Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Earth100/Archive

28 January 2013

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I removed original research from a caption in High-pressure area. That caption had been added by Earth100 who is currently banned. An IP undid my edit, and suspecting that the IP may be Earth100, I used the tool at www.ipchecking.com to confirm that the IP address traced to Hong Kong, which is where Earth100 claims to live, according to a user box on his talk page. I suspect that this was a way for Earth100 to avoid his block. Inks.LWC (talk) 06:46, 28 January 2013 (UTC) Inks.LWC (talk) 06:46, 28 January 2013 (UTC)

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 * Restarted block on master, blocked IP for 2 weeks, closing. Rschen7754 10:10, 28 January 2013 (UTC)

27 July 2013

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Exact same userpage, username, WP:DUCK. Jackmcbarn (talk) 23:20, 27 July 2013 (UTC)

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 * - -  was blocked as a sock, but turned out to be an imposter. Requesting CU for confirmation, Rschen7754 23:21, 27 July 2013 (UTC)
 * I've indeffed the account and deleted the phony user and talk pages. Regardless of the CU result, the account must be blocked.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:19, 28 July 2013 (UTC)
 * CU should check to be sure, but I find it highly unlikely that this is Earth100. He may not understand our policies, but I don't think he's so stupid that he would make an account with exactly the same user page and name format and think we wouldn't notice. Qwyrxian (talk) 00:39, 28 July 2013 (UTC)


 * . They do share the same UA (it's a common one though) but that's about it. Elockid  ( Talk ) 01:31, 28 July 2013 (UTC)


 * Lack of behavioral evidence to be certain, but both accounts are blocked anyway. Only implication this would have would be on a future appeal. Rschen7754 07:25, 28 July 2013 (UTC)

13 October 2013

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User says he has lost other account. Not to be rude, but he uses the same grammar as Earth100 and he went right back to editing the way he did before he got blocked. Not for sure, but I have a good feeling he is Earth100. United States Man (talk) 21:16, 13 October 2013 (UTC)


 * (responding to Bbb23) This can be compared to the "Meteorological History" section in this article. Read it closely and you can see the same common errors as Earth100. United States Man (talk) 21:45, 13 October 2013 (UTC)
 * This edit shows run-on sentences and failure to transition between independent and subordinate clauses. This is comparable to the aforementioned section in this article. United States Man (talk) 21:53, 13 October 2013 (UTC)


 * Nevermind. It is what I thought it might be. The user's old account is actually User:Paideguinha. Must have lost a password or something. It is odd that that was such a major coincidence though. To further confirm, the user even mentions Youtube on both user pages. Sorry about the excitement. United States Man (talk) 22:10, 13 October 2013 (UTC)

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 * Problem is, there's 3-4 hurricane sockpuppeteers, so it could be any one of them. :/ --Rschen7754 21:22, 13 October 2013 (UTC)
 * (ec) That was my main problem. I was going by editing habits. The habits seem to fit Earth100. We do have evidence it is a Sockpuppet, if we could just get the correct user.


 * Could you give examples of this account using the same grammar as Earth100?--Bbb23 (talk) 21:25, 13 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Declined per comment by OP. As an aside, I didn't find the diffs about editing habits convincing with respect to Earth100. Bbb23 (talk) 22:13, 13 October 2013 (UTC)