Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Emmanuel Ngabirano/Archive

16 November 2012

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After Ngabirano was blocked for repeatedly creating his autobiography, new user Washington create a new article at Julius Washington, that contained a highly hoaxish biography of Ngabirano (claiming him to be the first African-American ever hired by the CDC. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 16:13, 16 November 2012 (UTC)

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Note that User:Emmanuel Ngabirano Nshema is probably also the same person. --MelanieN (talk) 19:11, 16 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes, and so is User:Emmanuel Ngabirano, who was actually created as long ago as March and so is technically the sockmaster, I suppose. Added both to the list. JohnCD (talk) 21:28, 16 November 2012 (UTC)

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I don't think the three Ngabirano accounts were intentionally socking - just an inexperienced newcomer. I have blocked Julius Washington for block evasion; Ngabirano Emmanuel and Emmanuel Ngabirano Nshema were already blocked; Emmanuel Ngabirano only edited once, in March. I don't think any more action is necessary unless more related activity occurs, but I will leave this for a second opinion. JohnCD (talk) 21:28, 16 November 2012 (UTC)

I agree that at first this was just "an inexperienced newcomer", rather than deliberate abuse. However, things have changed. In addition to Julius Washington, another account, User:George Huth, has appeared, and both of these have had the sole purpose of restoring the content created by the Ngabirano accounts and deleted. They have also both re-created the article under misleading titles, perhaps in attempts to evade scrutiny. Consequently, however the situation started, it is now clearly abusive sockpuppetry. All accounts are blocked and tagged. JamesBWatson (talk) 13:58, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

I thought this was all finished, so I closed this investigation. However, I then found another sockpuppet, User talk:HIV Talk. This one too created the page under a misleading title. Since several sockpuppets have come up recently, all with similar editing methods, I am reopening the case and asking for a checkuser in case of sleepers or other as-yet undiscovered socks. JamesBWatson (talk) 14:08, 19 November 2012 (UTC) — Berean Hunter   (talk)  21:32, 19 November 2012 (UTC) — Berean Hunter   (talk)  00:07, 20 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Refiled from Ngabirano Emmanuel to Emmanuel Ngabirano, since that is the oldest account. Reaper Eternal (talk) 14:06, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
 * to flush out any remaining accounts. Diffs are provided below:
 * 1 Emmanuel Ngabirano
 * 2 Julius Washington
 * 3 Ngabirano Emmanuel
 * 4 Emmanuel Ngabirano Nshema
 * 5 George Huth
 * 6 HIV Talk
 * ✅ all except Emmanuel Ngabirano, who is . I can't 100% tell if there are sleepers or not, but the pattern says you have all of them. -- DQ  (ʞlɐʇ)  00:00, 20 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Already blocked and tagged. Closing.