, 5 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Per this closure at WP:AN3 I have applied two months of extended confirmed protection to Michael R. Caputo and Rigsby Sisters. If a checkuser were run, it might justify blocks for User:DwyerSP (created February 12) and User:Musicmaniac1107 (created March 27) as well as User:Baldassn who is the possible sockmaster. In addition there are two red-linked accounts at Michael R. Caputo who were created on July 31 for which WP:DUCK is not possible: User:716buffalosportgeek716 and User:Puppylover1967. I read this as a total of four accounts that are fishy enough to justify checkuser. Adding to the feeling of monkey business (though not allowing checkuser) there is this quick-learning IP who has only a single edit but claims to know about restrictions on User:MarkBernstein. EdJohnston (talk) 14:13, 4 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Since Michael R. Caputo was an advisor to Donald Trump, the topic area of this article falls under WP:ARBAP2. EdJohnston (talk) 15:48, 4 August 2017 (UTC)
 * - to confirm socking and seek out others. DwyerSP is a ten year old sleeper created Feb. 12, 2007 that an as yet unnamed master has decided to wake up. We may move the case to the oldest account but this is someone else that likely has a case in our archives.
 * ✅, no sleepers. I don't see anywhere in the archives that matches up. Blocked pending tags. Let's move this to DwyerSP and tag accordingly. Katietalk 20:42, 6 August 2017 (UTC)
 * ✅. GABgab 21:31, 6 August 2017 (UTC)