Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Ears4life/Archive

04 May 2011

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Behavioural evidence: The IP and the named account are editing List of films considered the worst. See this, and this for example. Kekkomereq4 (talk) 12:20, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

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 * I've never participated in a sock investigation, so forgive me if I've done this wrong. However, I've kept an eye on List of films considered the worst for some time now, and I believe Kekko is correct in his suspicion. I think this one user has used multiple accounts to try to ensure the films he wants stay included on that list. User:Ears4life and User:IamTorgo both have a similar, unusual way of writing talk page posts in which they break their sentences into separate lines and only sign the bottom line (see this and this for one of many examples). Both have advocated for the same films on the WorstFilms article. Both have user pages that are only one single sentence, both of which are lines from movies widely considered bad (IamTorgo is Manos: The Hands of Fate, Ears4life is Glen or Glenda). When asked about the similarities between the two, IamTorgo has claimed they are not the same person but rather are brothers (here) but I find this statement suspect to say the very least. If you look at their contributions, you will see that IamTorgo started his account on February 11, just three days after Ears4life claimed he was upset with changes at the WorstFilms article and wasn't going to contribute anymore. Since then, Ears4life has barely made any posts, yet IamTorgo has edited almost exclusively at the WorstFilms article. More recently, the IP user 67.172.78.18 has repeatedly attempted to readd Highlander II to the list, a film that IamTorgo has advocated including (here, here, here) and I have little doubt they are the same user. I think all of this alone warrants an IP check, because I wouldn't be surprised to learn that Ears4life/IamTorgo has started other sockpuppet accounts. I've seen signs of what looks like socking to me on this article before (this link that Kekko cites above, in which an IP editor with no previous edits and a new account with no other edits all defend MaxRebo120 within a few minutes, is a good example of what I suspect is foul play.) And if all this isn't enough, I'm sur, I could produce more evidence of suspected socking, if necessary. —  Hun ter   Ka  hn  13:57, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

Ears is my younger brother who uses my cpu every so foten. However, this eems to mean very little to you, the power hungry mods of Wikipedia. Why am I not surpirsed.

IamTorgo (talk) 21:20, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * I haven't looked too deep, but from the surface these look like ducks. (Including the 1/2 admitance) -- DQ  (t)   (e)  21:35, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I'm actually going to endorse this for a checkuser. Ears and MaxRebo are fairly old accounts with several hundred edits, so I think a CU to clarify what their relationship is would be appropriate. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 01:32, 5 May 2011 (UTC)
 * That's all good, like I said, I only surface looked, and would have done more investigation if I were the blocking admin. -- DQ  (t)   (e)  01:56, 5 May 2011 (UTC)
 * IamTorgo and Ears4life are technically indistinguishable. MaxRebo120 is ❌. TN X Man  02:38, 5 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Ears4life hasn't edited since April, and the Torgo account has quieted down as well. I'm closing this with no further action for now, but relist if stuff happens. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 23:59, 12 May 2011 (UTC)